Patent ID: 8878072

Claim:
A method for connecting a circuit board and a frame, the method comprising: providing a printed wiring board having one or more copper pads applied to a surface thereof; providing a frame member having one or more copper pads applied to a surface thereof; applying an epoxy glass prepreg material to the surface of the printed wiring board, the prepreg material having one or more holes in substantial alignment with the one or more copper pads on the surface of the printed wiring board; placing a metal disc in each hole of the prepreg material so as to be disposed within the hole of the prepreg material and to contact the one or more copper pads on the surface of the printed wiring board; placing the frame member on the prepreg material and the metal discs such that the copper pads on the frame member are in substantial alignment with the metal discs; and curing in a controlled atmosphere.