Patent ID: 7317618

Claim:
An apparatus for providing board level EMI shielding and dissipating heat from one or more electrical components of a board, the apparatus comprising: a fence including a plurality of walls defining at least one opening along an upper portion of the fence, the plurality of walls configured to be disposed generally about the one or more electrical components; a heat sink having resilient fingers connected to a lid portion, the resilient fingers configured to engage openings of at least one of the fence and the board, the lid portion configured to substantially entirely cover the at least one opening of the fence for cooperatively shielding the one or more electrical components within the interior defined by the lid portion and the fence's walls; and a thermal interface configured such that engagement of the resilient fingers with the openings compresses the thermal interface between the lid portion and the one or more electrical components, thereby forming a thermally-conducting heat path from the one or more electrical components to the heat sink; wherein at least one of the fingers includes a first portion connected to a first side of the lid portion, a second portion disposed above the lid portion, and a third portion disposed along the second side of the lid portion that is generally opposite the first side.