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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2012
Applicants:
Shawn X. Arnold, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeffrey M. Thoma, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shawn X. Arnold, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeffrey M. Thoma, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/14 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/11 (2006.01); H05K 3/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/141 (2013.01); H05K 1/0231 (2013.01); H05K 1/111 (2013.01); H05K 3/366 (2013.01); H05K 2201/049 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10045 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10636 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49133 (2015.01);
Abstract
The described embodiments relate generally to electronic components and more specifically to a capacitor array that can increase component density on a printed circuit board and reduce a distance to a ground plane. An array of capacitors can be formed by coupling a group of capacitors on their sides interspersed with interposer boards. The resulting configuration can increase component density and reduce an amount of resistance and effective series inductance between a set of power decoupling capacitors and an integrated circuit.