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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2007
Neil Allan Mahaffy, Riverside, CA (US);
Neil Allan Mahaffy, Riverside, CA (US);
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A shield is provided that blocks high frequency EMI (electromagnetic interference) from reaching circuitry that is connected to pins of a filter connector. The filter connector includes a plurality of pins () that extend through holes () in first boards (), with each pin joined by a solder joint () to a signal trace () that surrounds the pin hole. Filter components such as capacitors (), each have one terminal () joined to a signal trace and another terminal () joined to a ground trace (), with a gap () between the traces. Second boards () are provided that each lies facewise adjacent to a first board and that each carries a shield trace () that covers the gap between signal and ground traces. The pin-receiving hole in each second board has a circular portion and has a notch () therein though which a solder dispenser () can fit to dispense solder directly into the space between and on the pin and the signal traces.