Abstract:
A device according to various aspects of the present invention generally includes a surface mount device having a top side, a bottom side, a plurality of sidewalls, and a circuit comprising one or more layers. The device includes a first conductive surface covering a portion of one of the sidewalls for providing an input to the circuit, a second conductive surface covering a portion of one of the sidewalls for providing an output from the circuit, and a third conductive surface covering a portion of one of the sidewalls for providing an electrical ground to the circuit. When the surface mount device is mounted to a provided mounting surface, at least one layer of the circuit is orthogonal to the provided mounting surface.
Abstract:
An electronic part-containing element used by being incorporated in an electronic device, in which the electronic part-containing element comprises an insulating support member which does not take part in the constitution of the electronic device but is removed in the process of producing the electronic device, and a circuit module supported by the support member, and the circuit module contains one or more electronic parts, each in the form of a thin film, therein and has connection terminals for the electronic part at least on the surface thereof that comes into contact with the support member.
Abstract:
A ball grid array package that can be readily tested before or after mounting to a printed circuit board. The ball grid array includes a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface. Several conductive pads are located on the top surface. Several passive circuit elements are located on the top surface between the conductive pads. An insulative coating is placed on top of the passive circuit elements and the substrate. The insulative coating has openings over the conductive pads. The openings are adapted to be accessible by an electrical probe. Conductive vias extend through the substrate between the top and bottom surfaces. The vias electrically connect with the conductive pad on the top surface. Several conductive balls are located on the bottom surface. Each conductive ball is electrically connected to one of the vias.
Abstract:
A high frequency module is provided with a resistor array layer with interconnections, in which a plurality of resistor elements having a prescribed resistance value are formed as an array, and in which an interconnection pattern for providing electrical connection to each resistor element is formed in advance. Additionally, a capacitor array layer with interconnection in which a plurality of capacitor elements having a prescribed capacitance value are formed as an array and an interconnection pattern for providing electrical connection to each capacitor element is also formed in advance for later use. A desired circuit constant is obtained by providing interconnections among the plurality of resistor elements and among the plurality of capacitor elements, respectively, in any given combination by simply modifying the respective interconnection patterns instead of the entire module. With this configuration, a high frequency module of a more compact and lighter type which facilitates design modification is provided at a low cost.
Abstract:
A low-EMI circuit which realizes a high mounting density by converting the potential fluctuation off a power supply layer with respect to a ground layer which occurs on switching an IC device etc., into Joule's heat in the substrate without using any parts as a countermeasure against the EMI. Its structure, a circuit board using it, and a method of manufacturing the circuit board are also disclosed. Parallel plate lines in which the Q-value of the stray capacitance between solid layers viewed from the power supply layer and ground layer is equivalently reduced and which are matchedly terminated by forming a structure in which a resistor (resistor layer) and another ground layer are provided in addition to the power supply layer and the ground layer on a multilayered circuit board. A closed shield structure is also disclosed. This invention can remarkably suppress unwanted radiation by absorbing the potential fluctuation (resonance) which occurs in a power supply loop by equivalently reducing the Q-value of the stray capacitance, absorbing the standing wave by the parallel plate lines matchedly terminated and, closing and shielding the parallel plate lines.
Abstract:
Three or more, or two or more types of electronic components are formed on one substrate, and these electronic components form an aggregated planar surface on a surface of the substrate to attain the above object.
Abstract:
A thin-film metal resistor (44) suitable for a multilayer printed circuit board (12), and a method for its fabrication. The resistor (44) generally has a multilayer construction, with the individual layers (34, 38) of the resistor (44) being self-aligned with each other so that a negative mutual inductance is produced that very nearly cancels out the self-inductance of each resistor layer (34, 38). As a result, the resistor (44) has a very low net parasitic inductance. In addition, the multilayer construction of the resistor (44) reduces the area of the circuit board (12) required to accommodate the resistor (44), and as a result reduces the problem of parasitic interactions with other circuit elements on other layers of the circuit board (12).
Abstract:
A resistor network is disclosed which is suited for surface mount which does not incorporate wire terminations. The network is fabricated entirely from cermet, ceramic, and solder, yet will absorb thermal stresses normally associated with circuitry energization when properly mounted upon a substrate. This is accomplished by controlling the formation of solder bumps and simultaneously controlling the mounted distance between those bumps and a wiring substrate upon which the network is mounted. Additionally, the network may be formed to be either a SIP or DIP configuration, depending upon whether an additional groove is incorporated into the termination side of the substrate. Two alternative embodiments are also disclosed which incorporate various features of the invention.
Abstract:
A thick film printed circuit in which a plurality of electrode patterns are disposed with approximately equal spaced intervals between one another, resistance patterns having approximately equal widths are mounted between adjacent electrode patterns of said plurality of electrode patterns, and an identical shaped resistance pattern to said resistance pattern is provided so as to align in parallel with at least one of said resistance patterns, whereby exact divided potential can be obtained.
Abstract:
An electrical circuit device having a substrate including circuit components on at least one side thereof and a plurality of through openings in the substrate. Terminal leads are positioned in the openings each with a deformation intermediate the ends of the leads and spaced internally of the opening from a soldered area at the juncture of the exposed portion of the leads and the termination edge of the substrate. Two methods of assembly of leads to the substrate are also disclosed.