CA1098980A - Electrical connector - Google Patents

Electrical connector

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Publication number
CA1098980A
CA1098980A CA314,615A CA314615A CA1098980A CA 1098980 A CA1098980 A CA 1098980A CA 314615 A CA314615 A CA 314615A CA 1098980 A CA1098980 A CA 1098980A
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Prior art keywords
contacts
housing
lid
package
connector
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CA314,615A
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French (fr)
Inventor
William S. Scheingold
Frank C. Youngfleish
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TE Connectivity Corp
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AMP Inc
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05KPRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
    • H05K7/00Constructional details common to different types of electric apparatus
    • H05K7/02Arrangements of circuit components or wiring on supporting structure
    • H05K7/10Plug-in assemblages of components, e.g. IC sockets
    • H05K7/1053Plug-in assemblages of components, e.g. IC sockets having interior leads
    • H05K7/1061Plug-in assemblages of components, e.g. IC sockets having interior leads co-operating by abutting
    • H05K7/1069Plug-in assemblages of components, e.g. IC sockets having interior leads co-operating by abutting with spring contact pieces
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L2924/00Indexing scheme for arrangements or methods for connecting or disconnecting semiconductor or solid-state bodies as covered by H01L24/00
    • H01L2924/0001Technical content checked by a classifier
    • H01L2924/0002Not covered by any one of groups H01L24/00, H01L24/00 and H01L2224/00

Abstract

ABSTRACT

An electrical connector for connecting a planar ;ead;ess electronic component package to a substrate, comprises a housing of electrically insulating material carrying a plurality of resilient electrical contacts, and having a lid which, when closed, serves to urge the package into engagement with the contacts, the lid carrying spring members which engage a package mounted on the connector when the lid is closed, thereby to enhance the engagement between the first contact points of the contacts and the conductors on the package. The contacts are received in individual cavities in walls of the housing, the contacts at each wall being retained in their cavities by a common securing arrangement.

Description

This in~ention relates to an electrical connector for connec-ting a planar leadless electronic component package to a substrate.
Electronic components such as integrated circuit chips are frequently mounted on a planar electrically insulating substrate of, for example, ceramic material, the substrate having thereon conductors connected to contact points on the component, and serving for establishing connections between the component and external circuitry.
It i5 often necessary to mount such an elec-tronic component and substrate leadless package on a further substrate such as a printed circuit board, with the conductors of the package electrically connected to conductors on the further substrate.
Many forms of electrical connector for effecting such mounting are well known, and a common type comprises a housing of electrically insulating material, in the form of a frame, carrying a plurality of resilient electrical contac-ts, arranged in individual pockets in the housing walls.
Each contact has a first contact point for engagement with a conductor on the package and a second contact point for engagement with a conductor on the substrate, all the first contact ~.

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points l~Jillg sul~stalltially in a first plane, ancl all the se~ond contact poi.nts lying substanti.ally ln a second plaJIe spaced from and parallel to t:he first plane~
Such connectc)rs are also known, wh.iceh include a lid hin~ed]..y connectecl to the hous.Lng, which lid when closed on~o the housing serves to urge a package mounted on the housing, into enga~ement with the first contact points of the contacts r and to secure the package to tlle connector.
A difficult~ which arises with known connectors is that since the conductors on the package are not resilient, the contact fQrce between these conductor.s and the contacts is dependent solely upon the resiliency of the contacts, ~nd the accuracy o the positioni.ny of the contacts in the housing.
~ccording to this invention, there is provided an electrical connector for connecting a planar leadless electronic component package to a substrate; comprising a housing of electrically insulat:ing materi.al carrying a p].urality o resilient electri.ccll contacts each haviny a first contact point for engagement ~ith a con~uctc)r on the package and a second contact pOi.llt for engagement ~lith a conductor on the ..~.

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sllb~trate, all.t~he ~irs~ cont~ct po:ints l~ing substanti.ally in a first plane, and ~11 the se~ond contact poin~s l~i.rlg substantially in a second plane spaced fxom, and parallel to, the first plane, the housinq having a lid which when closed serv~s ~o urge the package in~o enyagement with the first contact points of the contacts, in whi.ch the lid carries spring membexs which enyage a pack~ge mounted on the connector when the lid i.s :.
closed, thereb~ to enhance the engagament between th~ first contac~ points of the contacts and the conductors on the package.
This invention wi.l~ now be described by way of example, with reference to the drawings, tn whi.ch:-Figure 1 i~ a perspective view of a connectox according to the inventioni Figure 2 is a section on the line II - II
in Figure l; and Fi~-ure 3 is an exploded perspective vi~w of a detai]. of the connector of Figure 1 showi.ng how the con~acts are mounted in the houslng thereof.
The connector shown i.s for use in mounting a planar leadless electronlc component package 100 (Figure 2) on a printed circuit boaxd substrate 200~ wh.ile electrically connectin~ conductox.~ 101 :;
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on the package 100 to conductors 201 on the printed circuit board 200.
The connector comprises a housing 1 moulded from electrically insulating plastics material in the form of a rectanguloid box having four side walls 2 and a base 3. Each side wall 2 is formed with a plurality of cavities 4 separated by partitions 5, each of which cavities 4 receives an electrical contact 6. As best seen in Figure 2, each contact 6 is substantially S-shaped, the upper l.imb 7 providing a first contact point 8 for engagement with a conduc-tor 101 on the Rackage 100, and the lower limb 9 providing a second contact point 10 for engagement with a conductor 201 on the prin-ted circuit board 200. All the first contact points 8 lie substantially in a first plane, and all the second contac-t points 10 lie substantially in a second plane, spaced from7 and parallel to, the first plane, the first plane being defined by the conductor-carrying surface of the package 100 when mounted on the connector, and the second plane being defined by the conductor-carrying surface of the printed ci.rcuit board 200.
The inner surface of the base 3 of the housing 1 is covered by a me-tal plate 11 having a threaded hole at its centre, and the connector . ~, - ~ ' '' ~ ' ~ . ' : ., ; ' -8~

~.s secux~d to khe prlnted ci.rGu~ . boarcl 200 b-y a bolt 12 w~hicll passr-s through the board 200 and the base 3 of ~he ho~ls:ing 1I to enc~age i.n the hole .in the pl ane 11. rrhe hase 3 o~ the housing 5 1 is formed ~ith fou.r out~A~ardly extenaing cylindrical projecki.ons ~.0, one at each corner, which projections 20 engac~e in holes in the hoard 200 to posi.tion the connector accurately.
The contacts 6 each have an ~-shaped tai.l mountin~ porkion 13 exkendincJ up~ardly from the lower limb 9 (as shown ln ~'igures 2 and 3), and the con~acts 6 a~ each wall ~ of the housincJ 1 are secured in ~heir cavities ~ by means of a con~on securincJ arrangement comprising a first bar 14 15 of electric~tlly insulAt~ ny plastics material, which bar 14 is SU~ stantially L- haped and has a plurality of recesses 15 each of which receives the knee of the tail portion 13 of a conkact 6, and a s~cond bar 16 of el.ectrically i.nsulating plastics materlal which engages i~ the knees of the tail portions 13 of the contacls 6 to hold the contacts in ~hei.r recesses 15 ln the first bar 14. The bars 14 and 16 are~ se~l1red to the housi.ng L at their ends either ~y means of an adhesive, ul~.ra-sollic woldin~, or merely by be ~ ng an interferellce f:it i.n suitably si.7~ed recesses, the c.~on-c~ci:s 6 thus ~e.i.nc.~ secured to the housillg - : : .
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1 i.n thei~ individua:l cavit.ies 4 ln the ~alls 2 thereo~.
Such a rnethod o~ s~curing the cGntacts 6 in the hol1sing 1 makes manu:Ea.cture and assembly of t.he connector easy and thus relat.i.vely cheap, ~h.ile still ensuring that the contact.s ~ ar~
accux~.tely posit.ioned relati.ve to the conductors o~ the package and substrate.
The hous.ing 1 has a lid 17 which is rormed from spri.ng metal and which is secured to the housing 1 by means of two hinges 18 formed on the housi.ng 1. The hinges 18 are such that the l.id 17 can be po~it:ioned over the housing 1 but out O~ COlltaC t there~lth/ and can then be moved towards the housing 1 to engage the housing 1 at all r~oi.nts around the periphery thereo~

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Thls is a particular advantageous feature, since th~ substrates used in packages are oft~n of a ceramic material which is brittle, and thus a package can easily bs damaged or evell bro~en by the applicati.oll of unequal forces thereto.
The hin~e arran~ement. of the connector bein~
described ensures that substantia].~y equal ~orces are applied to the package 100 about its perlphery when the lid 17 is c1.o3ed to secure the pac]cac3e 100 in the connector.

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The hinges 1~ are loc.lted at two corners of the housing 1, wh:Lle catclles 19 are provided at the other two corners r which catclles 19 sQrve to retai.n the lid 17 in .its closed position~
The lid 17 is formed with four I.~shaped sprin~
arms 21 adapted and arranyed to engage ~ package 100 when l~ount~d on the connector ~as sho~m in Figure 2~ alld the lid 17 is closQd lnto its closed positionc The lld 17 thus serves to secure the package 100 in the connector, while the spring arms 21 serve to enhance the enga~em2nt between the irst contact points 8 of tlle contacts 6 and.the conductors 101 on the pa.ckage 100. The lid 17 is stren~thened b~ flanges 22 at its periphery, ~hich flan~es are received in recesses 23 in the walls 2 o the housing 1 when the lid 17 is closed. Being of metal and in contact with the package 100, the lid 17 also ser~es to dissipate heat fro~ the package 100 when in use.
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Claims (5)

The embodiments of the invention for which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are as follows:
1. An electrical connector for connecting a planar leadless electronic component package to a substrate, comprising a housing of electrically insulating material carrying a plurality of resilient electrical contacts each having a first contact point for engagement with a conductor on the package and a second contact point for engagement with a conductor on the substrate, all the first contact points lying substantially in a first plane, and all the second plane spaced from, and parallel to, the first plane, the housing having a lid which, when closed, serves to urge the package into engagement with the first contact points of the contacts, in which the lid carries spring members which engage a package mounted on the connector when the lid is closed, thereby to enhance the engagement between the first contact points of the contacts and the conductors on the package.
2. A connector as claimed in claim 1, in which the lid is formed of metal.
3. A connector as claimed in claim 1 or Claim 2, in which the lid is connected to the housing by hinges which permit positioning of the lid over the housing, and then movement of the lid towards the housing to engage the housing at all points around the periphery thereof simultaneously.
4. A connector as claimed in Claim 1, in which the contacts are received in individual cavities in walls of the housing, the contacts at each wall being retained in their cavities by a common securing arrangement.
5. A connector as claimed in Claim 4, in which each contact has an L-shaped tail mounting portion, the common securing arrangement comprising a first substantially L-shaped bar of electrically insulating material, the first bar having a plurality of recesses each of which receives the knee of the tail portion of an individual contact, and a second bar of electrically insulating material which engages in the knees of the tail portions of the contacts to hold the contacts in their recesses in the first bar, the bars being secured to the housing at their ends.
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US851,338 1977-11-14

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DE2849418C2 (en) 1988-05-11
FR2408925B1 (en) 1982-09-03
ES475026A1 (en) 1979-04-16
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