Patent ID: 6397460
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: G01R,H01L,H01R,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for enabling electrical communication between an IC chip and a printed circuit board having an aperture therethrough, comprising:providing a metal tube, said metal tube having a sidewall extending the length of said metal tube, said sidewall having one of at least one aperture therein and at least one deformation therein placing said metal tube in at least a portion of said aperture of said printed circuit board for interposing said metal tube between at least a portion of said IC chip and said printed circuit board; and applying a compression force to said metal tube for deforming the portion of said metal tube having one of said aperture and said deformation for substantially longitudinally collapsing a portion of said metal tube in response to the compression force applied to said metal tube.