Shield assembly and method of shielding suitable for use in a communication device
First Claim
1. A shield assembly for shielding an electronic circuit disposed on a substrate, the shield assembly comprising:
- a plurality of consecutive traces disposed on the substrate about the electronic circuit; and
a first shield having a first plurality of consecutive leads for attachment to the plurality of consecutive traces, at least some of the first plurality of consecutive leads being attached to nonconsecutive ones of the plurality of consecutive traces.
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Abstract
A shielding assembly (102) for shielding an electronic circuit (108) disposed on a substrate (107) includes traces (118) and a shield (200). The traces (118) are disposed on the substrate (107) about the electronic circuit (108). The shield (200) includes leads (214, 218) for attachment to the traces (118). The shield (200) is attached to the traces (118) such that some of the leads (218), which are staggered, attach to the traces (118) in a nonconsecutive manner. An additional shield (201) including alternately staggered leads (222) can be adjacently attached to the previously attached shield (200). This is accomplished by attaching the alternately staggered leads (222) of the additional shield (201) to those traces that are between the traces attached to the previously attached shield (200).
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20 Claims
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1. A shield assembly for shielding an electronic circuit disposed on a substrate, the shield assembly comprising:
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a plurality of consecutive traces disposed on the substrate about the electronic circuit; and a first shield having a first plurality of consecutive leads for attachment to the plurality of consecutive traces, at least some of the first plurality of consecutive leads being attached to nonconsecutive ones of the plurality of consecutive traces. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A shield assembly for shielding an electronic circuit disposed on a substrate, the shield assembly comprising:
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a plurality of consecutive traces disposed on the substrate about the electronic circuit, at least some of the plurality of consecutive traces forming a row; a first shield having at least a first edge, the at least a first edge including at least a first lead extending downward therefrom and attached to a first set of traces of the row; and a second shield having at least a second edge, the at least a second edge including at least a second lead extending downward therefrom and attached to a second set of traces of the row so that the at least a first edge of the first shield and the at least a second edge of the second shield are adjacent to one another. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A shield assembly for shielding an electronic circuit disposed on a substrate, the shield assembly comprising:
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a plurality of consecutive traces disposed on the substrate for the electronic circuit, at least some of the plurality of consecutive traces arranged in a row; and a plurality of shields for shielding the electronic circuit, each one of the plurality of shields having a plurality of consecutive leads for attachment to the plurality of consecutive traces, at least some of the plurality of consecutive leads of a first one of the plurality of shields and at least some of the plurality of consecutive leads of a second one of the plurality of shields being staggered so as to attach to different ones of the at least some of the plurality of consecutive traces of the row when the first one of the plurality of shields and the second one of the plurality of shields are adjacently positioned.
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16. A communication device having a housing, the communication device comprising:
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a substrate disposed within the housing; a transceiver circuit disposed on the substrate; a plurality of consecutive traces disposed on the substrate about the transceiver circuit, at least some of the plurality of consecutive traces forming a row; a first shield having at least a first edge, the at least a first edge including at least a first lead extending downward therefrom and attached to a first set of traces of the row offset a center thereof, the at least a first lead substantially orthogonal to the first set of traces of the row; and a second shield having at least a second edge, the at least a second edge including at least a second lead extending downward therefrom and attached to a second set of traces of the row offset a center thereof, the at least a second lead substantially orthogonal to the second set of traces of the row and substantially parallel to the at least a first lead, the second set of traces differing from the first set of traces, the at least a first edge of the first shield and the at least a second edge of the second shield being adjacent to one another.
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17. A method of shielding an electronic circuit disposed on a substrate comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of consecutive traces disposed on the substrate about the electronic circuit; and attaching a first shield having a first plurality of consecutive leads to the plurality of consecutive traces such that at least some of the first plurality of consecutive leads couple nonconsecutive ones of the plurality of consecutive traces. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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Specification