Patent ID: 7672140

Claim:
A circuit board configuration, comprising: a. a circuit board having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface and the second surface define a thickness of the circuit board; b. a circuit trace applied to at least the first surface; c. a plated recess or slot through the circuit board, the plated recess or slot having a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite and generally parallel to the first sidewall, defining a gap therebetween, wherein the plated recess or slot is electrically contiguous with the circuit trace; d. a first disruption of a first portion of the plated recess or slot; e. a second disruption of a second portion of the plated recess or slot, wherein the first and second disruptions completely disrupt an electrical contiguity between the first sidewall and the second sidewall of the plated recess or slot; and f. an electronic component having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a cathode end, and an anode end opposite the cathode end, wherein the electronic component is physically mounted to and physically protected by the first and second sidewalls within the plated recess or slot wit the cathode end adjacent to the first sidewall of the plated recess or slot and the anode end adjacent to the second sidewall of the plated recess or slot.