Patent ID: 6967557

Claim:
A space transformer comprising: an insulating body having a top surface and an opposite bottom surface and a cavity open to said bottom surface; though holes extending from said top surface of said body to said cavity; a discrete ground conductor having a top surface and an opposite lower surface, said ground conductor contained within said cavity, said top surface of said ground conductor in direct physical contact with an inner surface of said cavity opposite said top surface of said body; a discrete insulator having a top surface and an opposite bottom surface, said insulating layer contained within said cavity, said top surface of said insulating layer in direct physical contact with said bottom surface of said around conductor; a discrete power conductor having a top surface and an opposite lower surface, said power conductor contained within said cavity, said top surface of said power conductor in direct physical contact with said lower surface of a insulator; a first printed circuit board having a top surface and an opposite bottom surface, said first printed circuit board contained within said cavity, said first printed circuit board comprising at least one electrically conductive wiring layer and one dielectric layer, said top surface of said first printed circuit board in direct physical contact with said bottom surface of said power conductor; a second printed circuit board having a top surface and an opposite bottom surface, said second printed circuit board contained within said cavity, said second printed circuit board comprising at least one electrically conductive wiring layer and one dielectric layer, said top surface of said second printed circuit board in direct physical contact with said bottom surface of said first printed circuit board; one or more discrete first decoupling capacitors physically located within said cavity and electrically connected between said ground conductor and said power conductor; and one or more discrete second decoupling capacitors physically located within said cavity and electrically connected between said ground conductor and at least one of said at least one electrically conductive wiring layer of said first printed circuit board.