Patent ID: 7253365
Filing Date: 2007-08-07
Classification: G02F,H01L

Abstract:
1. A die package comprising: a housing for holding a microelectronic die; a plurality of electrically conductive leads held in said housing, each of said leads including a flexible, external portion projecting externally from said housing; and a shroud attached to said housing over said leads, said shroud having at least one opening which provides access to said leads, said shroud having a slot for receiving a substrate such that, when the substrate is received in said slot, the external portions of said leads flexibly contact the substrate, said leads being flexible in a plane orthogonal to the substrate to bring at least one conductive element on the surface of the substrate in an electrical contact with said lead, to form an electrical connection between said plurality of leads and the substrate, said shroud concealing said leads, the electrical connection, and a portion of the substrate received by said shroud.