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Surface mount device placement to control a signal path in a printed circuit board

US11439015B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 10, 2019
Grant dateSep 6, 2022
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Expiry dateJul 13, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K2201/1003
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Surface mount device (SMD) placement to control a signal path in a printed circuit board (PCB), including: adding, to a PCB, a plurality of signal path segments, each signal path segment of the plurality of signal path segments ending at corresponding pad of a plurality of pads, wherein a first pad of the plurality of pads is couplable to a second pad of the plurality of pads to create a first signal path and is couplable to a third pad of the plurality of pads to create a second signal path; and coupling, via a discrete SMD, the first pad and the second pad to create the first signal path comprising a first signal path segment of the plurality of signal path segments and a second signal path segment of the plurality of signal path segments.

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