Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Miscellaneous
Patent
1991-02-22
1992-07-14
Picard, Leo P.
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Miscellaneous
174 35R, 174 35C, 174 35GC, 174 51, 361399, 361413, 361414, 439 62, 439 65, 439 66, 439 95, 439 96, 439 97, 439108, 439607, H05K 900
Patent
active
051308967
ABSTRACT:
A printed circuit board for mounting in a housing, having a mounted connector for making connections with the circuit board through the housing includes a layer formed from electrically insulating material and a conductive structure formed on such layer which conductive structure is adapted to be connected to ground. A casing, also formed from electrically conductive material, is shaped to surround a portion of the connector and is electrically connected to the conductive structure so that electromagnetic radiation emanating from the circuit board will not pass through the connector. In embodiments where the connector is mounted on an edge of said circuit board, the casing surrounds all of but the open end of the connector. In a preferred embodiment the casing includes a top portion, connected to the conductive structure, for surrounding the top of the connector and a bottom portion, also connected to the conductive structure, for surrounding the bottom portion of the connector. In such an embodiment, it is preferred that the top portion include a plurality of legs. The casing is electrically connected to the conductive structure by connecting the legs to the conductive structure. It is also preferred to extend the conductive structure through the circuit board and electrically connect the bottom half of the casing to the conductive structure. In such an embodiment it is preferred to place a silver loaded elastomer between the conductive structure and the bottom half.
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Babb Samuel M.
Merrill David O.
Hewlett--Packard Company
Kelley Guy J.
Picard Leo P.
Sparks D.
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