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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:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald J. Glaser, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Douglas G. Gilliland, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Dennis J. Vandenberg, Placentia, CA (US);
Assignee:
ADC DSL Systems, INc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/02 ; H05K 7/06 ; H05K 7/08 ; H05K 7/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/02 ; H05K 7/06 ; H05K 7/08 ; H05K 7/10 ;
Abstract
A circuit card that includes a single ground plane connectable to a chassis-ground and a logic device having a ground pin connected to the single ground plane. The connection between the ground pin and the single ground plane provides a direct path between the logic device and the chassis-ground. A power supply is connected to an input pin of the logic device for providing a logic voltage to the logic device. The power supply is connectable to a battery.