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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2019
Facebook Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Raymond Lee, Fremont, CA (US);
Facebook Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A spacer is provided to allow a surface mount device (SMD) to be surface mounted onto a PCB with greater degrees of freedom. The spacer is designed to be surface mountable to the PCB and includes an electrically non-conducting body that has a first surface facing the SMD, a second surface facing the PCB, and through holes and/or indents in the electrically non-conducting body to accommodate electrical conductors that provide electrical connections between the SMD and the PCB. The spacer may provide one or more of: an elevated height (so that the SMD is elevated above the PCB), an offset along the surface of the PCB relative to a designated position for the SMD on the PCB, or a tilt in one or more directions relative to a surface of the PCB.