US4076357A
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Laminated programmable microstrip interconnector
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1976-12-06
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Granted: 1978-02-28
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Expires: 1996-12-06
Abstract
Abstract 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 configuration when arrayed with other similar basic configurations provides modular construction. Each basic configuration, hereinafter referred to sometimes as a section, in the array is separated from its adjacent section by another laminate member which is an insulator. The spacer member and its associated adjacent sections are configured to form a raceway, i.e. a duct or channel, for running insulated wire conductors which may be used, if desired, to interconnect predetermined ones of the printed circuit conductors associated with the interconnector. The interconnector is adapted to have the terminals of electrical devices mounted along the laminar edges of the interconnector.
Inventors
- 👤 Anthony Bartholemew Cistola
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 05:02
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K7/00; H05K7/02; H05K7/10; H05K7/1092; H05K1/00; H05K1/02; H05K1/14; H05K1/144; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/09; H05K2201/09145; H05K2201/09172
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
184 words
Electrical interconnector apparatus for interconnecting the terminals of at least two electrical devices, said apparatus comprising: at least one lamination having first and second predetermined printed circuit conductor patterns on the opposing first and second planar sides, respectively, of said lamination, severable conductor means for connecting said first and second predetermined patterns at predetermined locations across at least one edge of said lamination, first and second reference voltage plane laminations disposed adjacent said first and second conductor patterns, respectively, said first and second conductor patterns being in signal plane relationships with said first and second reference voltage plane laminations, respectively, in a microstrip manner, and contact means disposed along at least one laminar edge of said interconnector apparatus adapted to be connectable to said electrical device terminals, said contact means being coupled to predetermined ones of the printed circuit conductors of at least one of said first and second patterns, said one laminar edge being normal to said first and second planar sides, recesses formed in at least one edge of said one lamination, some of said contact means being located within said recesses
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
184 words
Electrical interconnector apparatus for interconnecting the terminals of at least two electrical devices, said apparatus comprising: at least one lamination having first and second predetermined printed circuit conductor patterns on the opposing first and second planar sides, respectively, of said lamination, severable conductor means for connecting said first and second predetermined patterns at predetermined locations across at least one edge of said lamination, first and second reference voltage plane laminations disposed adjacent said first and second conductor patterns, respectively, said first and second conductor patterns being in signal plane relationships with said first and second reference voltage plane laminations, respectively, in a microstrip manner, and contact means disposed along at least one laminar edge of said interconnector apparatus adapted to be connectable to said electrical device terminals, said contact means being coupled to predetermined ones of the printed circuit conductors of at least one of said first and second patterns, said one laminar edge being normal to said first and second planar sides, recesses formed in at least one edge of said one lamination, some of said contact means being located within said recesses
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
126 words
Electrical interconnector apparatus according to claim 1 wherein one of said two devices is a pluggable circuit module having pins as said terminals thereof and wherein the other of said two devices is a printed circuit board having a predetermined circuit conductor third pattern including printed circuit contact pads as said terminals thereof, some of said contact means comprising receptacles disposed along a first laminar edge of said interconnector apparatus, said receptacles being coactable with said pins, and others of said contact means further comprising printed circuit lands disposed along a second laminar edge of said interconnector apparatus, said lands being connectable with said contact pads of said printed circuit board, said first and second laminar edges being normal to said first and second planar sides.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
201 words
Electrical interconnector apparatus for interconnecting the terminals of at least two electrical devices, said apparatus comprising: plural modular sections, each of said sections comprising: one lamination having first and second predetermined printed circuit conductor patterns on the opposing first and second planar sides, respectively, of said lamination, severable conductor means for connecting said first and second predetermined patterns at predetermined locations across at least one edge of said lamination, and first and second reference voltage plane laminations disposed adjacent said first and second conductor patterns, respectively, said first and second conductor patterns being in signal plane relationships with said first and second reference voltage plane laminations, respectively, in a microstrip manner, plural insulator planar spacer members interleaved between adjacent modular sections, and contact means disposed along at least one laminar edge of said interconnector apparatus adapted to be connectable to said electrical device terminals, said contact means being coupled to predetermined ones of the printed circuit conductors of at least one of said first and second patterns, said one laminar edge being normal to said first and second planar sides, recesses formed in at least one edge of said one lamination, some of said contact means being located within said recesses.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
201 words
Electrical interconnector apparatus for interconnecting the terminals of at least two electrical devices, said apparatus comprising: plural modular sections, each of said sections comprising: one lamination having first and second predetermined printed circuit conductor patterns on the opposing first and second planar sides, respectively, of said lamination, severable conductor means for connecting said first and second predetermined patterns at predetermined locations across at least one edge of said lamination, and first and second reference voltage plane laminations disposed adjacent said first and second conductor patterns, respectively, said first and second conductor patterns being in signal plane relationships with said first and second reference voltage plane laminations, respectively, in a microstrip manner, plural insulator planar spacer members interleaved between adjacent modular sections, and contact means disposed along at least one laminar edge of said interconnector apparatus adapted to be connectable to said electrical device terminals, said contact means being coupled to predetermined ones of the printed circuit conductors of at least one of said first and second patterns, said one laminar edge being normal to said first and second planar sides, recesses formed in at least one edge of said one lamination, some of said contact means being located within said recesses.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
Electrical interconnector apparatus according to claim 3 wherein each of said reference voltage plane laminations comprises a planar dielectric substrate with one side having a conductive layer disposed thereon.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
236 words
Electrical interconnector apparatus for interconnecting the terminals of at least two electrical devices, said apparatus comprising: plural modular sections, each of said sections comprising: one lamination having first and second predetermined printed circuit conductor patterns on the opposing first and second planar sides, respectively, of said lamination, severable conductor means for connecting said first and second predetermined patterns at predetermined locations across at least one edge of said lamination, and first and second reference voltage plane laminations disposed adjacent said first and second conductor patterns, respectively, said first and second conductor patterns being in signal plane relationships with said first and second reference voltage plane laminations, respectively, plural insulator spacer means interleaved between adjacent modular sections, and contact means disposed along at least one laminar edge of said interconnector apparatus adapted to be connectable to said electrical device terminals, said contact means being coupled to predetermined ones of the printed circuit conductors of at least one of said first and second patterns, and wherein each of said first reference voltage plane laminations comprises a planar dielectric substrate with one side having a conductive layer disposed thereon, and wherein each of said second reference voltage plane laminations is comprised of a mutually exclusive one of said insulator spacer means and said conductive layer of a mutually exclusive one of said first reference voltage plane laminations adjacent thereto, each of said insulator spacer means being a planar dielectric.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
236 words
Electrical interconnector apparatus for interconnecting the terminals of at least two electrical devices, said apparatus comprising: plural modular sections, each of said sections comprising: one lamination having first and second predetermined printed circuit conductor patterns on the opposing first and second planar sides, respectively, of said lamination, severable conductor means for connecting said first and second predetermined patterns at predetermined locations across at least one edge of said lamination, and first and second reference voltage plane laminations disposed adjacent said first and second conductor patterns, respectively, said first and second conductor patterns being in signal plane relationships with said first and second reference voltage plane laminations, respectively, plural insulator spacer means interleaved between adjacent modular sections, and contact means disposed along at least one laminar edge of said interconnector apparatus adapted to be connectable to said electrical device terminals, said contact means being coupled to predetermined ones of the printed circuit conductors of at least one of said first and second patterns, and wherein each of said first reference voltage plane laminations comprises a planar dielectric substrate with one side having a conductive layer disposed thereon, and wherein each of said second reference voltage plane laminations is comprised of a mutually exclusive one of said insulator spacer means and said conductive layer of a mutually exclusive one of said first reference voltage plane laminations adjacent thereto, each of said insulator spacer means being a planar dielectric.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
127 words
Electrical interconnector apparatus according to claim 3 wherein one of said two devices is a pluggable circuit module having pins as said terminals thereof, and wherein the other of said two devices is a printed circuit board having a predetermined printed circuit conductor third pattern including printed circuit contact pads as said terminals thereof, some of said contact means comprising receptacles disposed along a first laminar edge of said interconnector apparatus, said receptacles being coactable with said pins, and others of said contact means further comprising printed circuit lands disposed along a second laminar edge of said interconnector apparatus, said lands being connectable with said contact pads of said printed circuit board, said first and second laminar edges being normal to said first and second planar sides.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
278 words
Electrical laminated interconnector apparatus for interconnecting the terminals of a plurality of pluggable circuit modules each having plural pin type terminals and a printed circuit board having a printed circuit conductor pattern with predetermined printed circuit contact pads, said apparatus comprising: plural modular sections, each of said sections comprising: one lamination having first and second predetermined printed circuit conductor patterns on the opposing first and second planar sides, respectively, of said lamination, severable plural printed circuit conductor means for connecting said first and second predetermined patterns at predetermined locations across at least one edge of said lamination, and first and second reference voltage plane laminations disposed adjacent said first and second conductor patterns, respectively, said first and second conductor patterns being in signal plane relationships with said first and second reference voltage plane laminations, respectively, in a microstrip manner, a plurality of insulator planar spacer members interleaved between adjacent said modular sections, plural printed circuit lands disposed along a predetermined laminar edge of each of said one laminations having said first and second conductor patterns, said lands being connectable with said contact pads of said printed circuit board and being coupled to predetermined ones of the printed circuit conductors of at least one of said first and second patterns, and plural receptacles disposed in recesses formed in at least one of the remaining laminar edges of each of said one laminations having said first and second conductor patterns, said receptacles being coactable with said pin terminals and coupled to predetermined ones of the printed circuit conductors of at least one of said first and second patterns, said laminar edges being normal to said first and second planar sides.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
278 words
Electrical laminated interconnector apparatus for interconnecting the terminals of a plurality of pluggable circuit modules each having plural pin type terminals and a printed circuit board having a printed circuit conductor pattern with predetermined printed circuit contact pads, said apparatus comprising: plural modular sections, each of said sections comprising: one lamination having first and second predetermined printed circuit conductor patterns on the opposing first and second planar sides, respectively, of said lamination, severable plural printed circuit conductor means for connecting said first and second predetermined patterns at predetermined locations across at least one edge of said lamination, and first and second reference voltage plane laminations disposed adjacent said first and second conductor patterns, respectively, said first and second conductor patterns being in signal plane relationships with said first and second reference voltage plane laminations, respectively, in a microstrip manner, a plurality of insulator planar spacer members interleaved between adjacent said modular sections, plural printed circuit lands disposed along a predetermined laminar edge of each of said one laminations having said first and second conductor patterns, said lands being connectable with said contact pads of said printed circuit board and being coupled to predetermined ones of the printed circuit conductors of at least one of said first and second patterns, and plural receptacles disposed in recesses formed in at least one of the remaining laminar edges of each of said one laminations having said first and second conductor patterns, said receptacles being coactable with said pin terminals and coupled to predetermined ones of the printed circuit conductors of at least one of said first and second patterns, said laminar edges being normal to said first and second planar sides.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
31 words
Electrical laminated interconnector apparatus according to claim 7 wherein each pair of adjacent said sections and the particular interleaved said spacer means therebetween is configured to provide a wire conductor raceway.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
64 words
Electrical laminated interconnector apparatus according to claim 7 wherein in each section said receptacles are housed in recesses inwardly formed along the at least said one of the remaining laminar edges of said one lamination having said first and second conductor patterns, and said first and second reference voltage plane laminations of the particular section are configured to enclose the sides of said recesses.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
330 words
Electrical laminated interconnector apparatus for interconnecting the terminals of a plurality of pluggable circuit modules each having plural pin type terminals and a printed circuit board having a printed circuit conductor pattern with predetemined printed circuit contact pads, said apparatus comprising: plural modular sections, each of said sections comprising: one lamination having first and second predetermined printed circuit conductor patterns on the opposing first and second planar sides, respectively, of said lamination, severable plural printed circuit conductor means for connecting said first and second predetermined patterns at predetermined locations across at least one edge of said lamination, and first and second reference voltage plane laminations disposed adjacent said first and second conductor patterns, respectively, said first and second conductor patterns being in signal plane relationships with said first and second reference voltage plane laminations, respectively, a plurality of insulator spacer means interleaved between adjacent said modular sections, plural printed circuit lands disposed along predetermined laminar edge of each of said one laminations having said first and second conductor patterns, said lands being connectable with said contact pads of said printed circuit board and being coupled to predetermined ones of the printed circuit conductors of at least one of said first and second patterns, and plural receptacles disposed along at least one of the remaining laminar edges of each of said one laminations having said first and second conductor patterns, said receptacles being coactable with said pin terminals and coupled to predetermined ones of the printed circuit conductors of at least one of said first and second patterns, and wherein each of said first reference voltage plane laminations comprises a planar dielectric substrate with one side having a conductive layer disposed thereon, and wherein each of said second reference voltage plane laminations is comprised of a mutually exclusive one of said insulator spacer means and said conductive layer of a mutually exclusive one of said first ground plane laminations adjacent thereto, each of said insulator spacer means being a planar dielectric.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
330 words
Electrical laminated interconnector apparatus for interconnecting the terminals of a plurality of pluggable circuit modules each having plural pin type terminals and a printed circuit board having a printed circuit conductor pattern with predetemined printed circuit contact pads, said apparatus comprising: plural modular sections, each of said sections comprising: one lamination having first and second predetermined printed circuit conductor patterns on the opposing first and second planar sides, respectively, of said lamination, severable plural printed circuit conductor means for connecting said first and second predetermined patterns at predetermined locations across at least one edge of said lamination, and first and second reference voltage plane laminations disposed adjacent said first and second conductor patterns, respectively, said first and second conductor patterns being in signal plane relationships with said first and second reference voltage plane laminations, respectively, a plurality of insulator spacer means interleaved between adjacent said modular sections, plural printed circuit lands disposed along predetermined laminar edge of each of said one laminations having said first and second conductor patterns, said lands being connectable with said contact pads of said printed circuit board and being coupled to predetermined ones of the printed circuit conductors of at least one of said first and second patterns, and plural receptacles disposed along at least one of the remaining laminar edges of each of said one laminations having said first and second conductor patterns, said receptacles being coactable with said pin terminals and coupled to predetermined ones of the printed circuit conductors of at least one of said first and second patterns, and wherein each of said first reference voltage plane laminations comprises a planar dielectric substrate with one side having a conductive layer disposed thereon, and wherein each of said second reference voltage plane laminations is comprised of a mutually exclusive one of said insulator spacer means and said conductive layer of a mutually exclusive one of said first ground plane laminations adjacent thereto, each of said insulator spacer means being a planar dielectric.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1981-02-27 | 1981-08-29 | 1982-02-28 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1985-02-27 | 1985-08-29 | 1986-02-28 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1989-02-27 | 1989-08-29 | 1990-02-28 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |