Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical... – For electronic systems and devices
Patent
1994-12-12
1996-03-19
Picard, Leo P.
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical...
For electronic systems and devices
361800, 361818, 174 35R, 439108, 257659, H05K 900
Patent
active
055007899
ABSTRACT:
Transverse electromagnetic mode (TEM) radiation emitted from a side edge portion of a circuit board substrate portion during operation of the circuit board is intercepted by a specially designed shield structure carried by the substrate side edge portion, and the intercepted radiation is conductively returned to the substrate ground plane, through a relatively short grounding path, for return to the emitting source(s). In one form thereof, the shield is a copper plating material extending along and covering the substrate side edge portion and adjacent peripheral portions of the opposite sides of the substrate. In another form thereof, the shield is a snap-on metal shield structure that is removably mounted around the substrate side edge portion. The shield may be electrically coupled to the substrate ground plane by directly contacting a ground plane edge portion with the copper plating, using a filter structure to couple the shield to the ground plane, or otherwise using an external grounding path. When the shield is formed by using a copper plating, the shield may also be used as a grounding connection by sliding it into a metal chassis support rail structure. The grounding connection may be improved by covering opposites side portions of the copper plating shield with a masking material having spaced series of holes therein, and then filling the holes with a solder material that forms solder bumps projecting outwardly beyond the outer sides of the masking material.
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patent: 5101322 (1992-03-01), Ghaem et al.
patent: 5317107 (1994-05-01), Osorio
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McMahan Robert L.
Miller Kevin L.
Steigerwald Todd W.
Dell USA L.P.
Garrana Henry
Picard Leo P.
Turner Michelle
Whang Y.
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