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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 1994
Filed:
May. 11, 1993
Kaushik S Akkapeddi, Hanover Township, Morris County, NJ (US);
Rocco Bonanni, Wayne Township, Passaic County, NJ (US);
Robert J Gashler, Olathe, KS (US);
Michael G German, Secaucus, NJ (US);
William R Lambert, Mendham Township, Morris County, NJ (US);
Eugene C Schramm, Parsippany Township, Morris County, NJ (US);
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a device for electrically coupling stocked circuit boards using conductive polymer interconnect material and a spacer element. In one embodiment, coaxial connection is provided by means of an array of wires within undulating metal envelopes. In another embodiment, pins are provided within holes in a plastic spacer. In a third embodiment, wires are laid on a substrate and successive laminations are built up to form the spacer element. In a fourth embodiment, wire arrays are extrusion molded within thermoplastic sheets which are laminated to form the spacer element.