Airborn Inc.

Michael P Cuff

John Lincoln Grant

Claude Grant Folta

Herbert J McEvoy

Electrical connector

An area array connector for providing a thermal and an electrical interconnection between a first circuit element and a second circuit element is described. The area array connector includes at least one electrically conductive interconnector adapted to provide an electrical interconnection between the first circuit element and the second circuit element. The area array connector also includes at least one thermally conductive member adapted to provide thermal interconnection between the first circuit element and the second circuit element.

Interposer with integral heat sink

An area array connector adapted to connect contact pads on a first generally planar circuit element to corresponding contact pads on a second generally planar circuit element is described. The area array connector includes an interposer housing and at least one electrical interconnector positioned within the interposer housing. The at least one electrical interconnector is comprised of a plurality of electrical contacts stacked in a substantially parallel relationship to one another. The at least one electrical interconnector is positioned to make contact with a first contact pad on the first generally planar circuit element and a second contact pad on the second generally planar circuit element to provide an electrical interconnection therebetween.

Area array connector having stacked contacts for improved current carrying capacity

A smart card reader having several advantageous grounding techniques and several techniques to insure proper electrical isolation of the electrical components of the card reader. The smart card reader has a base and a cover. In certain techniques, a non-conductive base is grounded to a conductive, grounded cover. In another technique, a grounded base formed of a statically dissipative composite material is utilized.

Smart card reader with electrostatic discharge protection

Disclosed is a stackable contact system and a contact for use therein. The contact has a tuning fork socket and a cylindrical pin with a bowed compliant middle section for press fitting into a printed circuit board. Multiple contacts are mounted in two insulative housing parts having cavities, apertures and passages for holding the contacts in position. The contact systems may have a printed circuit board sandwiched between them, and multiple layer stacks may be formed.

Stackable connector system and contact for use therein

A smart card reader having several advantageous grounding techniques and several techniques to insure proper electrical isolation of the electrical components of the card reader is disclosed. The smart card reader has a base and a cover. In certain techniques, a non-conductive base is grounded to a conductive, grounded cover. In another technique, a grounded base formed of a statically dissipative composite material is utilized.

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Georgetown, TX, United States of America

Michael P Cuff