Printed circuit board assembly

Claim 1

A circuit board assembly comprising: at least first and second substantially planar circuit boards having conductive metallizations thereon, each of each circuit boards having a top surface and a bottom surface, some non-planar electrical components mounted on the top surface of each circuit board; an electrically insulated circuit board carrier having raised peripheral shoulders substantially surrounding an effective planar central portion of said carrier, said first and second circuit boards mounted substantially back to back on said raised peripheral shoulders such that said bottom surfaces of said circuit boards are spaced apart from and face each other; said first and second circuit boards electrically interconnected by a plurality of jumper wire elements extending therebetween and soldered to adjacent end portions of each of said first and second circuit boards, and wherein said circuit board carrier has a guide portion formed therein at an end of said carrier adjacent to said adjacent end portions of said first and second circuit boards, said guide portion comprising a plurality of individual spaced projections extending from said adjacent end of said circuit board carrier, said projections forming notches therebetween with each of said jumper wire elements positioned in an associated one of said notches and therefore being spaced apart by said projections, whereby a compact, inexpensive circuit board assembly is provided.