Multi-surface mounting member and electronic device

• US 7,040,922 B2
• Filed: 06/05/2003
• Issued: 05/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
• Inventors: Harney, Kieran P., Felton, Lawrence E., Long, Lewis
• Primary Examiner(s): NOLAND, THOMAS
• Application Number:
  US10/454,999
• Publication Number:
  US 20040244510A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,069 Days
• Field of Search: 439/527, 439/894, 439/912, 439/913, 361/810, 361/784, 738/661, 735/10, 734/93, 738/665
• US Class Current: 439/527
• CPC Class Codes: B81B 7/0074 3D packaging, i.e. encapsulation containing one or several MEMS devices arranged in planes non-parallel to the mounting board
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/166 Mechanical, construction or arrangement details of inertial navigation systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 439/913 Condition determining device, e.g. oxygen sensor, accelerometer, ionizer chamber, thermocouple

Abstract

An electrical interconnect apparatus has a mounting member with a plurality of sides. The mounting member is formed from an insulator as a cuboid. Moreover, the mounting member also may be formed from a flexible circuit. Among other things, the plurality of sides includes an interface side. At least two of the plurality of sides are in electrical communication with the interface side.

Claims

1. An electrical interconnect apparatus comprising:

a mounting member having a plurality of sides, the mounting member being formed from an insulator as a cuboid, the mounting member being formed from a flexible circuit,

the plurality of sides including an interface side,

at least two of the plurality of sides being in electrical communication with the interface side.

2. The electrical interconnect apparatus as defined by claim 1 wherein the mounting member has a contiguous electrical path extending across the surfaces of three of the plurality of sides.

3. The electrical interconnect apparatus as defined by claim 2 wherein the contiguous electrical path extends from the interface side.

4. The electrical interconnect apparatus as defined by claim 1 wherein the plurality of sides includes a first pair of orthogonal sides and a second pair of orthogonal sides, the first pair having a first conductive path between its two sides, the second pair having a second conductive path between its two sides.

5. The electrical interconnect apparatus as defined by claim 1 wherein the interface side is capable of connecting with a circuit board.

6. The electrical interconnect apparatus as defined by claim 1 further comprising a plurality of sensor devices coupled with at least two of the sides of the mounting member.

7. An electrical interconnect apparatus comprising:

a mounting member having a plurality of sides, the mounting member being formed from an insulator as a cuboid, the mounting member having two or more circuit dies on one of the plurality of sides,

the plurality of sides including an interface side,

at least two of the plurality of sides being in electrical communication with the interface side.

8. The electrical interconnect apparatus as defined by claim 7 wherein the mounting member has a contiguous electrical path extending across the surfaces of three of the plurality of sides.

9. The electrical interconnect apparatus as defined by claim 7 wherein the mounting member comprises a flexible circuit.

10. The electrical interconnect apparatus as defined by claim 7 wherein the plurality of sides includes a first pair of orthogonal sides and a second pair of orthogonal sides, the first pair having a first conductive path between its two sides, the second pair having a second conductive path between its two sides.

11. The electrical interconnect apparatus as defined by claim 7 wherein the interface side is capable of connecting with a circuit board.

12. The electrical interconnect apparatus as defined by claim 7 further comprising a plurality of sensor devices coupled with at least two of the sides of the mounting member.

13. An electrical interconnect apparatus comprising:

a unitary mounting member having a plurality of sides forming an interior, the mounting member being formed from an insulator as a cuboid, the interior having a set of interior mounting surfaces, at least one of the interior surfaces having at least one circuit die mounted thereon,

the plurality of sides including an interface side,

at least two of the plurality of sides being in electrical communication with the interface side.

14. The electrical interconnect apparatus as defined by claim 13 wherein the mounting member comprises a flexible circuit.

15. The electrical interconnect apparatus as defined by claim 13 further comprising a plurality of circuit dies coupled with one of the plurality of sides.