Patent ID: 6860003

Claim:
A method for interconnecting a first circuit device to a second circuit device comprising the steps of: providing said first circuit device with one or more mounting pads; placing on said mounting pads one or more surface-mount connectors for electrically connecting two circuit devices, each surface-mount connector comprising: a longitudinally extending substantially cylindrical metallic body having an I-shaped transverse cross section, the body comprising a longitudinally extending central beam section having as each longitudinally extending edge a laterally extending base section, the central beam section comprising a pair of major surfaces, and each base section having a mounting surface perpendicular to the central beam section for bonding to a circuit device; soldering said one or more connectors to said first circuit device; providing a second circuit device with one or more mounting pads for receiving said connectors on said first circuit device; placing said first circuit device on said second circuit device with said connectors on said mounting pads of said second circuit device; and soldering said connectors to said mounting pads on said second surface device.