Adapter for plastic-leaded chip carrier (PLCC) and other surface mount technology (SMT) chip carriers
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1. An adapter for a surface mount device, the adapter comprising:
- an insulating body having offset first and second surfaces;
a pattern of surface mount solder pads formed on the first surface;
a pattern of signal carriers communicating between the first and second surfaces, each of the signal carriers being at least partially exposed in an area between the first and second surfaces and adjacent to the second surface; and
a plurality of signal lines electrically coupling one or more of the surface mount solder pads with predetermined ones of the signal carriers.
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Abstract
An adapter for a surface mount device, the adapter including an insulating body having offset first and second surfaces; a pattern of surface mount solder pads formed on the first surface; a pattern of signal carriers communicating between the first and second surfaces, each of the signal carriers being at least partially exposed in an area between the first and second surfaces and adjacent to the second surface; and a plurality of signal lines electrically coupling one or more of the surface mount solder pads with predetermined ones of the signal carriers.
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1. An adapter for a surface mount device, the adapter comprising:
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an insulating body having offset first and second surfaces;
a pattern of surface mount solder pads formed on the first surface;
a pattern of signal carriers communicating between the first and second surfaces, each of the signal carriers being at least partially exposed in an area between the first and second surfaces and adjacent to the second surface; and
a plurality of signal lines electrically coupling one or more of the surface mount solder pads with predetermined ones of the signal carriers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A surface mount adapter for a surface mount device, the adapter comprising:
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a printed circuit board having a top layer and bottom layer, and a first footprint formed on the top layer of the printed circuit board for receiving a first surface mount device, and a second footprint formed on the bottom layer of the printed circuit board for simulating a second surface mount device; and
a plurality of input/output lines connected between the first foot print and one or more of a plurality of electrical contacts corresponding to the second foot print, at least a portion of each of the input/output lines adjacent to the bottom layer being exposed between the top and bottom layers. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19)
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12. An adapter for a surface mounted device, the adapter comprising:
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a printed circuit board having a top layer and a bottom layer;
a pattern of solder pads formed on the top layer of the printed circuit board, the pattern being structured for receiving a first surface mount device;
a plurality of vias formed along a periphery of the printed circuit board and communicating between the top layer and the bottom layer, each of the vias having a quantity of electrically conductive material deposited therein;
an electrical signal line coupled between one of the solder pads and one of the vias; and
a pattern of electrical contacts formed on the bottom layer of the printed circuit board, the pattern being structured to simulate a second surface mount device.
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16. An adapter for a surface mounted device, the adapter comprising:
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a body means for supporting a first surface mounted device relative to a printed circuit board;
a first interconnecting means being positioned on a first surface of the body means for electrically interconnecting to a first surface mounted device;
a second interconnecting means being positioned on a second surface of the body means for electrically interconnecting to a printed circuit board structured to receive a second surface mounted device; and
means for electrically coupling the first and second electrically interconnecting means, at least a portion of the electrically coupling means being exposed between the first and second surfaces of the body means.
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20. A method for adapting a first surface mounted device having a first quantity of input/output leads to a replace a second surface mounted device having a second quantity of input/output leads, the method comprising:
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providing first electrical interconnecting means structured for coupling to input/output leads of a first surface mounted device;
providing second electrical interconnecting means structured for coupling to a printed circuit board structured to receive a second surface mounted device, including providing the second electrical interconnecting means at a portion of an adapter body that remains available for visual inspection after assembly to a using printed circuit board; and
providing signal conduction means for carrying input/output signals between the first and second electrical interconnecting means. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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27. A parent printed circuit board assembly having a replacement surface mount device substituted for an original surface mounted device, the assembly comprising:
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a printed circuit board having a top layer and a bottom layer;
a footprint formed on the top layer of the printed circuit board;
a first surface mount device being mounted to the footprint on the top layer of the printed circuit board;
a plurality of signal carriers positioned along different peripheral edges of the printed circuit board and extended between the top and bottom layers of the printed circuit board and being at least partially exposed in an area adjacent to the bottom layer, each of the signal carriers being electrically and mechanically joined to a corresponding contact area of the printed circuit board; and
a plurality of signal lines communicating between corresponding contact areas of the foot print and at least a portion of the signal carriers.
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