Electrical connector and manufacturing method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2015114712-A1
Application number	US-201514590422-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 6, 2015
Priority date	Sep 20, 2013
Publication date	Apr 30, 2015
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electrical connector and a manufacturing method. The electrical connector is used for electrically connecting a first electronic element having protruding conductive portions in the bottom thereof to a second electronic element, includes an insulating body located below the first and above the second electronic element, a conductor, a conducting region disposed on the lower surface of the insulating body, and a conducting line disposed in the insulating body and conducting the conductor and the conducting region. Upper surface of the insulating body has accommodation holes. Aperture of the accommodation hole is greater than outer diameter of the conductive portion. The conductor is provided in each of the accommodation holes. The accommodation hole has low-melting point liquid metal conductor. When the conductive portion enters the accommodation hole, the liquid metal adheres to the conductive portion, and forms a conductive path between the conductive portion and the conductor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electrical connector, for electrically connecting a first electronic element to a second electronic element, a bottom of the first electronic element having a plurality of conductive portions protruding thereof, the electrical connector comprising:
an insulating body located below the first electronic element and above the second electronic element, wherein a plurality of accommodation holes are opened on an upper surface of the insulating body, an aperture of the accommodation holes is greater than an outer size of the conductive portions, and a conductor is provided in each of the accommodation holes; a conducting region, disposed at a bottom surface of the insulating body, for electrically connecting the second electronic element; and a conducting line, disposed in the insulating body and electrically connecting the conductor and the conducting region, wherein each of the accommodation holes comprises a low-melting point liquid metal for conducting the corresponding conductor, and when the conductive portions enter the accommodation holes, the low-melting point liquid metal adheres to and contacts with the corresponding conductive portion, so that the low-melting point liquid metal forms a conductive path between the conductive portion and the conductor.

2 . The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the low-melting point liquid metal wraps a periphery of a contact area of the conductive portion, to isolate the contact area from contacting with the air.

3 . The electrical connector according to claim 1 , further comprising an elastic sealing layer disposed on the upper surface of the insulating body, wherein when the first electronic element is pressed down, the elastic sealing layer is compressed to prevent the low-melting point liquid metal from leaking.

4 . The electrical connector according to claim 3 , wherein the elastic sealing layer comprises a plurality of through holes corresponding to the accommodation holes and for the conductive portions to pass through, and when the first electronic element is pressed down, an upper surface and a lower surface of the elastic sealing layer are closely attached to a lower surface of the first electronic element and the upper surface of the insulating body respectively.

5 . The electrical connector according to claim 1 , further comprising a cover covering the upper surface of the insulating body, wherein the cover seals openings of the accommodation holes.

6 . The electrical connector according to claim 5 , wherein a portion of the cover corresponding to the accommodation holes are transparent.

7 . The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating body further comprises a plurality of penetration holes penetrating the lower surface of the insulating body, the penetration holes are in communication with the accommodation holes respectively, and the conducting line is disposed on the wall surface of each of the penetration holes.

8 . The electrical connector according to claim 7 , further comprising a plug disposed in each of the penetration holes, for preventing the low-melting point liquid metal from leaking out of the accommodation hole downward.

9 . The electrical connector according to claim 8 , wherein a bottom of the plug does not exceed the lower surface of the insulating body downward.

10 . The electrical connector according to claim 8 , wherein the plug is made of a metal material, and the bottom of the plug extends downward to form the conducting region.

11 . The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein a transition portion between a side wall and a bottom of the accommodation hole is arc-shaped.

12 . The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the low-melting point liquid metal adheres to and contacts with a solder ball disposed at a bottom of the first electronic element.

13 . The electrical connector according to claim 12 , wherein a depth of the accommodation hole is greater than a spherical radius of the solder ball.

14 . The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the accommodation holes are blind holes, the insulating body further comprises a plurality of penetration holes penetrating vertically through the insulation body, the conducting line is disposed on a wall surface of the corresponding penetration hole, and electrically connecting the conductor through a metal line.

15 . The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating body further comprises a penetration hole disposed below each of the accommodation holes and in communication with the corresponding accommodation hole, a conducting element is disposed in the penetrating hole, and a top end and a bottom end of the conducting element respectively form the conductor and the conducting region.

16 . The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the accommodation hole includes a side wall and a bottom, and the conductor is disposed on the side wall and the bottom.

17 . A manufacturing method of an electrical connector for electrically connecting a first electronic element to a second electronic element, a bottom of the first electronic element having a plurality of conductive portions protruding thereof, the manufacturing method comprising:
(s1) providing an insulating body, opening a plurality of accommodation holes on an upper surface of the insulating body and a plurality of penetration holes penetrating a lower surface of the insulating body, wherein an aperture of the accommodation hole is greater than an outer diameter of the conductive portion; (s2) coating a layer of metal substrate on a bottom of the accommodation hole and wall surface of the penetration hole, to form a conductor and a conducting line respectively, wherein the conducting line is electrically connected with the conductor, and extends downward to be electrically connected with the second electronic element; and (s3) placing a low-melting point metal into the accommodation hole, wherein the low-melting point metal is conducted with the metal substrate, and configure to electrically connect the conductive portion entering the accommodation hole.

18 . The manufacturing method of claim 17 , wherein in step (s3), the low-melting point metal is solidified into particles and then placed into the accommodation hole.

19 . The manufacturing method of claim 17 , wherein in step (s3), the low-melting point metal in a liquid form is placed into the accommodation hole.

20 . The manufacturing method of claim 17 , wherein
in step (s1), each of the penetration holes is opened below and in communication with the corresponding accommodation hole; and in step (s2), the metal substrate is coated in the penetration hole to form the conducting line, and the metal substrate is coated in the accommodation hole to form the conductor, and the conductor is electrically connected with the conducting line.

21 . The manufacturing method of claim 20 , further comprising:
providing a plurality of plugs; and inserting each of the plurality of the plugs to a corresponding penetrating hole to seal a bottom of the corresponding accommodation hole.

22 . The manufacturing method of claim 21 , wherein the plugs are made of a metal material, each plug is electrically conducting with the corresponding conducting line, and extends downward to a bottom surface of the insulating body to form the conducting region for electrically connecting the second electronic e

Assignees

• Lotes Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ju Ted

Classifications

• H01R4/027 Primary

  comprising means for positioning or holding the parts to be soldered or welded · CPC title

• H01R12/57

  surface mounting terminals · CPC title

• H05K3/3436

  having an array of bottom contacts, e.g. pad grid array or ball grid array components · CPC title

• H05K3/32

  electrically connecting electric components or wires to printed circuits · CPC title

• H05K2203/128

  Molten metals, e.g. casting thereof, or melting by heating and excluding molten solder · CPC title