IP Library Granted Patent US 8,228,679
Granted Patent B2
US 8,228,679 · App. 12/080,311 · Granted Jul 24, 2012

Connections for electronic devices on double-sided circuit board

Assignee: Spansion LLC
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Patent No.
US 8,228,679
App. No.
12/080,311
Granted
Jul 24, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

In the present electronic structure, a substrate is provided in the form of a circuit board. First and second electronic devices are positioned on opposite sides of the circuit board, each having a plurality of contacts connected to the circuit board. Each of the contacts of the first device is connected to a contact of the second device by a connector though the circuit board. At least one of the contacts of the first device is connected to the contact of the second device which is most adjacent to that contact of the first device across the circuit board.

Claims (26)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a substrate;

first and second electronic devices positioned on opposite sides of the substrate;

the first electronic device having a first plurality of contacts;

the second electronic device having a second plurality of opposite contacts;

a contact of the first plurality of contacts being connected to a contact of the second plurality of opposite contacts by a connector through the substrate;

wherein the contact of the second plurality of opposite contacts is the contact of the second plurality of opposite contacts which is most adjacent the contact of the first plurality of contacts, wherein a portion of an order of contacts of the first plurality of contacts is reversed in relation to a portion of an order of contacts of the second plurality of opposite contacts, and wherein the portion of the first plurality of contacts with reversed order are arranged together towards a center of an arrangement of the first plurality of contacts.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the contact of the first plurality of contacts is directly across from the contact of the second plurality of opposite contacts.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the connector is straight in configuration.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the substrate is a circuit board.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 wherein the circuit board is a multi-layer circuit board.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the first plurality of contacts of the first electronic device are arranged in a row, and the second plurality of opposite contacts of the second electronic device are arranged in a row.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein each contact of the portion of contacts of the first plurality of contacts that are of reversed order are connected to a corresponding contact of the second plurality of opposite contacts directly across the substrate by straight connectors.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the portion of an order of contacts of the first plurality of contacts is reversed in relation to the portion of an order of contacts of the second plurality of opposite contacts, such that a second portion of the contacts of the first plurality of contacts is unreversed in relation to the order of contacts of the second plurality of opposite contacts.

9. An electronic structure comprising:

a substrate;

first and second electronic devices positioned on opposite sides of the substrate;

the first electronic device having a first plurality of contacts;

the second electronic device having a second plurality of opposite contacts;

each contact of the first plurality of contacts being connected to a contact of the second plurality of opposite contacts across the substrate by a connector, wherein a portion of an order of contacts of the first plurality of contacts is reversed in relation to a portion of an order of contacts of the second plurality of opposite contacts, and wherein the portion of the first plurality of contacts with reversed order are arranged together towards a center of an arrangement of the first plurality of contacts.

10. The structure of claim 9 wherein each connector connecting a contact of the portion of the first plurality of contacts with reversed order to a contact of the portion of the second plurality of opposite contacts is straight in configuration.

11. The structure of claim 10 wherein the substrate is a circuit board.

12. The structure of claim 11 wherein the circuit board is a multilayer circuit board.

13. The structure of claim 11 wherein the plurality of contacts of the first electronic device are arranged in a plurality of rows, and the plurality of opposite contacts of the second electronic device are arranged in a plurality of rows.

14. The structure of claim 12 wherein the first and second electronic devices are substantially identical devices but with different contact orderings.

15. The structure of claim 9 , wherein the portion of an order of contacts of the first plurality of contacts is reversed in relation to the portion of an order of contacts of the second plurality of opposite contacts, such that a second portion of the contacts of the first plurality of contacts is unreversed in relation to the order of contacts of the second plurality of opposite contacts.

Assignments (8)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2022
From: MUFG UNION BANK, N.A.
To: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION; SPANSION LLC
Reel/Frame 059410/0438 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE 8647899 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 035240 FRAME 0429. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SECURITY INTERST. Recorded Nov 3, 2020
From: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION; SPANSION LLC
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
Reel/Frame 058002/0470 →
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Recorded Oct 28, 2019
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
To: MUFG UNION BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 050896/0366 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2015
From: SPANSION, LLC
To: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036051/0256 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2015
From: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION; SPANSION LLC
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
Reel/Frame 035240/0429 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 13, 2015
From: BARCLAYS BANK PLC
To: SPANSION LLC; SPANSION INC.; SPANSION TECHNOLOGY LLC
Reel/Frame 035201/0159 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 4, 2010
From: SPANSION LLC; SPANSION INC.; SPANSION TECHNOLOGY INC.; SPANSION TECHNOLOGY LLC
To: BARCLAYS BANK PLC
Reel/Frame 024522/0338 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2008
From: SHILLING, THOMAS; SNIDER, TODD; GRUPEN-SHEMANSKY, MELISSA
To: SPANSION LLC
Reel/Frame 020787/0193 →
Continuity (1)
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