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US 9,521,741 B1Granted
Side surface mounting of shields for a circuit board assembly
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsLibo Wang, Jasmin B. Farshi, Andrew Frederick Skipor
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Abstract
A circuit board assembly includes a first shield positioned over a top surface of a printed circuit board and a second shield positioned over a bottom surface. The first and second shields include conductive tabs which are coupled to a first side surface of the circuit board, wherein the tabs of the first shield are generally interposed or staggered with the tabs of the second shield.
Claims20
An electronic device, comprising:
- a circuit board comprising:
- a first major surface;
- a second major surface opposed to the first major surface;
- and
- a first side surface extending between the first major surface and the second major surface, the first side surface having a first set of grounding contacts and a second set of grounding contacts, wherein at least one grounding contact of the second set of grounding contacts is positioned between two adjacent grounding contacts of the first set of grounding contacts;
- a first electronic component electrically coupled to the first major surface of the circuit board;
- a second electronic component electrically coupled to the second major surface of the circuit board;
- a first shield comprising a first planar portion and a first plurality of tabs extending from the first planar portion, wherein the first planar portion is positioned over the first electronic component and is substantially parallel to the first major surface, and wherein each of the first plurality of tabs is coupled to the first side surface and electrically coupled to a respective grounding contact of the first set of grounding contacts;
- and
- a second shield comprising a second planar portion and a second plurality of tabs extending from the second planar portion, wherein the second planar portion is positioned over the second electronic component and is substantially parallel to the second major surface, and wherein each of the second plurality of tabs is coupled to the first side surface and electrically coupled to a respective grounding contact of the second set of grounding contacts.
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An electronic device, comprising:
- a circuit board comprising:
- a first major surface;
- a second major surface opposed to the first major surface;
- and
- a first side surface extending between the first major surface and the second major surface, the first side surface having a first set of grounding contacts and a second set of grounding contacts, wherein at least one grounding contact of the first set of grounding contacts is positioned between two adjacent grounding contacts of the second set of grounding contacts;
- a first shield comprising a first planar portion and a first plurality of tabs extending from the first planar portion, wherein each of the first plurality of tabs is electrically coupled to a respective grounding contact of the first set of grounding contacts;
- and
- a second shield comprising a second planar portion and a second plurality of tabs extending from the second planar portion, wherein each of the second plurality of tabs is electrically coupled to a respective grounding contact of the second set of grounding contacts.
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An electronic device, comprising:
- a circuit board comprising:
- a first major surface;
- a second major surface opposed to the first major surface;
- and
- a first side surface extending between the first major surface and the second major surface, the first side surface having a first set of grounding contacts and a second set of grounding contacts, wherein at least one grounding contact of the first set of grounding contacts is positioned between two adjacent grounding contacts of the second set of grounding contacts;
- a first shield comprising an electrically conductive material, wherein the first shield further comprises a first portion and a first plurality of tabs extending from the first portion, wherein each of the first plurality of tabs is electrically coupled to a respective grounding contact of the first set of grounding contacts;
- and
- a second shield comprising an electrically conductive material, wherein the second shield further comprises a second portion and a second plurality of tabs extending from the second portion, wherein each of the second plurality of tabs is electrically coupled to a respective grounding contact of the second set of grounding contacts.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.