Patent ID: 7412923
Filing Date: 2008-08-19
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. A stencil device for aiding in the application of solder paste to a printed circuit board, the printed circuit board being defined by a dielectric structure core having a first surface, the first surface including a first conducting pad and a second conducting pad adjacent to the first conducting pad, the first and second conducting pads defining therebetween a surface area of the first surface, the stencil device comprising: a stencil plate member defining a first opening having an edge and sized to substantially correspond to the first conducting pad, a second opening having an edge separated from the edge of the first opening by less than 12 mils, adjacent to the edge of the first opening and sized to substantially correspond to the second conducting pad, and a third opening that links the adjacent first and second openings and is sized to correspond to a partial portion of the surface area of the first surface between the adjacent first and second conducting pads, such that upon application of solder paste to the stencil plate member, the solder paste flows through the first, second and third openings onto the first and second conducting pads and the first surface of the dielectric structure core to form a substantially zero signal degradation electrical connection between the first and second conducting pads.