Patent ID: 8124885

Claim:
An anisotropically conductive connector comprising: a supporting member having a first plurality of through-holes, each of the first plurality of through-holes extending in a thickness-wise direction of the supporting member, and anisotropically conductive sheets respectively held in the first plurality of through-holes of the supporting member, each of the anisotropically conductive sheets is composed of: a frame plate having a second plurality of through-holes, each of the second plurality of through-holes extending in a thickness-wise direction of the frame plate, and a plurality of anisotropically conductive elements arranged in the second plurality of through-holes of the frame plate, each of the plurality of anisotropically conductive elements is formed by a conductive part having conductive particles contained in an elastic polymeric substance in a state oriented so as to align in a thickness-wise direction of the each of the plurality of anisotropically conductive elements, and an insulating part formed so as to cover an outer periphery of the conductive part and composed of the elastic polymeric substance, the conductive part is formed protruding from a surface of the insulating part, and an insulating layer composed of the elastic polymeric substance is formed so as to cover a surface of the frame plate of the each of the anisotropically conductive sheets, wherein the plurality of anisotropically conductive sheets comprises a first plurality of anisotropically conductive sheets arranged in a peripheral region of the supporting member and a second plurality of anisotropically conductive sheets arranged in a central region of the supporting member, and a thickness of each of the conductive part of the first plurality of anisotropically conductive sheets is smaller than a thickness of the each of the conductive part of the second plurality of anisotropically conductive sheets.