Laminate electrical interconnect system
AssigneeLitton Systems, Inc.
InventorsKenny Padro, Robert D. Godburn, Jr., William Keller
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An electrical connector having a laminate structure and multiple parallel grooves is described. The laminate structure is electrically conductive and is coated with an electrically non-conductive material. Each groove has a signal carrying path electrically insulated from the electrically conductive portion of the laminate structure, which is advantageously surrounded by the laminate structure, thereby forming a type of Faraday cage around the signal carrying path and creating a completely shielded electrical path.
Claims16
An electrical connector, comprising:
- a plurality of layers each having a first side and a second side, each of said plurality of layers having longitudinal grooves in at least one of said first side and said second side, each of said longitudinal grooves being electrically conductive, each of said plurality of layers being adjacent at least one other layer with a first layer having a first side not adjacent to another layer and a last layer having a second side not adjacent to another layer and with a first side of each other layer being adjacent to a second side of another layer each of said longitudinal grooves being electrically insulated from all other longitudinal grooves;
- and
- a plurality of contacts each electrically engaged with a respective groove;
- wherein each of said plurality of layers is made of an electrically conductive material and has an electrically non-conductive coating thereon, said longitudinal grooves being electrically insulated from said conductive material by said non-conductive coating.
An electrical connector comprising:
- a first layer and a last layer and a plurality of intermediate layers, each layer having a first surface and a second surface with each layer having a plurality of conductive traces on at least one of said first surface and said second surface, each conductive trace being electrically insulated from all other traces;
- and
- a plurality of contacts each electrically engaged with a respective trace;
- wherein each of said layers is made of an electrically conductive material and has an electrically non-conductive coating thereon, said traces being electrically insulated from said conductive material by said non-conductive coating.
An electrical connector, comprising:
- a first plurality of layers each having a first side and a second side with a first side of intermediate layers being adjacent a second side of an adjacent layer, each of said plurality of layers having at least one electrically conductive longitudinal groove each groove being electrically insulated from all other grooves;
- and
- a plurality of contacts each electrically engaged with a respective groove;
- wherein each of said plurality of layers is made of an electrically conductive material and has an electrically non-conductive coating thereon, said grooves being electrically insulated from said conductive material by said non-conductive coating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.