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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:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
William J. Palmteer, North Andover, MA (US);
Assignee:
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/03 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/03 ;
Abstract
A printed circuit board (PCB) is provided for mounting an electronic package thereon. The PCB includes a center pad centrally located in the PCB, a plurality of input/output (I/O) pins peripherally located in the PCB, and at least one slot formed in the center pad for providing escape areas into which contaminants can escape from solder joints associated with mounting of the electronic package onto the PCB.