Z-Directed Components for Printed Circuit Boards
First Claim
1. A Z-directed component for mounting in a printed circuit board (PCB) having a mounting hole having a depth D therein, comprising:
- a body having a top surface, a bottom surface and side surface, a length L, a cross-sectional shape that is insertable into the mounting hole in the PCB, and a portion thereof comprising an insulators.
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Abstract
A design for a Z-directed component for insertion into a printed circuit board while allowing electrical connection to internal conductive planes contained with the PCB. In one embodiment the Z-directed component is mounted within the thickness of the PCB allowing other components to be mounted over it. The body may contain one or more conductors and may include one or more surface channels or wells extending along at least a portion of the length of the body. Z-directed components include high frequency signal pass throughs, capacitors, diodes, transistors, transmission lines, delay lines. Methods for mounting Z-directed components are also provided.
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27 Claims
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1. A Z-directed component for mounting in a printed circuit board (PCB) having a mounting hole having a depth D therein, comprising:
a body having a top surface, a bottom surface and side surface, a length L, a cross-sectional shape that is insertable into the mounting hole in the PCB, and a portion thereof comprising an insulators. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A Z-directed component for mounting in a printed circuit board (PCB) having a mounting hole having a depth D therein, comprising:
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a body comprised of an electrically insulative material, the body having a top surface, a bottom surface and side surface, a length L, and a cross-sectional shape that is insertable into the mounting hole in the PCB; at least one conductor extending through at least a portion of the length L of the body with the at least one conductor in electrical connection with one of the top and bottom surfaces of the body; one of the top and bottom surfaces further comprising a conductive trace electrically connected an end of the at least one conductor adjacent thereto and extending therefrom to an edge of the body; and the side surface further comprising at least two channels therein, each of the at least two channels extending from at least one of the top surface and bottom surface toward the opposite surface. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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