Energy conditioning circuit assembly
First Claim
1. An energy conditioning arrangement comprising:
- a circuit having at least a source of energy and an energy-utilizing load;
a substrate including;
a first pathway operable as an energy source path from the source of energy of the circuit to the energy-utilizing load of the circuit;
a second pathway operable as an energy return path from the energy-utilizing load of the circuit to the source of energy of the circuit;
a conductive area isolated from the first and the second pathway; and
an electrode arrangement having at least a first, a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth and a sixth electrode band;
wherein the first and the third electrode band are conductively isolated from the second and the fourth electrode band;
wherein the first, the third, the second, and the fourth electrode band are conductively isolated from the fifth and the sixth electrode band; and
wherein the first pathway is conductively coupled to the first and the third electrode band, the second pathway is conductively coupled to the second and the fourth electrode band, and the conductive area is conductively coupled to the fifth and the sixth electrode band; and
wherein the first and the second pathway are isolated from one another.
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Abstract
The present invention is a component carrier (132) consisting of a plate of insulating material having a plurality of apertures (140) for accepting the leads of a thru-hole differential and common mode filter (130). Another embodiment consists of a surface mount component carrier (10) comprising a disk (16) of insulating material having a plurality of apertures (24). The same concept for the above described carrier is also incorporated into several alternate embodiments, either independently, embedded within electronic connectors. The overall configuration and electrical characteristics of the concepts underlying the present inventions are also described as an energy conditioning circuit assembly which encompasses the combination of differential and common mode filters and component carriers optimized for such filters. The various embodiments of component carriers provide increased physical support and protection to differential and common mode filters and substantially improve the electrical characteristics of the filters due to the increased shielding provided by the carriers. Embodiments of the carrier energy conditioning assembly include integrated circuit construction for a differential and common mode filter coupled to the power bus of an integrated circuit.
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20 Claims
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1. An energy conditioning arrangement comprising:
- a circuit having at least a source of energy and an energy-utilizing load;
a substrate including;
a first pathway operable as an energy source path from the source of energy of the circuit to the energy-utilizing load of the circuit;
a second pathway operable as an energy return path from the energy-utilizing load of the circuit to the source of energy of the circuit;
a conductive area isolated from the first and the second pathway; and
an electrode arrangement having at least a first, a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth and a sixth electrode band;
wherein the first and the third electrode band are conductively isolated from the second and the fourth electrode band;
wherein the first, the third, the second, and the fourth electrode band are conductively isolated from the fifth and the sixth electrode band; and
wherein the first pathway is conductively coupled to the first and the third electrode band, the second pathway is conductively coupled to the second and the fourth electrode band, and the conductive area is conductively coupled to the fifth and the sixth electrode band; and
wherein the first and the second pathway are isolated from one another. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- a circuit having at least a source of energy and an energy-utilizing load;
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17. An circuit arrangement comprising:
- a source of energy and an energy-utilizing load;
a first pathway operable as an energy source path from the source of energy of the circuit to the energy-utilizing load of the circuit;
a second pathway operable as an energy return path from the energy-utilizing load of the circuit to the source of energy of the circuit;
a conductive area that is conductively isolated from the first and the second pathway; and
an electrode arrangement including;
a plurality of shielding electrodes having at least a first, a second, and a third shielding electrode that are conductively coupled to one another;
a first electrode and a second electrode;
the plurality of shielding electrodes, the first electrode, and the second electrode are spaced apart from one another by a material;
the first and the second electrode are interspersed within the plurality of shielding electrodes; and
wherein the first electrode is positioned between the first and the second shielding electrode, and the second electrode is positioned between the second and the third shielding electrode; and
wherein the first electrode is coupled to the first pathway in at least a pair of opposing locations, and wherein the second electrode is coupled to the second pathway in at least a pair of opposing locations, and the plurality of shielding electrodes are coupled to the conductive area in at least a pair of opposing locations. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
- a source of energy and an energy-utilizing load;
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