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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Leonard W. Schaper, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Assignee:
Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/10 ;
Abstract
Surface applied passive devices for use on electronic circuit boards are formed by applying layers of conductive, insulating, and other material to a thin polymer film carrier. The surface applied passives are thin enough to fit underneath standard integrated circuit packages in order to conserve space on the circuit board. Resistors, capacitors, inductors and other passive circuits may be formed on thin polymer films, less than 8 mils thick. This significantly aids in conserving space on an electronic circuit board.