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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lawrence M Burns, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nicholas Mitchell, Fremont, CA (US);
Theresa Bradshaw, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Chong Woo, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ; H01R / ; H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
174261 ; 174260 ; 361767 ;
Abstract
Component mounting pads for multi-layer printed circuit boards encompass a smaller area than conventional pads, reducing parasitic capacitance between the pads and a ground plane layer. A number of such pads are arranged to accommodate standard surface-mount component sizes and packages. Further capacitance reductions are achieved by implementing mesh areas or apertures in the board's ground plane opposite the reduced-capacitance pads.