Patent ID: 7215557

Claim:
An assembly having an axis and comprising: a housing having an inner wall and defining an axis, a first support perpendicular to the axis and having a first support perimeter, a first microelectronic module affixed to the first support, a second support perpendicular to the axis and having a second support perimeter; a second microelectronic module affixed to the second support; and a plurality of ribs, each rib being attached to the first support at the first support perimeter outboard the first microelectronic module and to the second support at the second support perimeter outboard the second microelectronic module and extending axially therebetween to maintain said first support and said second support in parallel, spaced relationship, the ribs engaging the inner wall of the housing and spacing the first and second microelectronic modules and the first and second supports apart from the inner wall when the microelectronic assembly is coaxially received in the housing.