Patent ID: 6241532
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A high density electrical connector assembly comprising a first sheet-like body of an insulating material having a surface and a plurality of electrical traces extending to a plurality of first interconnect pads disposed on the surface in a first pattern, a second sheet-like body of an insulating material having a surface and a plurality of second electrical traces extending to a plurality of second interconnect pads disposed on the surface of the second sheet-like body in a second pattern, the second pattern being substantially a mirror image of the first pattern, the surface of the first sheet-like body facing the surface of the second sheet-like body so that the first interconnect pads face the second interconnect pads, a flexible sheet of an insulating and compliant material disposed between the first and second interconnect pads and having first and second opposite planar surfaces, a plurality of first connector pads disposed on the first planar surface in the first pattern and a plurality of second connector pads disposed on the second planar surface in the second pattern and electrically connected through the flexible sheet to the first connector pads and clamping means mountable to the first and second sheet-like bodies for urging the first and second sheet-like bodies and the flexible sheet together so that the first interconnect pads register with and engage the first connector pads and the second interconnect pads register with and engage the second connector pads whereby the compliant material of the flexible sheet facilitates electrical connections between the first interconnect pads and the first connector pads and between the second interconnect pads and the second connector pads for making electrical connections between the first and second interconnect pads.