Electrical connector having thick film layers
AssigneeAmphenol Corporation
InventorsLeon Khilchenko, Mark W. Gailus
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Abstract
An electrical connector electrically connects a first printed circuit board and a second printed circuit board, where the electrical connector includes: (a) an insulative housing; (b) a plurality of signal conductors, with at least a portion of each of the plurality of signal conductors disposed within the insulative housing; (c) each of the plurality of signal conductors having a first contact end, a second contact end and an intermediate portion therebetween; and (d) a passive circuit element electrically connected to the intermediate portion of each of the plurality of signal conductors, where the passive circuit element is housed in an insulative package and includes at least a capacitor or an inductor.
Claims31
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing having a surface;
- a signal conductor disposed on the surface of said insulative housing, said signal conductor having a first contact end, a second contact end, and an intermediate portion therebetween, said intermediate portion having a first signal conductor segment and a second signal conductor segment spatially separated from the first signal conductor segment;
- and,
- a thick film layer disposed on at least a portion of said first signal conductor segment, at least a portion of said insulative housing, and at least a portion of said second signal conductor segment.
A method for adding a circuit element to an electrical connector, comprising the steps of:
- providing at least one opening in an insulative housing of an electrical connector to expose a first signal conductor;
- forming a first gap in the first signal conductor, thereby forming a first segment with a first contact end and a second segment with a second contact end, wherein the first gap is accessible in the at least one opening;
- and
- covering at least a portion of the at least one opening with a first thick film, wherein the thick film covers at least a portion of the first and second segments and the first gap.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing having a surface;
- a signal conductor having a first contact end, a second contact end, and an intermediate portion therebetween, said intermediate portion having a first signal conductor segment and a second signal conductor segment spatially separated from the first signal conductor segment;
- a first thick film layer disposed on at least a portion of said first signal conductor segment;
- and,
- a second thick film layer disposed on at least a portion of said first thick film layer and at least a portion of said second signal conductor segment.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing having a surface;
- a differential signal pair comprising a first signal conductor having a first contact end, a second contact end, and a first intermediate portion therebetween, said first intermediate portion having a first signal conductor segment and a second signal conductor segment spatially separated from the first signal conductor segment, and a second signal conductor having a third contact end, a fourth contact end, and a second intermediate portion therebetween, said second intermediate portion having a third signal conductor segment and a fourth signal conductor segment spatially separated from the third signal conductor segment;
- and,
- a first thick film layer disposed on at least a portion of said first signal conductor segment and a portion of said third signal conductor segment.
A method of forming an electrical connector comprising:
- providing an insulative housing having a surface;
- providing a signal conductor disposed on the surface of said insulative housing, said signal conductor having a first contact end, a second contact end, and an intermediate portion therebetween, said intermediate portion having a first signal conductor segment and a second signal conductor segment spatially separated from the first signal conductor segment;
- and,
- disposing a thick film layer on at least a portion of said first signal conductor segment, at least a portion of said insulative housing, and at least a portion of said second signal conductor segment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.