Chip carrier

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A chip carrier, also known as a chip container or chip package, is the container microchips (integrated circuits) come in, which is then plugged into or soldered onto its respective circuit board, such as a CPU being plugged into a motherboard. Many modern examples use surface-mount technology and are designed to be installed by machines, with tolerances too small for convenient manipulation by humans.

Examples:

• CPGA (Ceramic Pin Grid Array)
• Dual in-line package
• OPGA (Organic Pin Grid Array)
• Flip-chip pin grid array
• Pin grid array

[edit] See also

• Integrated circuit

[edit] External links

• Wikihowto's Guide to Integrated Circuit Chip Packages. HowTo Wiki. Retrieved on 2006-12-14.