I-channel surface-mount connector with extended flanges
Assigneedi/dt, Inc.
InventorApurba Roy
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Abstract
In accordance with the invention, an I-channel surface mount connector comprising a length of cylindrical rod having a generally I-shaped cross section is improved by providing an extended mounting flange. When a first circuit device is connected to a second circuit device with the extended flange extending outward of the first device, the flange can extend beyond the periphery of the first device. This extension has the advantage that the solder bond between the flange and the second device can be easily inspected from above using visual inspection equipment.
Claims6
A method for interconnecting a first circuit device to a second circuit device comprising the steps of:
- providing said first circuit device with one or more mounting pads;
- placing on each said mounting pad a surface-mount connector having an extended base being positioned distal to the mounting pads, the extended base extending laterally outward away from the edge of the first circuit device so as to extend beyond the periphery of the first circuit device,
- soldering said one or more connectors to said first circuit device;
- providing a second circuit device with one or more mounting pads for receiving the extended bases of the connectors on said first circuit device;
- placing said first circuit device on said second circuit device with the extended bases on said mounting pads of said second circuit device and, viewed from above the first device, the extended bases extending laterally beyond the edge of the first device;
- soldering said extended bases to said mounting pads on said second surface device;
- and visually inspecting from above the first device, the solder bonding between the extended bases and the mounting pads of the second device.
A method for interconnecting a first circuit device to a second circuit device comprising the steps of providing said first circuit device with one or more mounting pads;
- placing on each said mounting pad a surface-mount connector;
- soldering the one or more connectors to said first circuit device;
- providing a second circuit device with one or more mounting pads for receiving said connectors on said first circuit device;
- placing said first circuit device on said second circuit device with said connectors on said mounting pads of said second circuit device;
- and soldering said connectors to said mounting pads on said second surface device;
- wherein the surface-mount connector comprises a metallic body of an essentially I-shaped transverse cross section, the body comprising a longitudinally extending central beam section having first and a second sides and first and second longitudinally extending edges, and further having at each longitudinally extending edge, a laterally extending base section comprising first and second flanges extending from the first and second sides of the central beam section, wherein the first flange of at least one base section is of greater length than the second flange of the same base section, and each base section having a mounting surface perpendicular to the central beam section for bonding to a circuit device,
- each surface-mount connector placed on each said mounting pad such that a base section having a longer first flange is positioned distal to the mounting pads and such that the longer first flange extends outward away from the edge of the first circuit device so as to overhang the first circuit device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.