Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Surface-mount connector structure for embedded optical and electrical traces
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Application No.: US14460405Application Date: 2014-08-15
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Publication No.: US09256029B2Publication Date: 2016-02-09
- Inventor: Matthew S. Doyle , Joseph P. Kuczynski , Kevin A. Splittstoesser , Timothy J. Tofil
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP
- Agent Robert R. Williams
- Main IPC: G02B6/12
- IPC: G02B6/12 ; G02B6/42 ; G02B6/125 ; H05K3/40 ; G02B6/132

Abstract:
A system for use with optical and electrical signaling is disclosed. The system may include a printed circuit board (PCB) that includes a plurality of layers vertically stacked between a first face and a second face and a first optical signal transmission path within a first internal layer of the plurality of layers. The PCB may also include an electrical signal transmission path and a via extending through the plurality of layers. The via may include a first reflective surface that is configured to reflect light between the first optical signal transmission path and an opening of the via on the first face and an electrically conductive material that is configured to electrically connect the electrical signal transmission path to a portion of the via on the first face.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160011369A1 SURFACE-MOUNT CONNECTOR STRUCTURE FOR EMBEDDED OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL TRACES Public/Granted day:2016-01-14
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