Patent ID: 6924439

Claim:
A signal routing element for use with a circuit device of the type having a printed circuit board having a substrate with one or more electrical components already mounted thereon and having, pads, pins and/or throughways (collectively, “pads”) to which those components are soldered; the signal routing element comprising A. a first portion comprising a flexible planar sheet having (a) a plurality of signal conducting junctions thereon that correspond in location to a plurality of respective pads on the circuit board to which respective said electrical components are soldered, (b) one or more signal conducting vias each electrically coupled to at least one signal conducting junction, B. a second portion that extends from the first portion, the second portion comprising one or more signal conductors coupled to each of the one or more of the signal conducting vias on the first portion, C. the signal routing element being arranged to couple to the substrate for disposition such that substrate and the pads are sandwiched between the signal routing element and the electrical components.