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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2014
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Mark Thomas McCormack, Livermore, CA (US);
Anthony Allen Fischer, Redmond, WA (US);
Raj Master, San Jose, CA (US);
Farah Shariff, Kirkland, WA (US);
Dennis Tom, Redmond, WA (US);
Zulfiqar Alam, Redmond, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device includes an electronic component configured to receive electric current and a plated contact electrically coupled to the electronic component and configured to carry the electric current to the electronic component from a system external to the device. The plated contact includes a copper-alloy layer, a platinum-group metal (PGM) layer plated over the copper-alloy layer, and a gold-alloy layer plated over the PGM layer.