Abstract: A brazing technique is described for providing a standard flat pack with a Thermkon base brazed to a Kovar frame through the utilization of an intermediary ring of high thermal conductivity material which prevents flashing onto the Thermkon base. Brazing is accomplished either in a one-step process in which the parts with the intermediary ring are brazed together all at one time with a single heat treatment, or in a two-step process in which the intermediary ring is first brazed to the frame. In a subsequent step, the frame with the intermediary ring brazed thereto, is brazed to the Thermkon base. In either process, the high thermal conductivity of the intermediary ring permits the ring to quickly reach brazing temperature for minimizing flashing.

Abstract: A microcircuit flat package which remains hermetically sealed even under conditions of high stress. The package comprises an integral rectangular metal tubular shell having an opening in one of the broad walls, and elongated integral insulators sealed in the open ends of the tube, each insulator having an array of leads extending in sealed manner therethrough. A microcircuit is installed within the package and connected via wire bonds to the inner ends of the leads and after which a cover can be bonded onto the flat coplanar surfaces of the tubular shell surrounding the package opening to hermetically enclose the microcircuit.

Abstract: An all-metal flat package for microcircuits is described which has a molybdenum bottom and a Kovar frame. Large 96% alumina substrates carrying heat dissipating microcircuits can readily be soldered into the package which has good transfer characteristics.

Abstract: An all-metal flat package for microcircuits is described which has a copper bottom and a stainless steel frame. Beryllia substrates carrying power chips can readily be soldered into the package which has good heat transfer characteristics.

Abstract: A multi-component microcircuit package is formed from a plurality of separate components which are secured together to form a lower package portion using a base and a continuous composite side wall frame having irregularities on its upper surface as a result of the component junctions. Secured to the top of this side wall frame is a one-piece continuous top frame member having a uniform upper surface. This top frame member covers the irregularities present in side wall frame and provides a surface more suitable for hermetic sealing of a package lid to the package.

Abstract: An ultraviolet-transmitting glass window assembly comprising a metallic mounting ring containing an ultraviolet-transmitting glass is made by placing a preformed ultraviolet-transmitting glass member in the center of the metallic ring which has a higher coefficient of thermal expansion than the glass, heating the resulting assembly to melt the glass whereby it completely fills the ring, and cooling the assembly whereby a compression seal is achieved due to the greater shrinkage of the metallic ring. This window assembly is sealed over the memory chip of a programmable read only memory package to provide for ultraviolet erasure of the program information stored in the memory device.