An electrical assembly that includes a substrate having an aperture. A flat conductor is mounted to the substrate and extends over at least a portion of the aperture, with a ring terminal in contact with the flat conductor adjacent to the aperture. A lead wire connects to the ring terminal and is spaced from the substrate, and a fastener extends through the ring terminal and flat conductor, secured in the aperture, and securing the ring terminal against the flat conductor.

A method comprises inserting a press-fit element into a through hole on a substrate board. The method also comprises obtaining a target heat-application plan for the press-fit element. The method also comprises applying heat to the press-fit element. The method also comprises determining that the target heat-application plan has been completed. The method also comprises withdrawing heat from the press-fit element.

A printed circuit board includes a substrate having a plurality of stacked circuit board layers. The substrate has a top surface and a bottom surface. The printed circuit board includes a signal contact on the substrate. The signal contact has a signal via and a signal trace extending from the signal via. The signal via extends between the top surface and the bottom surface along a via axis. The printed circuit board includes an anti-pad around the signal via extending through the substrate along the via axis. The anti-pad extends between the top surface and the bottom surface. The anti-pad has a first width at the top surface and the lower anti-pad has a second width at the bottom surface different than the first width.

An electrical connector comprises an insulative shell having a floor; a first plurality of contacts extending through the floor, wherein the first plurality of contacts are disposed in a plurality of columns; a second plurality of contacts extending through the floor, wherein the second plurality of contacts are interspersed with the first plurality of contacts within the plurality of columns; and a conductive member adjacent the floor. The conductive member comprises a first plurality of openings, wherein the first plurality of contacts extend through the openings of the first plurality of openings; a second plurality of openings, wherein the second plurality of contacts extend through the openings of the second plurality of openings; and a first plurality of tabs, extending into openings in the insulative shell.

A float connector for interconnecting printed circuit boards that has a contact assembly including a contacts and a holder and each of the contacts has opposite first and second contact ends for electrically connecting to the boards. A first guide member is slidably and flexibly coupled to the contact assembly and has openings corresponding to the first contact ends. A second guide member is slidably and flexibly coupled to the contact assembly and has openings corresponding to the second contact ends. A biasing member biases the guide members away from one another to an open position. Axial float of the contact assembly is provided between the first and second guide members to compensate for axial misalignment between the first and second printed circuit boards. Radial float of the contact assembly is provided between the first and second guide members to compensate for radial misalignment between the boards.

Implementations of semiconductor packages may include: one or more die electrically coupled to a lead frame. The lead frame may be included within a housing. The semiconductor package may also include a set of signal leads extending from the housing, a set of power leads extending from the housing, and a plurality of press fit pins each fixedly coupled to the set of signal leads and the set of power leads. The set of signal leads and the set of power leads may be configured to couple with a substrate.

A printed circuit board includes a substrate having a plurality of stacked circuit board layers. The substrate has a top surface and a bottom surface. The printed circuit board includes a signal contact on the substrate. The signal contact has a signal via and a signal trace extending from the signal via. The signal via extends between the top surface and the bottom surface along a via axis. The printed circuit board includes an anti-pad around the signal via extending through the substrate along the via axis. The anti-pad extends between the top surface and the bottom surface. The anti-pad has a first width at the top surface and the lower anti-pad has a second width at the bottom surface different than the first width.

A method of interconnecting first and second printed circuit boards using a float connector with a contact assembly that includes installing a first guide member onto the first printed circuit board with the float connector in an open non-compressed position, after installing the first guide member onto the first printed circuit board, installing a second guide member onto the second printed circuit board with the float connector in the open non-compressed position, and compressing the first and second printed circuit boards toward one another to move the float connector from the open non-compressed position to a compressed position until contact ends of the contact assembly of the float connector are exposed outside of the first and second guide members, respectively, thereby electrically connecting the contact ends to the first and second printed circuit boards, respectively, for electrical connection between the first and second printed circuit boards through the float connector.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an electronic device including a housing including a front plate, a rear plate, and a member surrounding at least part of a space between the front plate and the rear plate and operating as an antenna radiator by being formed of a metal material at least in part, a support member including a first face and a second face, disposed between a display and the rear plate, supporting the display on the first face, and bonded to part of the side member, a printed circuit board, a housing groove formed on a first portion of the member, a conductive body bonded to the housing groove through a press-fit process, and a connection terminal disposed on the printed circuit board and electrically coupling the press-fitted conductive body to the printed circuit board.

An electronic assembly contains a circuit board having a current-conducting current path with two mutually spaced-apart current path ends that form an interruption point and a contact clip bridging the interruption point. The contact clip is manufactured without a preload, as a thermal fuse. The contact clip has a multiple bent, open clip loop and a contact limb making contact with both mutually spaced-apart current path ends using solder. The contact clip further has a fixing limb with a limb end seated in a circuit board opening. The limb end of the fixing limb is oversized relative to a circuit board opening, and a deformation being imparted to the contact clip, with an internal preload being generated.