Flexible to base connector
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsBrian Lee Burski, Ted R. McDonald, Chau Chin Low
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Abstract
A connector includes a flexible connector having a first plurality of solder bumps arranged in a first pattern, and a base connector having a second plurality of solder bumps arranged in a second pattern concentric with and of a different size than the first pattern. A method of interconnecting a flexible connector to a base connector includes providing the flexible connector with a first plurality of solder bumps arranged in a first pattern, and providing the base connector with a second plurality of solder bumps arranged in a second pattern. The flexible and base connectors are aligned by aligning the first and second pluralities of solder bumps.
Claims17
A method of interconnecting a flexible connector to a base connector, comprising:
- providing the flexible connector with a first plurality of solder bumps arranged in a first circular pattern having a first circular centerline extending through each of the first plurality of solder bumps;
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- providing the base connector with a second plurality of solder bumps arranged in a second circular pattern having a second circular centerline extending through each of the second plurality of solder bumps, the second circular pattern having a different diameter than the first pattern;
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- aligning the flexible connector and the base connector by aligning the first and second pluralities of solder bumps.
A connector, comprising:
- a flexible connector having a first plurality of solder bumps arranged in a first pattern, the first plurality of solder bumps arrayed on a first circular bump centerline;
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- a base connector having a second plurality of solder bumps arranged in a second pattern, the second plurality of solder bumps arrayed on a second circular bump centerline concentric with the first pattern, the second pattern having a different size than the first pattern;
- wherein the first circular bump centerline is smaller than the second circular bump centerline such that when the flexible connector is aligned with the base connector, the first and the second centerlines are concentric and align the first plurality of solder bumps inside of and contacting the second plurality of solder bumps when the flexible connector and the base connector are pressed together.
A flexible to printed circuit board connector, comprising:
- a flexible connector having a first plurality of solder bumps arranged in a first pattern, the first plurality of solder bumps arrayed on a first circular bump centerline;
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- a printed circuit board having a base connector;
- the base connector having a second plurality of solder bumps arranged in a second pattern, the second plurality of solder bumps arrayed on a second circular bump centerline concentric with the first pattern, the second pattern having a different size than the first pattern;
- wherein the first circular bump centerline is smaller than the second circular bump centerline such that when the flexible connector is aligned with the base connector, the first and the second centerlines are concentric and align the first plurality of solder bumps inside of and contacting the second plurality of solder bumps when the flexible connector and the base connector are pressed to ether.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.