Integrated circuit package with laminated backup cell
AssigneeSGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.A.
InventorJoseph H. McCain
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AssigneeSGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.A.
InventorJoseph H. McCain
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An integrated circuit package encapsulates a memory chip and a laminated backup battery for preserving data in the event of loss of main power supply. The package includes a lead frame assembly encapsulated within a body of non-conductive material, with the memory chip being mounted onto a device support plate on one side of the lead frame. The laminated battery is supported beneath the device support plate on the opposite side of the lead frame. A flat geometry interconnect media connects the electrodes of the laminated backup battery for wire bond interconnection with the positive and negative power input nodes of the memory chip. The interconnect media is in the form of a flexible, laminated strip having a central conductive laminate sandwiched between a pair of insulation laminates. The integrated circuit chip, the laminated battery, the interconnected media, the lead frame assembly and the gold interconnect wires are completely encapsulated within the molded package body.
An electronic circuit package comprising, in combination:
In an electronic circuit package of the type including a lead frame assembly, finger leads and a device support member, an integrated circuit chip mounted on the device support member, said integrated circuit chip having input/output nodes for conducting signals, positive and negative nodes for conducting operating current, and wire conductors electrically connecting the input/output signal nodes to the finger leads, the improvement comprising a laminated secondary cell mounted beneath the device support member, said laminated cell having a cathode lamination, an anode lamination and interconnect media means connecting the anode and cathode laminations in electrical contact with the positive and negative power nodes, respectively.
An electronic circuit package comprising, in combination:
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