Patent ID: 7121859
Filing Date: 2006-10-17
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. An interconnect assembly for transmitting high-speed signals between circuit structures, the assembly comprising: a first flexible flat cable having a first end connected to a first circuit structure and a second end extending from the first circuit structure, wherein the first flexible flat cable includes a first flexible conductor having a free end exposed on the second end of the first flexible flat cable; a second flexible flat cable having a first end connected to a second circuit structure and a second end extending from the second circuit structure, the second flexible flat cable including a second flexible conductor having a free end exposed on the second end of the second flexible flat cable; and a connector apparatus for detachably coupling the first flexible flat cable to the second flexible flat cable, wherein the connector apparatus comprises: wherein the first circuit structure comprises a first substrate defining a first plane and a first surface parallel to the first plane, the first substrate including a plurality of fixed conductors, wherein the first flexible flat cable is connected to the first surface such that a fixed end of the first flexible conductor is connected to a corresponding fixed conductor of the plurality of fixed conductors, wherein the second circuit structure comprises a second substrate defining a second plane and having an edge laying in the second plane, wherein the second flexible flat cable extends from the edge of the second substrate, and the second flexible conductor includes a fixed end electrically connected to at least one circuit mounted on the second substrate, wherein the second substrate is mounted such that the second plane forms a nonparallel angle relative to the first plane, and wherein at least one of the first flexible flat cable and the second flexible flat cable are bent to form a continuous curve between the first plane and the second plane.