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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Todd E. Takken, Brewster, NY (US);

Xin Zhang, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Yuan Yao, Tarrytown, NY (US);

Andrew Ferencz, Southborough, MA (US);

Paul W. Coteus, Yorktown, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 12/52 (2011.01); H01R 12/57 (2011.01); H01R 43/16 (2006.01); H05K 1/11 (2006.01); H05K 3/40 (2006.01); H05K 1/14 (2006.01); H01R 12/51 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 12/52 (2013.01); H01R 43/16 (2013.01); H05K 1/111 (2013.01); H05K 1/14 (2013.01); H05K 3/4007 (2013.01); H01R 12/51 (2013.01); H01R 12/57 (2013.01); H05K 2201/044 (2013.01);
Abstract

Printed circuit board (PCB), electrical structures including PCBs, and methods for making the same. One PCB structures includes: a substrate having a plurality of surfaces, including a first aerial main face (AMF), a second AMF, and a first peripheral end face (PEF), wherein the first PEF separates the first AMF from the second AMF, and a first plurality of contacts embedded in the first PEF, where each of the first plurality of contacts forms a contiguous contact with the first PEF and at least one of i) the second AMF, ii) the first AMF, and iii) another one of the plurality of surfaces.


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