PACKAGE FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED ELECTRICAL CONTACT AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME - Patent 1118120

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EP 1 118 120 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	25.07.2001 Bulletin 2001/30

(21)	Application number: 99935373.3

(22)	Date of filing: 29.06.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H01L 23/498

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US9914/800

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0019/532 (06.04.2000 Gazette 2000/14)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

30.09.1998 US 163781

(71)	Applicant: Conexant Systems, Inc.
	Newport Beach, CA 92660-3095 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	TRINH, Trang, N. Cypress, CA 90630 (US) KUHLMAN, Mark, A. Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hanna, Peter William Derek
	Tomkins & Co.,5 Dartmouth Road Dublin 6 Dublin 6 (IE)

(54)	PACKAGE FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED ELECTRICAL CONTACT AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME