US 4,539,621 AGranted

Integrated circuit carrier and assembly

AssigneeMotorola, Inc.

InventorDavid W. Currier

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Abstract

An integrated circuit (IC) assembly 10 using an IC carrier is disclosed. An IC 15 and IC carrier together form a carrier subassembly 11 in which two parallel rows of IC leads 20 and 21 are received by carrier contacts 28 mounted in openings 27 in a horizontal portion 14 of a main carrier member 13. Extending pin portions 30 of the carrier contacts vertically extend from the horizontal portion openings into two carrier channels 31 and 32 wherein the extending pin portions and carrier channels are dimensioned so as to recess the pin portions and prevent finger access thereto. A socket subassembly 12 is provided comprising a main socket member 40 having two raised islands 44 and 45 each with a row of socket contacts 41 fixed therein. Each socket island is dimensioned for removably fitting within one of the carrier channels with the carrier pin portions mating with the socket contacts. The main carrier member is provided with a heat sink 25 on which the IC is mounted, and the horizontal portion 14, main carrier sidewalls 17 and a cover 16 form a main carrier cavity 18 in which the IC is mounted. The socket subassembly is mounted to a printed circuit board 49. The recessing of carrier pin portions in the carrier channels permits manually handling the carrier subassembly 11 without risking static electricity discharge damage to the IC or mechanical lead damage.

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Dependent claims

An integrated circuit (IC) carrier comprising:

a main carrier member, having a horizontal portion suitable for mounting thereto an integrated circuit (IC)
comprising an integral package having a main body and at least two substantially parallel rows of pluralities of electrically external leads extending outward from said main body,
said main carrier member having at least two substantially parallel rows of openings in said horizontal portion, said two parallel rows of openings arranged substantially longitudinally overlapping and being normally spaced apart by a dimension at least large enough to permit finger access therebetween,
said main carrier member having walls substantially extending vertically from said horizontal portion and forming, on at least one vertical side of said horizontal portion, at least one effective open carrier channel surrounding at least one of said rows of openings, thereby effectively recessing said openings within said carrier channel, said carrier member including means for preventing finger access to said openings of said one row of openings within said channel from at least said one vertical side of said horizontal portion, and
a plurality of metallic carrier contacts each having a receptacle opening at one end thereof and an extending projection at an opposite end thereof, each of said carrier contacts being mounted in an associated one of said openings in said horizontal portion of said main carrier member with the extending projection extending from each opening in said row into said carrier channel, said carrier member means preventing finger access from said one vertical side of said horizontal portion to said projections which extend into said channel from said openings in said one row, while providing electrical access to said projections from said one vertical side.

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An integrated circuit (IC) carrier subassembly comprising:

a main carrier member having a horizontal portion, and
an integrated circuit (IC) mounted to said main carrier member,
said IC comprising an integral package having a main body and at least two substantially parallel rows of pluralities of electrically external leads extending outward from said main body,
said main carrier member having at least two substantially parallel rows of openings in said horizontal portion, each opening associated with and effectively receiving at least a portion of one of said IC external leads,
said carrier subassembly providing at least two substantially parallel rows of pluralities of extending electrical projections, each projection corresponding to an associated one of said IC leads and extending in a substantially vertical linear direction from an associated one of said openings in said horizontal portion, said two rows of openings and their corresponding rows of projections arranged substantially longitudinally overlapping and being normally spaced apart by a dimension at least large enough to permit finger access therebetween,
said main carrier member having walls forming, on at least one vertical side of said horizontal portion, at least one effective open carrier channel surrounding at least one of said rows extending projections, said walls extending substantially vertically from said horizontal portion parallel to and in the same direction and substantially beyond the extending projections and effectively recessing said projections within said carrier subassembly, said carrier member including means for preventing finger access to said projections in said channel from at least said one vertical side of said horizontal portion, while providing electrical access to said projections from said one vertical side,
wherein said IC main body is located on the vertical side of said horizontal portion opposite to the vertical side on which said channel is formed, and
wherein said carrier subassembly includes a plurality of metallic carrier contacts, at least equal in number to the number of IC leads, each contact having a receptacle opening at one end thereof and an extending pin portion at an opposite end thereof, each of said carrier contacts being mounted in an associated one of said openings in said horizontal portion of said main carrier member with the extending pin portion extending from each opening in said row of openings into said carrier channel and serving as said extending projection, said carrier member means preventing finger access from said one vertical side of horizontal portion to said pin portions which extend into said channel from said openings in said one row while providing electrical access to said pin portions from said one vertical side, each of said carrier contact receptacles effectively receiving an associated one of said IC leads.

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An integrated circuit (IC) carrier assembly comprising:

an IC carrier subassembly including a main carrier member having a horizontal portion, and an integrated circuit (IC) mounted to said main carrier member,
said IC comprising an integral package having a main body and at least two substantially parallel rows of pluralities of electrically external leads extending outward from said main body,
said main carrier member having at least two substantially parallel rows of openings in said horizontal portion, each opening associated with and effectively receiving at least a portion of one of said IC external leads,
said carrier subassembly providing at least two substantially parallel rows of pluralities of extending electrical projections, each projection corresponding to an associated one of said IC leads and extending in a substantially vertical linear direction from an associated one of said opening in said horizontal portion, said two rows of openings and their corresponding rows of projections arranged substantially longitudinally overlapping and being normally spaced apart by a dimension at least large enough to permit finger access therebetween,
said main carrier member having walls forming, on at least one vertical side of said horizontal portion, at least one effective open carrier channel surrounding at least one of said rows of extending projections, said walls extending substantially vertically from said horizontal portion parallel to and in the same direction and substantially beyond the extending projections and effectively recessing said projections within said carrier subassembly, said carrier member including means for preventing finger access to said projections in said channel from at least said one vertical side of said horizontal portion;
a socket subassembly being removably electrically and mechanically connected to said carrier subassembly, and including a main socket member,
said main socket member having at least two substantially parallel rows of pluralities of metallic socket contacts fixed thereto, each of said socket contacts having an effective receptacle portion at one end thereof and an extending pin at a opposite end thereof, the number of socket contacts being equal to at least the number of said carrier extending projections with the receptacle portion of each socket contact mating with an associated one of said carrier extending projections,
said socket contacts being mounted in openings on portions of said main socket member, and at least one row of said socket contact receptacle portions and the portions of said main socket member on which said row of socket contact receptacle portions are mounted being positioned within said at least one effective carrier channel and mating with said one row of carrier extending projections with each of said projections being received by associated socket contact receptacle portions, whereby said carrier and socket subassemblies form an IC assembly in which said carrier subassembly carrying said IC can be removed from said socket subassembly and manually handled without incurring a substantial risk or IC electrical damage or mechanical lead damage, and
wherein said IC main body is located on the vertical side of said horizontal portion opposite to said one vertical side on which said carrier channel is formed, and
wherein said carrier subassembly includes a plurality of metallic carrier contacts at least equal in number to the number of IC leads, each carrier contact having a receptacle opening at one end thereof and an extending pin portion at an opposite end thereof, each of said carrier contacts being mounted in an associated one of said openings in said horizontal portion of said main carrier member with the extending pin portion extending from each opening in said row of openings into said carrier channel and serving as said extending projection, said carrier member means preventing finger access from said one vertical side of horizontal portion to said pin portions which extend into said channel from said openings in said one row while providing electrical access to said pin portions from said one vertical side, each of said contact receptacles effectively receiving an associated one of said IC leads.

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An integrated circuit (IC) carrier and socket assembly comprising:

an IC carrier including a main carrier member having a horizontal portion for mounting thereon an integrated circuit (IC)
comprising an integral package having a main body and at least two substantially parallel rows of pluralities of electrically external leads extending outward from said main body,
said main carrier member having at least two substantially parallel rows openings in said horizontal portion,
said carrier, providing at least two substantially parallel rows of pluralities of extending electrical projections, each projection corresponding to an IC lead and extending in a substantially vertical linear direction from an associated one of said openings in said horizontal portion, said two rows of openings and their corresponding rows of projections arranged substantially longitudinally overlapping and being normally spaced apart by a dimension at least large enough to permit finger access therebetween,
said main carrier member having walls forming, on at least one vertical side of said horizontal portion, at least one effective open carrier surrounding at least one of said rows of extending projections, said walls extending substantially vertically from said horizontal portion parallel to and in the same direction and substantially beyond the extending projections and effectively recessing said projections within said carrier, said main carrier member including means for preventing finger access to said projections in said channel from at least said one vertical side of said horizontal portion;
a socket subassembly being removably electrically and mechanically connected to said carrier, and including a main socket member,
said main socket member having at least two substantially parallel rows of pluralities of metallic socket contacts fixed thereto, each of said socket contacts having an effective receptacle portion at one end thereof and an extending pin at an opposite end thereof, the number of socket contacts being equal to at least the number of said carrier extending projections with the receptacle portion of each socket contact mating with an associated one of said carrier extending projections,
said socket contacts being mounted in openings on portions of said main socket member, and at least one row of said socket contact receptacle portions and the portions of said main socket member on which said row of socket contact receptacle portions are mounted being positioned within said effective carrier channel and mating with said one row of carrier extending projections with each of said projections being received by associated socket contact receptacle portions, whereby said carrier and said socket subassembly form an IC assembly in which said carrier, when carrying said IC, can be removed from said socket subassembly and manually handled without incurring a substantial risk of IC electrical damage or mechanical lead damage, and
wherein said carrier includes a plurality of metallic carriers contacts, each carrier contact having a receptacle opening at one end thereof and an extending pin portion at an opposite end thereof, each of said carrier contacts being mounted in an associated one of said openings in said horizontal portion of said main carrier member with the extending pin with the extending pin portion extending from each opening in said row of openings into said carrier channel and serving as said extending projection, said carrier member means preventing finger access from said one vertical side of horizontal portion to said pin portions which extend into said channel from said openings in said one row while providing electrical access to said pin portions from said one vertical side.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.