Circuit board for an electrical connector assembly
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorCHAD WILLIAM MORGAN
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Abstract
An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical connector having a mounting face and signal terminals extending from the mounting face. The electrical connector assembly also includes a circuit board having an upper surface and a lower surface with vias extending at least partially through the circuit board along parallel via axes. The vias are at least partially filled with conductive material to create signal columns, wherein the signal terminals are set in corresponding signal columns. The signal terminals are electrically connected to the signal columns.
Claims23
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- an electrical connector having a mounting face, the electrical connector having signal terminals extending from the mounting face;
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- a circuit board having an upper surface and a lower surface, the circuit board comprising signal traces routed through the circuit board, the signal traces having mounting pads defining connection points of the signal traces, the circuit board comprising non-plated vias extending at least partially through the circuit board along parallel via axes, the non-plated vias extending through the mounting pads exposing the mounting pads to corresponding voids defined by the non-plated vias, wherein the non-plated vias are at least partially filled with conductive material to create signal columns, the signal columns engaging the exposed mounting pads of the signal traces to electrically connect the signal columns to the corresponding signal traces, wherein the signal terminals are set in corresponding signal columns, the signal terminals being electrically connected to the signal columns.
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- an electrical connector having a mounting face, the electrical connector having signal terminals extending from the mounting face;
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- a circuit board having an upper surface and a lower surface, the circuit board comprising signal traces routed through the circuit board, the signal traces having mounting pads defining connection points of the signal traces, the circuit board comprising non-plated vias extending at least partially through the circuit board along parallel via axes, the non-plated vias extending through the mounting pads exposing the mounting pads to corresponding voids defined by the non-plated vias, wherein the non-plated vias are at least partially filled with conductive material to create signal columns, the signal columns engaging the exposed mounting pads of the signal traces to electrically connect the signal columns to the corresponding signal traces, the signal columns extending from a column top to a column bottom, the column bottom being elevated above the lower surface, wherein the signal terminals are set in corresponding signal columns, the signal terminals being electrically connected to the signal columns.
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- a circuit board having an upper surface and a lower surface, the circuit board comprising signal traces routed through the circuit board, the signal traces having mounting pads defining connection points of the signal traces, the circuit board comprising non-plated vias extending at least partially through the circuit board along parallel via axes, the non-plated vias extending through the mounting pads exposing the mounting pads to corresponding voids defined by the non-plated vias;
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- signal columns within corresponding vias, each signal column comprising a conductive material placed within the corresponding via in a fluid or semi-fluid state, the signal columns engaging the exposed mounting pads of the signal traces to electrically connect the signal columns to the corresponding signal traces, the signal column being configured to receive a corresponding signal terminal when the conductive material is in the fluid or semi-fluid state, the conductive material being thereafter set to a solid state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.