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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:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 9/00 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for inhibiting EMI leakage is disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, an enclosure for surrounding an EMI producing device has protrusions extending from an edge of the enclosure. The protrusions are insertable into a printed circuit board to make contact with a grounding layer in the printed circuit board. In another embodiment, the enclosure is mateable with an EMI containment box, such as a Faraday cage, to fully enclose an EMI producing device.