Patent ID: 11924964
Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A card-type data storage device, comprising:
a substrate having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side;
a contact finger disposed on the first side of the substrate configured to interface with a host device and plated with a plating material;
a first trace coupled to the first contact finger and extending from the first side of the substrate to the second side of the substrate, wherein the first trace has an exposed portion disposed on the second side of the substrate in the form of a via connection pad, the via connection pad being plated with the plating material; and
a second trace disposed on the second side of the substrate and coupled to an outer pad, wherein the outer pad surrounds the via connection pad and is electrically separated from the via connection pad by a separation distance; and
wherein the via connection pad is electrically connected to the outer pad through a solder joint.