Abstract:
Provided is a bending rigid printed wiring board which facilitates the mounting of electric parts (realization of a high producibility and high assemblability substrate circuit) and enables spaces to be saved and which can be easily manufactured. That is, provided is a bending rigid printed wiring board, which is characterized in that a heat resistant resin layer 31 is laminated on a front surface of a hard core material 1 provided so as to contain a gap portion 1A and also on a top surface of the gap portion 1A, in that a heat resistant resin layer 32 is laminated on a rear surface of the core material 1 except the gap portion 1A, in that a conductor layer 4 is laminated and firmly fixed via the heat resistant resin layers 31, 32, and in that the conductor layer 4 is etched, whereby a circuit is formed.
Abstract:
The invention discloses a PCB (100, 400) with first and second main surfaces (110, 130), the PCB also having a first height, h, said two surfaces and height together defining the volume of the PCB. The PCB comprises layers (430, 434, 438) of a first supporting laminate material, layers (440, 431, 433, 435, 437, 439) of a first conducting material and layers (432, 436) of a first prepreg, said first materials and prepreg having respective dielectrical constants and dissipation factors. In the PCB, a sub-volume of the PCB defined by a sub-area (120) within the first main surface and a sub-height (h’) within said first height together comprise a sub-PCB (320) which comprises at least one layer (330, 334) of a second supporting laminate material, said second laminate material differing from the first laminate material with regard to at least one of the factors dielectrical constant and dissipation factor.
Abstract:
The invention provides a method of making a capacitor comprising: providing a metallic foil; forming a capacitor dielectric over said metallic foil; forming a first electrode over a portion of said capacitor dielectric, thus forming a component side of said metallic foil; laminating the component side of said metallic foil to a laminate material; and etching said metallic foil outside the boundary of said capacitor dielectric to form a second electrode. Using this method allows the laminate material to prevent etching solutions from coming in contact with and damaging the capacitor dielectric layers.
Abstract:
A circuit board is described where the fiberglass fiber pattern as been modified than what is found in conventional FR4 circuit boards. In one embodiment, the sets of fiberglass fibers are disposed in a zig-zag or herringbone manner. In one use, when a pair of conductors are disposed onto or into the board, the material surrounding a first conductor tends to be similar to the material surrounding a second conductor. Doing so may reduce differential to common mode conversion between the conductors.
Abstract:
A compact printed board assembly has a patterned copper-coated substrate (1) with electronic components (5, 12) mounted thereon. Depending on the height of the components, either SBU lacquer (11) or non-flow prepreg (3) and laminate (4) surround the electronic components. This subassembly is then sandwiched between two RC (resin coated) copper foils (8) with the resin (7) facing the components (5, 12) and burying them, thereby providing a new etchable copper surface which can be connected by means of microvias (10) to the embedded components (5, 12).
Abstract:
A method for fabricating circuit board conductors (24A & 24B) generally entails forming a metal layer (24) on a positive-acting photodielectric layer (22), and etching the metal layer to form at least two conductor traces (24A & 24B) that cover separate regions of the photodielectric layer while exposing a third region therebetween. The third region of the photodielectric layer is developed using the two traces as a photomask and removed. Thus, the traces are not only separated by a void (30) formed when the metal layer was etched, but are also separated by the opening (32) formed in the photodielectric layer by the removal of the third region of the photodielectric layer. A ferrite-filled polymer may also be deposited in the void and opening to form a ferrite core (34). Traces formed in accordance with the above may be formed as adjacent and parallel conductors or adjacent inductor windings of an integral inductor.
Abstract:
In an electrolytic capacitor of the present invention, a dielectric layer 12 is provided on a surface of a valve metal element for an anode 11 having a capacitor forming part 11B and an electrode lead part 11A, and further, a solid electrolyte layer 13 and a charge collecting layer for a cathode 14 are provided in this order thereon. The capacitor forming part 11B and the electrode lead part 11A of the valve metal element for an anode 11 have rough surface layers on their surfaces, and are compressed in the thickness direction of the rough surface layers. Further, a region other than the electrode lead part 11A and the charge collecting element for cathode 14 is molded with a molding material. Exposed portions of the electrode lead part 11A and the charge collecting element for cathode 14 function as electrode terminals, respectively.
Abstract:
Polymers of differing refraction indices are embedded within a PCB (14) to provide optical connectivity of the PCB (14) with other circuit boards via an optic backplane. The creation of islands of polymer material (12) of refractive index n1 completely surrounded by polymer material (16) with refractive index n2 where n1 has a higher index than n2 allows the islands of n1 indexed polymer to serve as optical waveguides. A process of forming a multi-layered PCB (14) with the optical waveguide islands using successive laminations and using laser ablation to write the optical connection scheme is taught. Further, the use of uniquely marked targets in a copper layer (10, 11) to align the optical waveguides in production is also taught. Additionally, the use of clearing polymer materials and reinforcing polymer voids with prepreg lamination to allow a simple, high tolerance insertion of through-holes is taught.
Abstract:
A printed circuit for processing radio frequency signals. The printed circuit includes a substrate. The substrate can be a meta material and can include at least one dielectric layer. The dielectric layer can have a first set of dielectric properties over a first region and a second set of dielectric properties over a second region. The dielectric permittivity and/or magnetic permeability of the second set of dielectric properties can be different than the first set of dielectric properties. The printed circuit also can include a single port resonant line and a ground coupled to the substrate. The dielectric properties can be controlled to adjust the size of the resonant line. The dielectric properties also can be controlled to adjust an impedance, quality factor and/or capacitance on the resonant line. Resonant characteristics of the resonant line can be distributed through the substrate.
Abstract:
A circuit for processing radio frequency signals. The circuit can include a substrate board that has at least one dielectric layer (100) having a first set of substrate properties over a first region (102). The first set of substrate properties can include a first permittivity and a first permeability. A second region (140) can be provided with a set of second substrate properties. The second region can have a second set of substrate properties including a second permittivity and a second permeability. The second permittivity can be different than the first permittivity and/or the second permeability can be different than the first permeability. A first transmission line (102) having at least one discontinuity can be coupled to the second region (108). The discontinuity can include a bend, corner, non-uniformity, break in the transmission line, or a junction between the first transmission line and a second transmission line.