CONNECTOR AND PACKAGING STRUCTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME

摘要

: A connector comprises an insulating substrate having a plurality of through-holes and a first circuit pattern formed on the substrate. Female contactors are located and fixed around the edges of such through-holes to form openings having edges that extend inwardly of the holes. These female contactors are electrically connected to said first pattern. A male contactor comprises an insulating substrate having a second circuit pattern thereon and a plurality of male contactor pins fixed to the substrate and electrically connected to the second pattern. These pins are located in positions corresponding to the openings of the female contactors. The female contactors are made of a thin film of a shape memory alloy and the edge of each female contactor is given, before inserting each of the pins, such a shape memory that the contactor is returned to a position to close the opening when the contactor is subjected to a temperature above the martensitic transition temperature. The arrangment facilitates the miniaturization of connectors.