Patent ID: 9351394
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: H01R,H05K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising: at least one dielectric layer; and an interconnect formed in the at least one dielectric layer to form an electrically conductive line to route an electrical signal through the dielectric layer, wherein the interconnect includes a stub formed on the interconnect, wherein the stub forms an electric path that extends away from the electrically conductive line, wherein the electric signal includes a desired transmission signal portion to travel via the electrically conductive line and a stub signal portion to travel through the stub, to form a reflected noise signal in response to a reflection by an end of the stub, wherein at least a portion of the end of the stub is covered with an absorbing material to at least partially absorb the portion of the electric signal that is reflected by the end of the stub, wherein the absorbing material has a dielectric loss tangent that is greater than a determined value, and remains substantially constant, for a frequency range of a frequency of the reflected portion of the electric signal that is to be at least partially absorbed.