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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1994
Paul J Anastasio, Camp Hill, PA (US);
James M English, Annville, PA (US);
John C Farrar, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Ram P Goel, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Bernard J Janoss, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Christopher J Collins, Fremont, CA (US);
Richard K Childers, Redwood City, CA (US);
John H Bunch, Menlo Park, CA (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An electrical overstress protection apparatus and method includes the provision of an overstress element (22) comprised of a lamination including a conducting ground path (26) and a dielectric sheet (30) engaging discrete signal paths (16) connected to contacts (44), the sheet (30) containing holes (32) or pores or thread or fiber interstices filled with an electrical overstress protection material (36) with the sheet thickness and hole area in conjunction with area of signal and ground paths and characteristics of the material adapted to provide breakdown and clamping voltages via a path to ground from signal contacts to ground to protect components from excessive voltage levels. Electrical connectors (40,40', 40') incorporate the apparatus in different embodiments of housing (42,42') and contact (44) configurations.