Communication systems incorporating control meshes
AssigneeWaytronx, Inc.
InventorJohn M. Popovich
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Abstract
The method of communicating with circuitry that includes providing a woven mesh having elongated conductive elements extending in array forming directions relative to the circuitry, establishing communication sites associated with the mesh elements, located in spaced apart relation, and operating the sites via the mesh to communicate optically with the circuitry, having detection capability.
Claims26
The method of communicating with circuitry that includes:
- a) providing a woven mesh having elongated conductive elements extending in array forming directions relative to said circuitry, the array defining a plane or planes,
- b) establishing communication sites associated with the mesh elements, located in spaced apart relation,
- c) operating said sites via the mesh to communicate with said circuitry, having detection capability,
- d) flowing coolant fluid through the mesh in the plane or planes of the array,
- e) said circuitry provided on one or more dies having a side or sides facing said sites and said mesh,
- f) said mesh located between two of said dies provided at opposite sides of the mesh, and compressing said mesh between said dies.
Apparatus for communicating with a circuitry unit, comprising in combination:
- a) a woven mesh having elongated conductive elements extending in array forming directions relative to said circuitry,
- b) communication sites associated with the mesh elements, located in spaced apart relation,
- c) first means for operating said sites via the mesh elements to communicate with said circuitry unit, having detection capability,
- d) said circuitry unit overlying said sites, and clamping means causing contact points on the circuitry unit to pressurally engage said sites,
- e) and including means for flowing coolant through said clamped mesh.
Apparatus for communicating with a circuitry unit, comprising in combination:
- a) a woven mesh having elongated conductive elements extending in array forming directions relative to said circuitry,
- b) communication sites associated with the mesh elements, located in spaced apart relation,
- c) first means for operating said sites via the mesh elements to communicate with said circuitry, having detection capability,
- d) and wherein said circuitry is provided on one or more dies having a side or sides facing said sites and said mesh,
- e) and wherein said mesh is located between two of said dies provided at opposite sides of the mesh,
- f) and including means for flowing coolant through the mesh, and between said dies.
Apparatus for communicating with a circuitry unit, comprising in combination:
- a) a woven mesh having elongated conductive elements extending in array forming directions relative to said circuitry,
- b) communication sites associated with the mesh elements, located in spaced apart relation,
- c) first means for operating said sites via the mesh elements to communicate with said circuitry unit, having detection capability,
- d) said circuitry unit overlying said sites, and clamping means causing contact points on the circuitry unit to pressurally engage said sites,
- e) and including means for flowing coolant through said clamped mesh,
- f) and wherein said elements are provided as optical fibers extending in different directions.
Apparatus for communicating with a circuitry unit, comprising in combination:
- a) a woven mesh having elongated conductive elements extending in array forming directions relative to said circuitry,
- b) communication sites associated with the mesh elements, located in spaced apart relation,
- c) first means for operating said sites via the mesh elements to communicate with said circuitry, having detection capability,
- d) and wherein said circuitry is provided on one or more dies having a side or sides facing said sites and said mesh,
- e) and wherein said mesh is located between two of said dies provided at opposite sides of the mesh,
- f) and wherein said sites are at one side of the mesh, confronting one die, and wherein support balls are provided at the opposite side of the mesh, facing the other die.
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