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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Colin E Brench, Stow, MA (US);
Assignee:
Digital Equipment Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257660 ; 257706 ; 257713 ; 257722 ; 361818 ; 174 / ;
Abstract
A set of conductive plates are positioned adjacent to and in close proximity with a unidirectional heatsink on a high frequency integrated circuit. The set of plates is generally electrically attached to the same ground potential voltage supply as the integrated circuit and serves to damped unwanted radio frequency electromagnetic radiation normally emitted by heatsinks. The same arrangement of plates can also serve as an external electromagnetic interference shield apparatus for the integrated circuit. The plates may alternatively be comprised of a conductive mesh to allow air flow through the plates.