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Laminated programmable microstrip interconnector

CA 1069198 A · Owner: International Business Machines Corporation · Inventors: Cistola, Anthony B.

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An electrical interconnector is formed of discrete laminate members. The basic configuration has a printed circuit substrate member interleaved between two ground plane members. Predetermined first and second printed circuit conductor patterns are on opposite sides of the printed circuit substrate, each interacting as a signal plane with the particular one of the ground plane members that is juxtaposed to it. The two patterns are interconnected by severable conductive means located at one or more predetermined locations across at least one edge of the substrate. Programmability is effected by severing one or more of the conductive means in the desired interconnection pattern. The basic …

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  • Granted January 1, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 1, 1997.
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GrantedJanuary 1, 1980
Term endedJanuary 1, 1997
Patent numberCA 1069198 A
Classification (IPC)H05K1/14 +1 more

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