Reducing or eliminating board-to-board connectors
First Claim
1. An electrical component, comprising:
- a printed circuit board;
an array of electrical conductors coupled to the printed circuit board and affixed to a sleeve, each of the array of electrical conductors extending through the sleeve and separated by a gap;
an over-molded structure formed over the array of electrical conductors and the circuit board wherein the over-molded structure encompasses the array of electrical conductors between the sleeve and the printed circuit board; and
an electrical connector coupled to the array of electrical conductors opposite the printed circuit board.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for creating a connection mechanism for a circuit board. The method includes securing a plurality of electrical conductors to a sleeve. Once the electrical conductors have been coupled to the sleeve, the sleeve and the plurality of conductors are coupled to, and molded with, the circuit board. At least one side of the circuit board, such as, for example, the molding over the plurality of electrical conductors, is subsequently reduced to expose at least a portion of at least one of the plurality of electrical conductors. An electrical connector is then coupled to the at least the portion of the one or more of the plurality of electrical conductors that was exposed when the first side of the printed circuit board was reduced.
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20 Claims
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1. An electrical component, comprising:
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a printed circuit board; an array of electrical conductors coupled to the printed circuit board and affixed to a sleeve, each of the array of electrical conductors extending through the sleeve and separated by a gap; an over-molded structure formed over the array of electrical conductors and the circuit board wherein the over-molded structure encompasses the array of electrical conductors between the sleeve and the printed circuit board; and an electrical connector coupled to the array of electrical conductors opposite the printed circuit board. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An electrical component, comprising:
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a printed circuit board comprising at least one module; a pin connector coupled to the printed circuit board, the pin connector having a height dimension; and an electrical connector coupled to the pin connector opposite the printed circuit board, the electrical connector having an overhang extending beyond the pin connector and over at least a portion of the module. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An electrical component, comprising:
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a printed circuit having a module; an array of pins coupled to the circuit board and affixed within a sleeve to form a pin connector, two pins of the array of pins being separated by an offset; an overmolded layer integrally formed over a portion of the at least one module and a portion of the array of pins, wherein; the overmolded layer has a first height at the module and a second height at the offset; and the second height is less than the first height and at least a portion of the two pins are exposed within the offset. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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