Patent ID: 6368136
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A circuit board and semiconductor package comprising:a circuit board having a plurality of circuits located on a surface thereof; at least two J-shaped locking pins, each J-shaped locking pin of said at least two J-shaped locking pins including a stem portion and a hooking portion, the hooking portion having a curved portion formed on a first end of the stem portion and having a thickness, each J-shaped locking pin of the at least two J-shaped locking pins attached to the circuit board having a second end of the stem portion of said each J-shaped locking pin engaging the circuit board, the curved portion of the hooking portion of said each of said at least two J-shaped locking pins facing and aligned having the curved portion of the hooking portion of another locking pin of the at least two J-shaped locking pins; and a semiconductor package having a first edge for vertically supporting the semiconductor package with respect to the circuit board, having at least one J-shaped locking edge located on each side adjacent said first edge of said semiconductor package for receiving the curved portion of the hooking portion of said each J-shaped locking pin of the at least two J-shaped locking pins attached to the circuit board, said semiconductor package having a thickness no wider than the thickness of the hooking portion of said each J-shaped locking pin of the at least two J-shaped locking pins connecting said semiconductor package to the circuit board and having a plurality of gull-wing, zig-zag, in-line package leads extending along a length of the first edge of said semiconductor package, each lead of the plurality of leads extending downwardly from said semiconductor package, a portion of said each of said plurality of leads extending below said semiconductor package and resiliently biasing a portion of said each of said plurality of leads against at least one circuit of the plurality of circuits located on the surface of the circuit board.