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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1998
James R. Bortolini, Broomfield, CO (US);
Scott E. Farleigh, Denver, CO (US);
Gary J. Grimes, Birmingham, AL (US);
Charles J. Sherman, Westminster, CO (US);
Jean S. Nyquist, Denver, CO (US);
Lucent Technologies, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
An arrangement for electromagnetically shielding a circuit carrying substrate includes first and second shielding members and a plurality of elastically deformable shielding connectors. The first shielding member has first and second dimensions exceeding first and second dimensions defined by the circuit and is disposed on a first side of the circuit. The second shielding member also has first and second dimensions exceeding first and second dimensions defined by the circuit and is disposed on a second side of the circuit. The first and second shielding members define at least one slot therebetween. Each of the plurality of shielding connectors is both plastically deformable and electrically conductive, and furthermore extends between the first shielding member and the second shielding member. The plurality of shielding connectors are disposed within and throughout said slot and spaced apart by a distance that is less than one-fourth the wavelength of an effective operating frequency of the circuit.