Abstract:
A noncontact IC card is provided with an antenna coil, an IC chip and a short-circuiting circuit formed on a base card. The noncontact IC card is kept inoperative unless the short-circuiting circuit is opened and the noncontact IC card is rendered operative when the short-circuiting circuit is opened. The short-circuiting circuit is formed to extend across a main part and a removable identification part included in the base card. The short-circuiting circuit can be opened by removing the identification part from the base card.
Abstract:
A printed circuit board includes at least one code establishing section which is readily removable or separated from the board and also includes printed wiring connected to a voltage source and to a ground. When the code establishing section is removed, the level of an output signal from the voltage source is inverted from the level of the output signal prior to removal of the code establishing section in order to establish a desired unique code. A second arrangement of the apparatus includes a main portion and two removable portions of the board with a pair of voltage sources on the main portion and a ground connection on one of the two removable portions. The method of establishing a unique address code is accomplished by removing one of the removable portions to provide an output signal of a level that is inverted from the level of an original signal. Subsequent removal of the other removable portion provides an output signal of a level that is the same level as the original signal.
Abstract:
A circuit substrate (1) comprises a ceramic laminated structure (10) which has a plurality of ceramic layers (2-7) including ceramic layers (3-6) having cavities (44-49). Chip-like electronic components such as a laminated ceramic capacitor (26, 27) and a resistor (28) are received in the cavities. The chip-like electronic components are formed with external terminal electrodes (29-34) respectively. Conductors (15-20) are formed in through holes (35-43) provided in the ceramic layers and interfaces between adjacent pairs of the ceramic layers, to be connected to the external terminal electrodes. The external terminal electrodes are prepared from metal which is mainly composed of at least one of nickel, copper and palladium, and the conductors are prepared from metal which is mainly composed of copper.
Abstract:
A process for forming a circuit board having rigid and flexible areas which includes the steps of severing an area corresponding to the board area which is to be flexible, from a rigid layer material, leaving the severed rigid layer area in place coplanar and contiguous with the remainder of the rigid layer material, laminating a covering layer to one surface of said rigid material and said rigid layer area, laminating a flexible layer material to the other surface of the rigid material without lamination to the surface of the rigid layer area and, after said circuit board has been completed, severing said covering layer around said severed rigid layer area and removing said severed covering layer and said severed rigid layer area from said board.
Abstract:
In a process for producing calculator printed circuit boards, a pallet consisting of a plurality of printed circuit boards are interconnected by snapaway perforated edges at the adjacent side of the boards, so that the pallet consisting of plural boards is processible as a whole. Electrical elements or components have their terminals received through openings in the printed circuit board, which insertion is by machine utilizing a pantographic locating principle. Components are also assembled on the board by hand insertion. After inserting selected electrical components at the desired locations, and masking other locations, the electrical connections are then treated by fountain soldering to form electrical connections between the leads and the printed circuit. The soldering occurs to the pallet as a whole. The individual boards are then snapped apart and the board has enough dimensional stability so that it is rigidly clamped on a fixture and passed over a routing blade at a predetermined slight clearance therefrom so that all of the excess lead sections are trimmed from the subsurface of the printed circuit substrate. Further electrical devices can then be added and soldered in place and the printing circuit board together with its electrical components can then be positioned within a container for a computer application. The described process incorporates minimal handling and incorporates high speed machine assembly techniques wherein multiple operations occur simultaneously or repetitively at high speed.
Abstract:
A method of this invention is for manufacturing a circuit board in which terminal fittings and electronic components are provided on a first surface of a main substrate that has the first surface and a second surface, a sub substrate that has a first surface and a second surface is arranged on the second surface side of the main substrate, and the sub substrate and the main substrate are connected by relay terminals. The main substrate and the sub substrate are formed in advance in a state of being connected in the same plane. During the method, the main and sub substrate are initially physical connected, at which time electrical components are attached to at least the main substrate. After physically separating the main and sub substrates, they are electrically connected.
Abstract:
In accordance with certain embodiments, flexible light sheets are folded to define first and second portions of the light sheet divided by the fold, and the first and second portions of the light sheet may both feature light-emitting elements thereon.
Abstract:
A light board for a light fixture includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes at least one light emitting element, and the second portion includes at least one light emitting element. A first state is defined by the second portion being coupled to the first portion and a second state is defined by the second portion being detached from the first portion. In the first state, the light emitting elements of the first portion and the second portion are configured to provide an evenly distributed light output along at least the combined length of the first portion and the second portion. In the second state, the at least one light emitting element of the first portion is configured to provide an evenly distributed light output along at least the length of the first portion.
Abstract:
A printed circuit board (PCB) has multiple layers, where select portions of one or more conductive layers, referred to as core circuitry, form a semi-flexible PCB portion that is protected by an exposed prepreg layer. The semi-flexible PCB portion having an exposed prepreg layer is formed using a dummy core process that leaves the exposed prepreg layer smooth and undamaged. The core circuitry is part of a core structure. The semi-flexible PCB portion is an extension of the remaining adjacent multiple layer PCB. The remaining portion of the multiple layer PCB is rigid. The core structure is common to both the semi-flexible PCB portion and the remaining rigid PCB portion.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a wiring board includes forming on a first support plate a first laminated wiring portion including conductor and insulating layers such that the first portion has a first surface on first support plate side and a second surface, separating the first portion from the first plate, forming a conductor layer exposed on the first surface and including pads, laminating the first portion on a second support plate such that the second surface of the first portion faces second support plate side, forming on the first surface of the first portion a second laminated wiring portion including conductor and insulating layers such that the second portion has a third surface on second support plate side and a fourth surface, forming cavity in the second portion on the second plate such that the cavity exposes the pads, and separating the first and second portions from the second plate.