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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2017
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Mark J. Beesley, Carmel Valley, CA (US);
Albert A. Onderick, II, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Anne M. Mason, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Craig A. Gammel, Campbell, CA (US);
Shawn X. Arnold, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Printed circuit boards having an increased density of vertical interconnect paths, as well as methods for their manufacture. One example may provide a printed circuit board having an increased density of vertical interconnect paths by forming a plurality of segmented vias. The segmented vias may extend through interior layers of the printed circuit board. The segmented vias may be formed of portions of vias in the interior layers of the printed circuit board. An area between three or more segmented vias may be filled with resin or other material or materials.