Patent ID: 6184587
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: B23K,G01R,H01L,H01R,H05K,Y02P,Y10T

Abstract:
Resilient contact structures for electronic components, comprising:a plurality of resilient free-standing elongate elements, each of selected ones of the plurality of resilient free-standing elongate elements having a base end and a tip end and comprising:a core comprising a material having a yield strength, the core having a base end and a tip end, the base end of the core attached directly to a corresponding one of a plurality of contact pads on an electronic component; anda shell comprising at least one layer of a material having a yield strength which is higher than the yield strength of the core material, the shell covering the core of the elongate element and an adjacent area of the contact pad to which the core is directly attached.