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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joshua D. Karnes, Leander, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C 7/12 ; H02H 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C 7/12 ; H02H 1/00 ;
Abstract
A method for lightning protection in a printed circuit board includes providing a printed circuit board having a plurality of conductors for connecting to a plurality of telecommunications lines, surrounding a portion of the conductors with a floating element to induce any lightning received by the conductors to flow to the floating element, and disposing a ground conductor with respect to a portion of the floating element such that lightning will be induced to flow to ground from the floating element.