Patent ID: 9510448
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: H05K,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A circuit board comprising: a substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side; a plurality of vias extending through the substrate from the first side to the second side; a plurality of via contact pads on the second side, each via contact pad surrounding a corresponding via; and a pair of surface mount contact pads on the second side, each surface mount contact pad having a surface area and one or more first edges adjacently opposite corresponding via contact pads, each first edge having a shape to maximize the surface area while maintaining a first predetermined minimum distance to a closet via contact pad, wherein the shape of each first edge is a same shape as a shape of an opposite portion of the closest via contact pad, a distance between each point of a plurality of points of the first edge and a closest point of a plurality of points of the opposite portion of the closest via contact pad being equal to the first predetermined distance.