Padstacks capable of receiving domes of dome keypads in a plurality of locations and printed circuit boards utilizing the padstacks
View Patent ↗Disclosed is a printed circuit board configured for a dome-utilizing keypad configuration including at least one padstack having a plurality of dome switch targets and a plurality of target rings capable of accommodating different key dome locations of a dome keypad. Also disclosed is a padstack capable of accommodating different key dome locations. The disclosed padstack has a single dome switch targets input/output line for the plurality of dome switch targets of the padstack. The padstack also includes a single target rings input/output line for the plurality of target rings of the pad stack. In this way the disclosed printed circuit board includes a single circuit arrangement available for a plurality of different key pad designs.
1. A padstack of a printed circuit board configured for a dome utilizing keypad configuration, comprising:
a dome pad including a plurality of available dome locations, the dome pad having a plurality of dome switch targets; and
a single circuit configuration shared by the plurality of dome switch targets.
2. The padstack of claim 1 , comprising:
a single dome switch targets input/output line for the plurality of dome switch targets.
3. The padstack of claim 1 , wherein the dome pad further comprises:
a plurality target rings.
4. The printed circuit board of claim 3 , comprising:
a single target rings input/output line for the plurality of target rings.
5. The padstack of claim 1 , wherein a geometry of the dome switch pad is an elliptical padstack geometry.
6. The padstack of claim 1 , wherein a geometry of the dome switch pad is a complimentary padstack geometry.
7. The padstack of claim 1 , wherein a geometry of the dome switch pad is a conjoined padstack geometry.
8. The padstack of claim 1 , wherein a geometry of the dome switch pad is a dual padstack geometry.
9. The printed circuit board of claim 1 further comprising:
a padstack having a single dome switch target and a single target ring.
10. A printed circuit board configured for a dome-utilizing keypad configuration, comprising;
an individual padstack having a plurality of dome switch targets and a plurality of target rings;
a single dome switch targets input/output line for the plurality of dome switch targets; and
a single target rings input/output line for the plurality of target rings.
11. The printed circuit board of claim 10 wherein at least for one padstack, an input/output line for a first dome switch target is the input/output line for a single target ring of a second dome switch target.
12. The padstack of claim 11 , wherein a geometry of the dome switch pad is an elliptical padstack geometry.
13. The padstack of claim 10 , wherein a geometry of the dome switch pad is a complimentary padstack geometry.
14. The padstack of claim 10 , wherein a geometry of the dome switch pad is a conjoined padstack geometry.
15. The padstack of claim 10 , wherein a geometry of the dome switch pad is a dual padstack geometry.
16. A printed circuit board having electrical connections, the printed circuit board configured for a plurality of dome utilizing keypad configurations, comprising:
a plurality of padstacks, at least some of which including a plurality of dome switch targets and a plurality of target rings;
wherein the printed circuit board is configured to cooperate with one of a plurality of different dome utilizing keypad configurations thereon based on enabled particular electrical connections of the printed circuit board depending on utilized dome switch targets and utilized target rings.
17. A padstack of claim 16 , wherein a geometry of the padstack is an elliptical padstack geometry.
18. A padstack of claim 16 , wherein a geometry of the padstack is a complimentary padstack geometry.
19. A padstack of claim 16 , wherein a geometry of the padstack is a conjoined padstack geometry.
20. A padstack of claim 16 , wherein a geometry of the padstack is a dual padstack geometry.