Patent ID: 6556455
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: G06F,H01L,H01R,H05K

Abstract:
An apparatus for providing power to a power dissipating device, comprising:a first circuit board having a power conditioner circuit, the first circuit board having a first side and a second side having a plurality of first circuit board contacts thereon, the first circuit board contacts including a first set of first circuit board contacts communicatively coupled to a first power conditioner circuit connector and a second set of first circuit board contacts communicatively coupled to a second power conditioning circuit connector; a second circuit board having: the power dissipating device mounted thereto; a plurality of second circuit board contacts disposed on a first side of the second circuit board facing the second side of the first circuit board, the second circuit board including a first set of second circuit board contacts communicatively coupled to a power dissipating device first connector and a second set of second circuit board contacts communicatively coupled to a second connector of the power dissipating device; a plurality of z-axis compressible conductors disposed between the first circuit board contacts and the second circuit board contacts; and wherein the plurality of z-axis compressible conductors includes a first set of z-axis compressible conductors disposed between the first set of first circuit board contacts and the first set of second circuit board contacts and a second set of z-axis compressible conductors disposed between the second set of first circuit board contacts and the second set of second circuit board contacts, and wherein the first set of first circuit board contacts, the first set of z-axis compressible conductors, and the first set of second circuit board contacts define a plurality of first paths from the first circuit board to the second circuit board and wherein the second set of circuit board contacts, the second set of z-axis compressible conductors, and the second set of second circuit board contacts define a plurality of second paths from the first circuit board to the second circuit board.