Patent ID: 6527563
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: G01R,H01L,H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A grid interposer for use with integrated circuit components, which comprises:a planar insulating layer which defines a plurality of vias through said insulating layer, and which includes one or more orienting features; at least one conductive pad comprising; an upper pad body superior to said insulating layer, which includes a plurality of contact posts extending away from said insulating layer; a lower pad body inferior to said insulating layer, which includes a plurality of contact posts extending away from said insulating layer; and a plurality of connecting bars which extend through said vias and which are contiguous with said upper pad body and said lower pad body, and which electrically and mechanically join said upper pad body and said lower pad body in a rigid connection which in use does not compress said insulating layer when in operative contact with said integrated circuit components; wherein said one or more conductive pads of said grid interposer provide electrical contact with an IC component in contact with said contact posts of said upper pad body and with an IC component in contact with said contact posts of said lower pad body, by penetration of an oxidation layer on said IC components by said contact posts, and said grid interposer is placed in a contact position by the use of said one or more orienting features of said planar insulating layer.