Patent ID: 7064278
Filing Date: 2006-06-20
Classification: H05K,Y02P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An electrical apparatus, comprising: an electrically insulating substrate; a first trace and a second trace, each disposed on a surface of the substrate, the first trace and the second trace being spaced apart from one another; a first conductive region disposed within the substrate such that the first conductive region underlies at least a portion of the first trace and at least a portion of the second trace; an electrical component overlying the substrate, disposed between the first trace and the second trace, the electrical component including a first connection region and a second connection region; and a first connecting element electrically coupled between the first trace and the first connection region of the electrical component; wherein each of the first trace, the first connecting element, and the second trace, has a resistance per unit length; and the resistance per unit length of at least a portion of the first connecting element is greater than the resistance per unit length of at least a portion of the first trace, said portion of the first connecting element lying within the electrical path between the first trace and the first connection region of the electrical component; wherein the first connecting element comprises a continuous piece of electrically conductive material that has a first substantially planar portion, an upwardly extending curving portion, and a second substantially planar portion; wherein the first substantially planar portion and the second substantially planar portion are substantially perpendicular to each other, and the upwardly extending curving portion has a radius of curvature; wherein the upwardly extending curving portion of the first connecting element has a width which varies across its length approximately in proportion to the distance between the first conductive regions and the first connecting element.