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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2009
Keith Bryan Hardin, Lexington, KY (US);
John Thomas Fessler, Lexington, KY (US);
Paul Kevin Hall, Lexington, KY (US);
Brian Lee Nally, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Robert Aaron Oglesbee, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Keith Bryan Hardin, Lexington, KY (US);
John Thomas Fessler, Lexington, KY (US);
Paul Kevin Hall, Lexington, KY (US);
Brian Lee Nally, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Robert Aaron Oglesbee, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A Z-directed signal delay line component for insertion into a printed circuit board while allowing electrical connection to internal conductive planes contained with the PCB. In one embodiment the Z-directed delay line component is housed within the thickness of the PCB allowing other components to be mounted over it. The delay line embodiments include a W-like line and a plurality of spaced apart, semi-circular line segment connected such that current flow direction alternates in direction between adjacent semi-circular line segments, each of which in other embodiments can be varied by use of shorting bars. Several Z-directed delay line components may be mounted into a PCB and serially connected to provide for longer delays. The body may contain one or more conductors and may include one or more surface channels or wells extending along at least a portion of the length of the body. Methods for mounting Z-directed components are also provided.