Patent ID: 7249953

Claim:
A method of interconnecting two circuit boards comprising: positioning corresponding shielded land areas on first and second circuit boards, the land areas including conductive core areas and conductive outer areas around the core areas; positioning a block-like signal array between the first and second circuit boards, the signal array including a plurality of shielded conductors each having opposite ends and an axial conductive element and an outer conductive element surrounding the axial conductive element; positioning a first compressible interface element including a layer of insulating material having a plurality of conductive elements extending through the insulating material layer intermediate the shielded land area on the first circuit board and one end of the shielded conductor in the signal array; positioning a second compressible interface element including a layer of insulating material having a plurality of conductive elements extending through the insulating material layer intermediate the shielded land areas on the second circuit board and the other end of the shielded conductor in the signal array; aligning the land areas of the circuit board with the respective opposite ends of the block-like signal array across the respective compressible interface elements; fastening the two circuit boards together to compress the respective compressible interface elements between the signal array and the circuit boards for electrically coupling the circuit boards; and, maintaining, through the interface elements, the geometric arrangements of the axial conductive elements and the surrounding outer conductive elements, to pass signals between the circuit boards.