Abstract:
In a method for fabricating a printed circuit board on a doubly contoured or hemispherical substrate such as a radome, a coherent light source is used to form a plurality of elements of a predetermined pattern on the surface of the substrate. The substrate includes a bottom layer and a metallized layer. At least a first element of the pattern is formed by ablating the element into a resist coating or ablating the element into the metallized layer with the coherent light source. The coherent light source preferably includes an excimer laser. The substrate is then displaced relative to the coherent light source until all the elements of the predetermined pattern are formed over the entire surface of the substrate. When the pattern is ablated into the resist material, an etching technique is used to remove portions of the metallized layer from the substrate.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a curved surface multi-layer wiring board having highly accurate inner patterns with high reliability. A curved surface multi-layer wiring board is manufactured by providing and pressing a prepreg to form a curved surface, and by plating a copper film on the curved surface. Outer patterns are formed on the copper film. The outer patterns may be formed by a laser exposure process after through-holes are connected between the layers. A method is also provided for repeating the process to obtain a curved surface multi-layer wiring board which has a three dimensional curved surface.
Abstract:
Parts having complexly curved, frequency selective surfaces can be manufactured with a high degree of precision using a three-dimensional conformal mask. The mask has a transparent substrate and a patterned opaque layer on the substrate. The layer may be patterned by laser ablation. Alternatively, the patterning of the opaque layer can be accomplished by applying a layer of photosensitive material over the opaque layer and then defining temporary and permanent areas thereof. The temporary areas of the photosensitive layer and the opaque layer are removed sequentially to define the transparent portions of the mask. Parts are made by intimately mating the mask and a part body to which a layer of metal and a layer of photosensitive material have been applied, and exposing the part to radiation through the mask. The exposed part is then chemically developed, the layer of metal is etched, and the remainder of the layer of photosensitive material is removed to complete the patterning of the part body surface. The mask is preferably made using a high precision laser etch system to sharply define the transparent portions of the mask and maximize the precision of the patterning on the subsequently made parts.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display module defines a housing of essentially C-shaped cross-section for improved economy and for connection, protection, and support of the liquid crystal display and backlighting elements. Additionally, the drivers for the LCD may be so located by this invention, as to make room for a more intense light source to illuminate the LCD display. Also, the LCD module may exhibit a software variable color display through the use of one or more white or different color light sources and color polarizers. The invention also includes an improvement to the conventional means of applying printed circuitry to the unique housing.
Abstract:
A highly accurate circuit pattern in intimate contiguous relationship with a curved plastic body and a method of manufacture thereof. In accordance with the present invention, circuit pattern is detachably fixed to a flexible substrate and is placed into a mold. A molding compound is then forced into the mold pressing the circuit against the mold wall and filling all of the mold voids. The molded product is thereafter removed from the mold. The flexible substrate, on which the metallic circuit is printed, is removed from the molded product leaving the metallic circuit imbedded into the molded product.
Abstract:
A plurality of plate-like circuit component carrier packages having the same size and shape are stacked adjacent one to another with the flat faces thereof in contact to form a carrier package assembly in the form of a prismatic or cylindrically solid. Each carrier package houses one or more electrical circuit components and is provided at portions of the flat faces thereof with electrical contacts which cooperate with similarly located contacts on the flat faces of adjacent carrier packages to electrically interconnect the circuit components. The electrical contacts may take the form of a cooperating system of pins and apertures, serving also to align adjacent carrier packages. The carrier package assembly is useable in cooperation with a flexible, printed circuit board having on one side thereof an array of contact sites selectively interconnected by printed routing traces. Electrical contacts on the peripheral surfaces of the carrier packages are coupled with the circuit components housed therein and engage the contact sites on the circuit board when it is wrapped around the carrier package assembly. The ends of the carrier package assembly are fitted with connector blocks of a convenient shape which serve to support the carrier package assembly and to interconnect the electrical components therein with others exterior thereto. Several types of circuit boards and a variety of carrier package shapes are disclosed.
Abstract:
A method for fabricating a smart ring includes receiving a printed circuit board having a processor, a memory, a temperature sensor, a wireless transceiver and a perturbation sensor, receiving a power source with a first radius of curvature within a range of 7 mm to 15 mm, coupling the printed circuit board and the power source together to form a first assembly with the first radius of curvature, encapsulating the first assembly to form a second assembly with a second radius of curvature wherein the first radius is larger than the second radius, and wherein the second assembly includes a plurality of physical anchors, determining a first ring size from a plurality of ring sizes, and coupling a band to the second assembly via the plurality of physical anchors to form an enclosed circle-like shape in response to the first ring size, wherein the band is characterized by the second radius.
Abstract:
An electronic device comprising an array antenna according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise: a housing comprising a first plate, a second plate facing away from the first plate, and a side member surrounding the space between the first plate and the second plate; a display visible through a part of the first plate; a first printed circuit board comprising a first surface facing the side member, a second surface facing away from the first surface, a first edge adjacent close to the first plate, and a second edge closer to the second plate than the first edge, the first printed circuit board comprising one or more conductive plates on the first surface; a second printed circuit board extending from the first edge so as to bend at an obtuse angle with regard to the first surface, the second printed circuit board comprising one or more first conductive patterns; a third printed circuit board extending from the second edge so as to bend at an obtuse angle with regard to the first surface, the third printed circuit board comprising one or more second conductive patterns; and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the conductive plates, the first conductive patterns, and the second conductive patterns and configured to transmit and/or receive signals. Various other embodiments may be possible.