Patent ID: 7427202
Filing Date: 2008-09-23
Classification: H01L,H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. A means of attachment for electrically contacting electronic components, the means of attachment comprising: a carrier element; and a plurality of elongated connecting elements, each of the connecting elements arranged on the carrier element and having an elongated body, the elongated body protruding from the carrier element, each of the connecting elements and the carrier element including an electrically conductive surface; wherein each of the connecting elements has a first region, which consists of a first material, and a second region, which consists of a second material, the first region and the second region extending substantially over the entire length of the connecting element; and wherein the first material and the second material are metals or metallic compounds, the coefficient of thermal expansion of the first material being greater than that of the second material, and the first region and the second region being distributed over the cross section of the connecting elements, perpendicular to the length of the connecting elements, in a rotationally unsymmetrical manner.