Patent ID: 6858807

Claim:
A substrate for receiving a circuit configuration of electronic components, comprising: a substantially planar carrier substrate defining a plane and having a surface; a contact substrate formed at least partly of surface regions disposed on said surface of said carrier substrate and adapted to be connected to electronic components of the circuit configuration; said contact substrate including a contiguous contact substrate region; said contact substrate region having a first part forming a surface region disposed on and mechanically connected to said carrier substrate; said contact substrate region having a second part projecting out of said plane of said carrier substrate; said first part and said second part of said contact substrate region forming at least a part of a fixing region adapted to receive a contact element for conducting electrical current and for electrically and mechanically connecting to the contact element; and at least one contact element electrically and mechanically connected to said contact substrate through said fixing region and configured to conduct electrical current, said contact element having a contact projecting out of said plane defined by said carrier substrate.