Patent ID: 6201711
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer system housing for providing an attenuating barrier for electromagnetic interference (EMI) noise, the computer system housing comprising:a backplane wall having a plurality of connectors for receiving printed circuit board's (PCB's);a bulkhead wall coupled to the backplane wall, the bulkhead wall defining a plurality of bulkhead slots through which connector receptacles of the PCB's can extend;an EMI gasket assembly on the bulkhead wall, the EMI gasket assembly defining a plurality of gasket slots in alignment with the bulkhead slots of the bulkhead wall; anda plurality of bulkhead plates with each bulkhead plate having a peripheral edge, one of the bulkhead plates being associated with each bulkhead slot with substantially the entire peripheral edge of each bulkhead plate contacting the EMI gasket assembly, such that EMI noise is conducted through the EMI gasket assembly, at the gasket slots, to the bulkhead wall of the computer system housing thereby suppressing the EMI noise.