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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Masahito Morita, Yokohama, JP;
Steven Webster, Singapore, SG;
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01); H05K 1/11 (2006.01); H05K 3/34 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H05K 3/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/0296 (2013.01); H04N 5/2251 (2013.01); H05K 1/111 (2013.01); H05K 1/181 (2013.01); H05K 3/301 (2013.01); H05K 3/34 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10121 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a substrate, a first conductive pad and a second conductive pad, both disposed on the substrate, an electrically conductive trace, and a fusible alloy layer. The electrically conductive trace is laid out between the first and second pads, and is configured to conduct electrical current between the first and second pads, and has a serpentine pattern having multiple bends. The fusible alloy layer is disposed on the first pad and over a portion of the trace including no more than a predefined number of the bends.