Patent ID: 7866263

Claim:
A glass-metal feed-through for transmitting an electrical signal from one face to another face that is opposite, the feed-through comprising: a glass plug; two electrically-conductive metal pins for conveying the electrical signal, the pins passing through the glass plug, being secured thereto, and projecting from said two opposite faces of the plug; an electrically-conductive metal part surrounding the glass plug between the two opposite faces of the plug, the two opposite faces each defining a continuous single planar surface within a perimeter of each face, the glass plug being directly sealed to the metal part; and an electrically-conductive link directly connecting a first of the two metal pins and the metal part, disposed directly on a first face of the two opposite faces of the plug, the first face being a bottom face, the electrically-conductive link being a brazing preform disposed directly on the bottom face and secured to the first pin and to the metal part, the brazing preform suitable for unconditionally conducting electricity directly between the first pin and the metal part and surrounding only the first pin of the two metal pins.