Patent ID: 8400771

Claim:
A circuit comprising: a printed circuit board (PCB), the PCB defines a first surface and a second surface, the PCB includes a core, the core defines a first core surface and a second core surface; an electronics package, the electronics package secured to the first surface of the PCB; a plurality of pins, including a first pin and a second pin, each of the plurality of pins having a first end and a second end, the plurality of pins disposed about the PCB with the first pin proximate the electronics package such that a portion of the heat generated by the electronics package may be received by the first pin, the plurality of pins configured to pass through the core generally from the first core surface to the second core surface to conduct heat generated by the electronics package through the core for dissipation; a metal layer forming at least one trace on the first core surface, and the first pin configured to pass through the at least one trace, the first pin electrically isolated from the second pin; and a heat slug, wherein the metal layer forms a pad having a pad first surface and a pad second surface, and wherein the electronics package has a package first surface and a package second surface, wherein a portion of the package second surface abuts a portion of the pad first surface, and the heat slug secured to the pad so that the electronics package is in thermal communication with the heat slug and the plurality of pins.