Filter connector with high frequency shield

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EP 1 950 849 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	13.08.2008 Bulletin 2008/33

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	30.07.2008 Bulletin 2008/31

(21)	Application number: 07021702.1

(22)	Date of filing: 08.11.2007

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

H01R 13/719^(2006.01)

H01R 13/658^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR MK RS

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Priority:

20.11.2006 US 860117 P

(71)	Applicant: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
	Wilmington, Delaware 19801 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Mahaffy, Neil Allan 92509 Riverside CA (US)

(74)	Representative: Steimle, Josef
	Patentanwälte Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker, Postfach 10 37 62 70032 Stuttgart 70032 Stuttgart (DE)

(54)	Filter connector with high frequency shield

(57) A shield is provided that blocks high frequency EMI (electromagnetic interference) from reaching circuitry that is connected to pins of a filter connector. The filter connector includes a plurality of pins (12) that extend through holes (28) in first boards (26), with each pin joined by a solder joint (90) to a signal trace (32, 60) that surrounds the pin hole. Filter components such as capacitors (40), each have one terminal (44) joined to a signal trace and another terminal (42) joined to a ground trace (30), with a gap (62) between the traces. Second boards (75) are provided that each lies facewise adjacent to a first board and that each carries a shield trace (72) that covers the gap between signal and ground traces. The pin-receiving hole in each second board has a circular portion and has a notch (100) therein though which a solder dispenser (102) can fit to dispense solder directly into the space between and on the pin and the signal traces.

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