Electronic assembly with laterally connected capacitors and manufacturing method
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsYuan-Liang Li, Chee-Yee Chung
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Abstract
An electronic assembly includes multiple discrete capacitors (504, FIG. 5), which are surface mounted to or embedded within an electronic housing, such as an integrated circuit package (1504, FIG. 15). One or more side terminals (510) of adjacent capacitors are electrically connected through lateral connections (512, 620, FIGS. 5, 6). These lateral connections provide an extremely low lateral inductance current path between the discrete capacitors.
Claims29
An electronic assembly comprising:
- a first discrete capacitor attached to a housing, the first discrete capacitor having multiple first interior planes, wherein a set of the multiple first interior planes electrically connects to a first conductive terminal on a side of the first discrete capacitor;
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- a second discrete capacitor attached to the housing, the second discrete capacitor having multiple second interior planes, wherein a set of the multiple second interior planes electrically connects to a second conductive terminal on a side of the second discrete capacitor, and wherein the second conductive terminal is laterally attached to the first conductive terminal.
A method for manufacturing an electronic assembly, the method comprising:
- attaching a first discrete capacitor to an electronic housing, wherein the first discrete capacitor has multiple first interior planes, and a set of the multiple first interior planes electrically connects to a first conductive terminal on a side of the first discrete capacitor;
- attaching a second discrete capacitor to the electronic housing, wherein the second discrete capacitor has multiple second interior planes, and a set of the multiple second interior planes electrically connects to a second conductive terminal on a side of the second discrete capacitor;
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- laterally attaching the second conductive terminal to the first conductive terminal.
An electronic housing comprising:
- one or more layers of patterned, conductive material;
- a first discrete capacitor attached to the one or more layers, the first discrete capacitor having multiple first interior planes, wherein a set of the multiple first interior planes electrically connects to a first conductive terminal on a side of the first discrete capacitor;
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- a second discrete capacitor attached to the one or more layers, the second discrete capacitor having multiple second interior planes, wherein a set of the multiple second interior planes electrically connects to a second conductive terminal on a side of the second discrete capacitor, and wherein the second conductive terminal is laterally attached to the first conductive terminal.
An electronic system comprising:
- a housing;
- a first discrete capacitor attached to the housing, the first discrete capacitor having multiple first interior planes, wherein a set of the multiple first interior planes electrically connects to a first conductive terminal on a side of the first discrete capacitor;
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- a second discrete capacitor attached to the housing, the second discrete capacitor having multiple second interior planes, wherein a set of the multiple second interior planes electrically connects to a second conductive terminal on a side of the second discrete capacitor, and wherein the second conductive terminal is laterally attached to the first conductive terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.