Patent ID: 8785784

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a layer of a laminated composite assembly, the layer having a first conductor, the first conductor having a first side and a second side disposed opposite the first side; a first electric insulator disposed between the first side of the first conductor and a second conductor electrically coupled to the first conductor such that a voltage associated with the first conductor is substantially equal to a voltage associated with the second conductor, the first electric insulator providing a first degree of electrical isolation between the first conductor and the second conductor, the first electric insulator being selected to achieve the first degree of electrical isolation based on a voltage stress between the first conductor and the second conductor; and a second electric insulator disposed between the second side of the first conductor and a third conductor electrically isolated within the laminated composite assembly from the first conductor and the second conductor, the third conductor associated with a voltage substantially different than the voltage associated with the first conductor such that a difference between the voltage associated with the first conductor and the voltage associated with the third conductor defines a voltage stress between the first conductor and the third conductor, the second electric insulator providing a second degree of electrical isolation between the first conductor and the third conductor, the second electric insulator being selected to achieve the second degree of electrical isolation based on the voltage stress between the first conductor and the third conductor, the second degree of electrical isolation being different than the first degree of electrical isolation.