[mems-talk] Anyone know what this thing called and where to buy it from? Chip carrier? Chip bonding packaging pad?

[Bill Flounders]

Your photos are of a PGA package = pin grid array
Largest manufacturer = Kyocera
http://global.kyocera.com/prdct/index.html

Bill Flounders
UC Berkeley Microlab


Guangchi Archie Xuan wrote:
> Hi, All,
>           I found out these two little ceramic-based chip carrier thingies but nobody around me knows what it's called. I spent an hour googling but to no avail.  This is the thing that you can put your chip on wire bond the electrical connection to the gold pads on the ceramic carrier and connects to the outside using the pins at the bottom of the carrier.  
>          I shot a few photos of them and put them here. If you can spend a few seconds seeing the photo and let me know what they are called and where I can buy them from.