Disclosed herein are a sheet-like connector that electrode structures each
having a front-surface electrode part small in diameter can be formed, a
stable electrically connected state can be surely achieved even to a
circuit device, on which electrodes have been formed at a small pitch,
and the electrode structures are prevented from falling off from an
insulating sheet to achieve high durability, and a production process and
applications thereof.The sheet-like connector of the invention has an
insulating sheet and a plurality of electrode structures arranged in the
insulating sheet and extending through in a thickness-wise direction of
the insulating sheet. Each of the electrode structures is composed of a
front-surface electrode part exposed to a front surfaces of the
insulating sheet and projected from the front surface of the insulating
sheet, a back-surface electrode part exposed to a back surface of the
insulating sheet, a short circuit part continuously extending from the
base end of the front-surface electrode part through the insulating sheet
in the thickness-wise direction thereof and linked to the back-surface
electrode part, and a holding part continuously extending from a base end
portion of the front-surface electrode part outward along the front
surface of the insulating sheet.