Portable electronic device

• US 7,063,267 B2
• Filed: 09/23/2004
• Issued: 06/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Tsuchimoto, Yuuji
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, UYEN CHAU N
• Application Number:
  US10/947,399
• Publication Number:
  US 20050082374A1
• Time in Patent Office: 635 Days
• Field of Search: 235/492, 235/441, 235/487, 361/737, 438/106, 438/112, 438/125, 438/459
• US Class Current: 235/492
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07745 Mounting details of integrated circuit chips
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2224/45144 Gold (Au) as principal constituent
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2224/48091 Arched
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2224/48227 connecting the wire to a bond pad of the item
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2224/48228 the bond pad being disposed in a recess of the surface of the item
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/00 Indexing scheme for arrangements or methods for connecting or disconnecting semiconductor or solid-state bodies as covered by H01L24/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/00014 the subject-matter covered by the group, the symbol of which is combined with the symbol of this group, being disclosed without further technical details
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/1815 Shape

Abstract

A portable electronic device includes a card base having a holding recess and an IC module having a substrate, an LSI mounted on the substrate, and a protection member which covers the LSI. The IC module is held in the holding recess from the protection member. The portable electronic device further includes a reinforcing projection that is formed along the circumference of the surface of the protection member which faces the inner bottom of the holding recess.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device comprising:

a card base having a holding recess;

an IC module having a substrate, a large scale integration (LSI) mounted on the substrate, a protection member which covers the LSI, the IC module being held in the holding recess from the protection member, a contact terminal provided on the substrate, and a connection member one end of which is electrically connected to the contact terminal and another end of which is electrically connected to the LSI to form a loop; and

an irregular surface defined by a projected portion, which is integral with the protection member, which is formed on a surface of the protection member, and which is made of the same material as the protection member, the irregular surface opposing an inner bottom of the holding recess when the IC module is held in the holding recess, and the projected portion covering the loop of the connection member.

2. The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the projected portion is rectangular frame shaped.

3. The portable electronic device according to claim 2, wherein a lattice-shaped projection is formed inside the projected portion shaped rectangular frame.

4. The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the projected portion is circular frame shaped.

5. A portable electronic device comprising:

a card base having a holding recess;

an IC module having a substrate, a large scale integration (LSI), one surface of which is mounted on one surface of the substrate, a contact terminal provided on other surface of the substrate, a connection member one end of which is electrically connected to the contact terminal and other end of which is electrically connected to other surface of the LSI to form a loop, and a protection member which covers the LSI and the connection member, the IC module being held in the holding recess of the card base from the protection member; and

an irregular surface defined by a projected portion, which is integral with the protection member, which is formed on a surface of the protection member, and which is made of the same material as the protection member, the irregular surface opposing an inner bottom of the holding recess when the IC module is held in the holding recess, and the projected portion covering the loop of the connection member.

6. The portable electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the projected portion is rectangular frame shaped.

7. The portable electronic device according to claim 6, wherein a lattice-shaped projection is formed inside the projected portion shaped rectangular frame.

8. A portable electronic device comprising:

a card base having a first holding recess, a second holding recess formed in an inner bottom of the first holding recess, and an irregular portion formed in an inner bottom of the second holding recess; and

an IC module having a substrate, a large scale integration (LSI) mounted on the substrate, a protection member which covers the LSI, an irregular surface defined by a projected portion, which is integral with the protection member, which is formed on a surface of the protection member, and which is made of the same material as the protection member, the protection member partly opposing the projected portion of the irregular portion formed in the inner bottom of the second holding recess when the substrate is held in the first holding recess and the protection member being inserted in the second holding recess, a contact terminal provided on the substrate, and a connection member one end of which is electrically connected to the contact terminal and another end of which is electrically connected to the LSI to form a loop, the projected portion covering the loop of the connection member.

9. The portable electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the irregular portion has a plurality of circular recesses.

10. The portable electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the irregular portion has a lattice-shaped recess.

11. The portable electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the irregular portion has a ring-shaped circular recess.

12. A portable electronic device comprising:

a card base having a first holding recess, a second holding recess formed in an inner bottom of the first holding recess, and an irregular portion formed in an inner bottom of the second holding recess;

an IC module having a substrate, a large scale integration (LSI) mounted on the substrate, and a protection member which covers the LSI, the substrate being held in the first holding recess and the protection member being inserted in the second holding recess; and

an irregular surface defined by a projected portion, which is integral with the protection member, which is formed on a surface of the protection member, and which is made of the same material as the protection member, the irregular surface engaging with the irregular portion formed in the inner bottom of the second holding recess when the protection member is held in the second holding recess.

13. The portable electronic device according to claim 12, wherein the projected portion of the irregular surface is rectangle shaped.

14. The portable electronic device according to claim 12, wherein the projected portion of the irregular surface is rectangular frame shaped.

15. The portable electronic device according to claim 12, wherein, the irregular portion has a plurality of projections.