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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1998
Harry S Harberts, San Marcos, CA (US);
Jeffrey A Grant, Encinitas, CA (US);
TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
A stand-alone circuit board (3), a packaged surface mount PIN diode (1) and a metal ribbon (9) are mounted together in a new tented diode configuration. The flat end surface of the diode end terminal (4) is attached to a metal trace (5) on the circuit board, positioning the diode in an upstanding position, overlying the metal trace and leaving the other diode end terminal (2) in an elevated position over the circuit board. The metal ribbon wraps over the diode symmetrically extending along opposed sides of the diode to complete an electrical connect on the circuit board. In performance, the configuration emulates that prior configuration employing a thick metal plate backed circuit board. An improved RF switch incorporates the foregoing tented diode configuration.