Ex Parte GEDNEY et al - Page 69



              Appeal 2006-1454                                                                                         
              Application 09/004,524                                                                                   
              Patent 5,483,421                                                                                         

                    2. The package of claim 1 wherein said chip carrier and said circuit board                         
              are formed of the same material.                                                                         
                    3. The package as defined in claim 2 wherein said material is a glass filled                       
              epoxy.                                                                                                   
                    4. The package as defined in claim 1 wherein said first set of solder                              
              connections is formed of a higher melting point solder than said second set of                           
              solder connections.                                                                                      
                    5. The package as defined in claim 1 further characterized by the pattern of                       
              said first bonding pads being finer than the pattern of the second bonding pads.                         
                    6. The package as defined in claim 1 wherein the thermal coefficient of                            
              expansions of the material of the chip carrier and the material of the circuit board                     
              do not differ by more than about 20%.                                                                    

                    7. A method of mounting integrated circuit chips onto a circuit board                              
              comprising the steps of:                                                                                 
                    providing an integrated circuit chip having a surface array of input/output                        
              pads on one side thereof which array forms a footprint;                                                  
                    providing a chip carrier formed of an organic dielectric material having first                     
              and second opposite surfaces;                                                                            
                    forming a first set of bonding pads on said first surface of the chip carrier                      
              arranged in an array corresponding with the chip footprint;                                              
                    providing a pattern of conductors on said chip carrier connected to                                
              accommodate said input/output pads;                                                                      
                    forming a first set of solder connections between the input/output pads on                         
              the chip and said first set of bonding pads on the chip carrier;                                         
                    forming a second set of bonding pads on the second surface of the chip                             
              carrier arranged in an array;                                                                            
                    forming electrically conducting vias through the chip carrier to connect said                      
              first set of bonding pads to the second set of bonding pads;                                             


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