Data capture plate for substrate components
OwnerThane M. Larsoninventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus to mount a data capture plate to a substrate, under a component. One embodiment of the invention involves a method to assemble a data capture plate on a substrate. A second embodiment of the invention involves a method to fabricate a data capture plate. A third embodiment of the invention involves an assembled substrate including a data capture plate on the second side of the assembled substrate, under an electrical contact area of a component on the first side of the assembled substrate.
Claims20
A method to assemble a data capture plate to one side of a substrate having a first side and a second side, and a first electrical contact area on said first side, and a second electrical contact area on said second side, comprising:
- connecting a component to said first electrical contact area on said first side of said substrate;
- and
- connecting said data capture plate to said second electrical contact area on said second side, opposite said first electrical contact area on said first side of said substrate.
A method to fabricate a data capture plate, comprising:
- selecting a set of physical specifications of said data capture plate;
- estimating an initial required capacitance and resistance for a plurality of contacts on said data capture plate;
- modeling said data capture plate after assembly on a substrate;
- estimating a more precise required capacitance and resistance for said plurality of contacts on said data capture plate after modeling said data capture plate after assembly on said substrate;
- and
- fabricating said data capture plate according to said set of physical specifications.
An assembled substrate, including a data capture plate, comprising
- a substrate having a first side and a second side, and a first electrical contact area on said first side and a second electrical contact area on said second side;
- an electrical component having a plurality of leads electrically connected to said first electrical contact area of said substrate;
- and
- a data capture plate electrically connected to said second electrical contact area on said second side of said substrate substantially opposite said first electrical contact area of said substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.