Patent ID: 11917761
Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. A surface mount device for a printed circuit board, comprising:
a first contact at least partially enclosing a first side of the surface mount device;
a second contact at least partially enclosing a second side of the surface mount device;
a first channel defined by the first contact, the first channel extending horizontally across a first side of the first contact and extending horizontally across at least a portion of a front side of the first contact and a back side of the first contact, the first channel having a depth of at least ten micrometers and a width of at least thirty micrometers;
a second channel defined by the second contact, the second channel extending horizontally across a first side of the second contact and extending horizontally across at least a portion of a front side of the second contact and a back side of the second contact, the second channel having a depth of at least ten micrometers and a width of at least thirty micrometers;
a first solder mask provided on an upper portion of the first contact; and
a second solder mask provided on an upper portion of the second contact, the first solder mask and the second solder mask having a thickness of between five micrometers and fifteen micrometers.