Stand off structures for electronic circuits
AssigneeKromek Limited
InventorsFranklin Dean Walker, Scott William Thompson, Mark Anthony Parral
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Abstract
One embodiment provides an electronic circuit device, including: a first electronic circuit board; a second electronic circuit board separated from the first electronic circuit board; at least one capacitor including two electrodes, wherein one of the two electrodes is mounted to the first electronic circuit board and wherein the other of the two electrodes is mounted to the second electronic circuit board; and at least one connector electrically coupled to at least one of the first electronic circuit board and the second electronic circuit board. Other aspects are described and claimed.
Claims18
An electronic circuit device, comprising:
- a first electronic circuit board;
- a second electronic circuit board separated from the first electronic circuit board;
- at least one capacitor comprising two electrodes, wherein one of the two electrodes is mounted to the first electronic circuit board and wherein the other of the two electrodes is mounted to the second electronic circuit board;
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- at least one connector electrically coupled to at least one of the first electronic circuit board and the second electronic circuit board;
- wherein the first electronic circuit board, the second electronic circuit board, the at least one capacitor, and the at least one connector are mechanically coupled creating a suspended structure, thereby increasing the creepage distance between the two electrodes and the at least one connector such that an electrical voltage gradient produced by the at least one capacitor is reduced at the at least one connector.
A product, comprising:
- an assembly;
- an electronic circuit device electrically coupled to the assembly, the electronic circuit device comprising:
- a first electronic circuit board;
- a second electronic circuit board separated from the first electronic circuit board;
- at least one capacitor comprising two electrodes, wherein one of the two electrodes is mounted to the first electronic circuit board and wherein the other of the two electrodes is mounted to the second electronic circuit board;
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- at least one connector electrically coupled to at least one of the first electronic circuit board and the second electronic circuit board;
- wherein the first electronic circuit board, the second electronic circuit board, the at least one capacitor, and the at least one connector are mechanically coupled creating a suspended structure, thereby increasing the creepage distance between the two electrodes and the at least one connector such that an electrical voltage gradient produced by the at least one capacitor is reduced at the at least one connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.