Patent ID: 8837159

Claim:
A device comprising: a circuit board comprising a ledge and an aperture contiguous with the ledge, the aperture extending through the circuit board and containing at least a portion of a surface mount component, wherein the surface mount component and the circuit board are coupled such that an edge gap exists between the surface mount component and the circuit board and the edge gap is filled with a conductive filler providing an electrical ground between the surface mount component and the circuit board; and an interposer coupling the surface mount component having at least a portion contained within the aperture to the circuit board, the interposer having interposer-to-component interconnects to join the interposer to the surface mount component and interposer-to-backplane interconnects to join the interposer to the circuit board, wherein the interposer-to-component interconnects and interposer-to-backplane interconnects are located on a same side of the interposer.