Patents Examined by Jeremy Morris
  • Patent number: 6239385
    Abstract: A surface mountable coaxial solder interconnect. The invention provides a small, low-cost, passively self-aligning, high-frequency electronic interconnect adapted to mass production and method. The invention includes a substrate, a signal conductor, and an annular conductor. The substrate incorporates an annular pad and a signal pad substantially centered within the annular pad. The signal conductor includes reflowed solder and is wetted to the signal pad. Similarly, the annular conductor includes reflowed solder and is wetted to the annular pad. The invention may also provide a second substrate substantially parallel to the first substrate that includes a second annular pad and a second signal pad substantially centered within the second annular pad. In such a case, the signal conductor is also wetted to the second signal pad, and, similarly, the annular conductor is also wetted to the second annular pad. The method of the invention includes obtaining a mask and a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew K. Schwiebert, Ron Barnett, Geary L. Chew, Gerald J. Gleason, Dean B. Nicholson