Patent ID: 8911242

Claim:
An electrical component comprising: a substrate having opposite first and second sides and a plurality of vias extending into the substrate from the first side, the substrate having conductive pads on the first side that are electrically connected to corresponding vias and extend from the corresponding vias over a substrate surface of the first side of the substrate; and a plurality of electrical contacts mounted to the substrate along the first side, each of the electrical contacts including a contact heel and a contact beam that extends from the corresponding contact heel and at least partially away from the first side, wherein the contact heels are laser-welded to corresponding conductive pads on the first side to form plug-weld bonds that are located over the substrate surface, wherein the conductive pads have a pad thickness and the contact heels have a heel thickness, the pad thickness being greater than the heel thickness, wherein each of the contact heels includes first and second leg portions and a center portion that extends between and joins the first and second leg portions, the first and second leg portions extending toward different electrical contacts, each of the first and second leg portions having at least one of the plug-weld bonds.