ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,687, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Tesla Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Stacked component array structure" was invented by Jin Zhao (San Jose, Calif.), Satyan Chandra (Mountain View, Calif.) and Shishuang Sun (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structure with an electronic component array positioned between two stacked printed circuit boards (600,606) is disclosed. The electronic components (502) of the array can be connected to the printed circuit board (600,606) by way of solder connections. Example electronic components (502) include capacitors. Related methods of manufacture are disclosed that involve applying heat to...