Surface mounted decoupling capacitor
CA 2000702 A1 · Owner: Menzies, L. William, Jr. · Inventors: Menzies, L. William, Jr.; Menzies, L. William, Jr.; Menzies, Stephen W.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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William Menzies, Jr. Stephen W. Menzies ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE, A decoupling capacitor is mounted on a thin auxiliary board and connected by metallization traces on the board to a single pair of plug-in contact press-fitted into a pair of apertures in a pair of integral tabs extending from the board. The auxiliary board and capacitor height is not more than about 0.070 inches. The plug-in contact are pluggable into a pair of sockets in a printed circuit board. The auxiliary insulative board with its attached capacitor is sandwiched between a surface of a printed circuit board having a plurality of sockets, and the underside of a dual-in-line (DIP) integrated circuit package. At least …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed October 13, 1989. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 13, 2009.
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