chip carrier

chip carrier definition - computer

(1) The package that a chip is mounted in. See chip package.

(2) A chip package with connectors on all sides. See leaded chip carrier and leadless chip carrier.


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The Chip Package

All chips are packaged in a housing with pins that plug into or are soldered onto a printed circuit board. This is a picture of a Motorola 6801 microcontroller. It is packaged in a DIP chip which has been widely used for memory and small microprocessors.






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