Component Carrier Cavity Registration Features
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing component carriers are limited in accommodating components of varying sizes and shapes, leading to misalignment and movement during transportation and assembly, as they are typically designed for specific component sizes, restricting their versatility and increasing the risk of damage.
Innovation Solution
The component carrier features a cavity with registration features that can engage with components of different sizes and shapes, including regular or variable pitch and various geometric shapes, thermally formed or embossed onto a substrate, allowing for precise positioning and alignment within a continuous or separate cavity configuration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If the component carrier is designed for specific component sizes, then the alignment and stability for those specific components is improved, but the versatility to accommodate components of varying sizes and shapes deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The cavity registration features are designed with multiple geometric shapes (circle, rectangle, polygon, egg-tray, interlocking features) and variable pitches that can accommodate different component sizes and shapes within the same cavity, enabling a single carrier to handle diverse components while maintaining precise alignment through shape-matching engagement
2Ease of manufacture
If the component carrier uses fixed cavity dimensions, then the manufacturing simplicity is improved, but the ability to stabilize components of diverse sizes deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
While maintaining a uniform cavity structure for manufacturing simplicity, the patent introduces localized registration features with different geometric shapes and pitches at specific positions within the cavity. These localized features provide customized engagement for different component types without requiring different cavity dimensions, thus maintaining both manufacturing ease and component stabilization reliability
3Manufacturing precision
If the component carrier uses registration features with regular pitch only, then the manufacturing precision is improved, but the adaptability to variable component pitches deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs registration features with variable pitches that can be adjusted to match different component pitch requirements. The system includes both regular pitch features for standard components and variable pitch features for customized applications, allowing the same carrier to accommodate multiple pitch standards while maintaining manufacturing precision through controlled parameter variation
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution enhances the carrier's ability to stabilize and align components of diverse sizes and shapes, reducing movement and damage, while enabling the use of a single carrier for multiple package sizes, thus lowering costs and improving handling efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
the cavity includes a set of cavity registration features configured to engage with a set of component registration features on a component
Implementation Method 2
the set of cavity registration features are thermally formed or embossed onto the carrier substrate
Data Source
AI summary
One example discloses a component carrier, including: a cavity; wherein the cavity includes a set of cavity registration features configured to engage with a set of component registration features on a component; and wherein the cavity registration features are within the cavity.