Technique for mounting electronic components on printed circuit boards
US6239977A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 17, 1999 |
| Grant date | May 29, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01C1/1406
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association) modem card includes a PCB (printed circuit board) sealed in a slender enclosure, typically the size of a credit card. The PCB contains a hole for receiving a drop-in electronic component, such as a resetting fuse. The fuse comprises a block of positive-temperature-coefficient material sandwiched between a pair of parallel contacts. Each contact includes a tab for surface mounting the fuse to an array of conductive films located on the surface of the PCB. The tabs lie in a common plane and in a plane parallel to the planes of the contacts.
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