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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
May. 23, 2013
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventor:
Mark Allen Gerber, Lucas, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/02 (2013.01); H05K 1/182 (2013.01); H01L 2224/16225 (2013.01); H01L 2924/1461 (2013.01); H01L 2924/19103 (2013.01); H01L 2924/19105 (2013.01); H05K 2201/09072 (2013.01); H05K 2201/1003 (2013.01); H05K 2201/1053 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10515 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49117 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49139 (2015.01);
Abstract
A circuit assembly includes a substrate having a substrate electrical circuit, opposite top and bottom substrate surfaces, and a substrate hole extending through the substrate. The circuit assembly also includes a discrete component assembly electrically connected to the substrate electrical circuit and a support member attached to the discrete component. At least a portion of the discrete component is physically mounted in the substrate hole.