Patent ID: 6478627
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: H01L,H01R,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
An insertion module for a bare semiconductor die, said bare semiconductor die having a plurality of bond pads on at least one surface thereof, said insertion module comprising:at least two plates, each plate of said at least two plates having a first major side and a second major side, each of said first major side and said second major side having a first end and a second end, said first major side of a first plate of said at least two plates abutted to said second major side of a second plate of said at least two plates forming a die socket having a die slot at a first end thereof and a lead slot at a second end thereof, said first end and said second end of said die socket formed by said first ends of two abutted first plate and said second plate and said second ends of said two abutted said first plate and said second plate; an interconnect lead tape including a pattern of electrically conductive leads formed on a portion of a film of insulation forming a portion thereof, a plurality of electrically conductive leads of said pattern of electrically conductive leads having inner ends for resilient electrical contact with at least one bond pad of said plurality of bond pads of said bare semiconductor die and outer ends for at least one electrically conductive lead of said plurality of electrically conductive leads to electrically contact a substrate; and resilient apparatus for forcing said inner ends of said plurality of electrically conductive leads of said pattern of electrically conductive leads into resilient contact with said at least one bond pad of said plurality of bond pads of said bare semiconductor die.