ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,621,930, issued on May 5, was assigned to INFINITUM ELECTRIC INC. (Round Rock, Texas).
"Printed circuit board dielectric molding or machining and electrolytic metallization" was invented by Edward C. Carignan (Round Rock, Texas) and Paulo Guedes-Pinto (Round Rock, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printed circuit board (PCB) has a tridimensional (3D) dielectric substrate having opposite sides and made of fiber-reinforced polymer. Each side comprises channels and pockets formed by molding or machining a dielectric laminate, and the channels and pockets define a layout for conductive traces and pads of the PCB. The channels and pockets ...