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US 2010/0167560 A1Published application
Area array adaptor
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsCharles V. DeSantis, David E. Burchell
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Abstract
An adaptor for connecting ball grid array components to a circuit board with a leaded grid array joint, utilizing electric leads which can connect to a ball grid array on one end and a leaded grid array pad pattern on the opposite end.
Claims20
An apparatus for connecting a component to a circuit board wherein one of said component and said circuit board has a Ball Grid Array (BGA) connection and one of said component and said circuit board has a Leaded Grid Array (LGA) connection comprising;
- a non-electrically conductive carrier containing at least a set of electrically conductive leads;
- said leads being capable of forming an electrical connection to a BGA joint at a first end;
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- said leads being capable of forming an electrical connection to a LGA joint at a second end opposite of said first end.
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A circuit board assembly comprising;
- at least one electrical component connected to a circuit board;
- one of said electrical component and said circuit board having a Ball Grid Array (BGA) connection type, and one of said electrical component and said circuit board having a Leaded Grid Array (LGA) connection type;
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- an adaptor electrically connecting said component and said circuit board.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.