US Patent Issued to TE Connectivity Solutions on June 17 for "Interconnection system for ground current optimization" (Belgian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,685, issued on June 17, was assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH (Switzerland).

"Interconnection system for ground current optimization" was invented by Charles Raymond Gingrich III (Mechanicsburg, Pa.), Scott Eric Walton (Mount Joy, Pa.) and Rutger Wilhelmus Smink (Hamont-Achel, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printed circuit board having signal contact receiving vias positioned in rows and ground contact receiving vias positioned in line with the signal contact receiving vias in the rows. Signal integrity vias are positioned between the signal contact receiving vias, between the ground contact receiving vias, and bet...