Compliant interconnect assembly
AssigneeGryphics, Inc.
InventorJames J. Rathburn
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for making a compliant interconnect assembly. The compliant interconnect assembly includes a first carrier having a first major surface and a plurality of through openings. A first major surface of a first flexible circuit member having a plurality of electrical traces is attached to the first major surface of the first carrier. The electrical traces include a plurality of compliant members having at least one distal end projecting in one of the openings of the first carrier. A first major surface of a second carrier is positioned opposite a second major surface of the first flexible circuit member. The second carrier has a plurality of through openings aligned with the plurality of the compliant members.
Claims47
A compliant interconnect assembly comprising:
- a first dielectric layer having a first major surface and a plurality of through openings;
- a first flexible circuit member comprising a plurality of electrical traces having a first major surface attached to the first major surface of the first dielectric layer and a plurality of conductive compliant members attached to the first flexible circuit member and having a plurality of first distal ends aligned with a plurality of the openings of the first dielectric layer;
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- a second dielectric layer having a first major surface positioned opposite a second major surface of the first flexible circuit member, the second dielectric layer having a plurality of through openings aligned with second distal ends of a plurality of conductive compliant members.
A compliant interconnect assembly comprising:
- a first flexible circuit member having a first major surface and a plurality of through openings;
- at least one discrete conductive compliant member extending through one of the openings in the first flexible circuit member and attached to the first flexible circuit member, the conductive compliant member having at least one distal end projecting away from the first flexible circuit member;
- a dielectric layer having a first major surface positioned opposite the first major surface of the first flexible circuit member, the dielectric layer having a plurality of openings through which a plurality of the distal ends of the conductive compliant members extend;
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- a second dielectric layer having a first major surface positioned opposite a second major surface of the first flexible circuit member, the second dielectric layer having a plurality of openings aligned with a plurality of the conductive compliant members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.