Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Printed circuit board with edge soldering for high-density packages and assemblies
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Application No.: US14921749Application Date: 2015-10-23
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Publication No.: US10098241B2Publication Date: 2018-10-09
- Inventor: Thomas Brunschwiler , Andreas Doering , Ronald P. Luijten , Stefano S. Oggioni , Joerg-Eric Sagmeister , Patricia Sagmeister , Martin Schmatz
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Agent Daniel Morris, Esq.
- Main IPC: H05K3/40
- IPC: H05K3/40 ; H05K3/36 ; H05K1/14 ; H05K3/46

Abstract:
The present invention is notably directed to a printed circuit board, or PCB. This PCB has two main surfaces, each delimited by lateral edges, as well as lateral surfaces, each meeting each of the two main surfaces at one lateral edge. The present PCB further comprises a row of solder pads, which extends along a lateral edge of the PCB. Each solder pad is formed directly at the lateral edge and/or directly on a lateral surface (meeting one of the two main surfaces at said lateral edge). I.e., each pad interrupts a lateral edge and/or an adjoining lateral surface. One or more chips, e.g., memory chips, can be mounted on such a PCB to form an IC package. The above solder pad arrangement allows particularly dense arrangements of IC packages to be obtained. The present invention is further directed to related devices and methods of fabrication thereof.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170118839A1 PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD WITH EDGE SOLDERING FOR HIGH-DENSITY PACKAGES AND ASSEMBLIES Public/Granted day:2017-04-27
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