Patent ID: 7362562

Claim:
A method comprising: mounting a electronic component automatically in an opening provided for the electronic component in a circuit board using an alignment unit of the electronic component and an alignment unit of the circuit board, which align an electric connecting unit of the electronic component against an electric connecting unit on the circuit board, wherein mounting comprises mounting the alignment unit of the electronic component on the alignment unit of the circuit board, the alignment unit of the circuit board also being for locating the electronic component with respect to the circuit board; providing ears in the alignment unit of the electronic component which extend beyond the edges of the opening provided in the circuit board, wherein aligning the ears directly on the alignment unit of the circuit board during the automatic mounting keep the electronic component in place with respect to the circuit board before the electronic component is attached to a mechanical part; arranging the ears in the alignment unit of the electronic component to rest on top of the circuit board upper surface such that the bottom surface of the electronic component is arranged lower than the bottom surface of the circuit board before the electronic component is attached to the mechanical part; soldering the electric connecting unit of the electronic component automatically to the electric connecting unit of the circuit board when the bottom surface of the electronic component is arranged lower than the bottom surface of the circuit board; and attaching the electronic component automatically in contact with the mechanical part so that the bottom surface of the electronic component is arranged on the same level as the bottom surface of the circuit board while the ears in the alignment unit detach from the circuit board upper surface, in which the electronic component is cooled via the mechanical part.