Patent ID: 7500886

Claim:
An electronic assembly comprising: a printed circuit board including an insulating substrate, a plurality of conductive layers, and at least one matrix of plated through-holes; a plurality of electronic devices mounted on the printed circuit board; an electrical connector attached to the printed circuit board, the electrical connector being a very high density metric (VHDM) press-fit connector and including a plurality of wafer modules that are arranged side by side; and a wire having first and second ends, wherein the first end of the wire is attached to a signal pathway of one of the wafer modules of the electrical connector so as to electrically connect the wire and the signal pathway, the first end of the wire being covered with an epoxy insulating material, the wire passes through one of the through-holes of the printed circuit board, the one through-hole corresponding to the signal pathway, the second end of the wire is electrically connected to the printed circuit board, the second end of the wire being permanently attached to the printed circuit board by soldering, and a connector pin corresponding to the one through-hole on the printed circuit board is absent from the one wafer module of the electrical connector.