Method of fabricating electrical connector for surface mounting

A method of fabricating an anisotropic elastomeric conductor, said method comprising:

• forming a stack of first and second sheets so that at least one second sheet lies between adjacent first sheets, wherein said first sheets are fabric woven from electrically conductive fibers running in one direction and electrically insulating fibers running in the transverse direction and the second sheets are fabric woven entirely from electrically insulating fibers;
• perfusing the stack with a curable elastomeric resin so that said resin permeates the interstices in the woven fabrics of the first and second sheets;
• curing the elastomeric resin to form a solid block having the electrically conductive fibers electrically isolated from one another and extending from one side of the block to the opposite side;
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• slicing the solid matrix in a direction transverse to the direction of the electrically conductive fibers to yield individual slices having the fibers extending thereacross.

An anisotropic elastomeric conductor formed according to the steps of:

• (a) forming a stack of first and second sheets of woven material, said first sheets formed of electrically insulating material with spaced apart electrically conductive fibers extending therethrough in one direction only;
• said second sheets composed of electrically insulating material;
• said first and second sheets arranged so at least one second sheet is disposed between adjacent first sheets;
• said first sheets arranged so said conductive fibers in all of said first sheets are oriented in one direction;
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• (b) perfusing said stack with a curable elastomeric resin;
• and
• (c) curing said elastomeric resin so as to form a solid block with said electrically conductive fibers electrically isolated from each other and extending from one side of the block to the opposite side.