Abstract:
In the circuit board of the present invention, a base board has a first face and a second face, in which a plurality of sets of wire patterns, to which semiconductor chips are respectively connected, are printed on the first face. A metal plate for radiating heat is fixed on the second face of the base board. The base board includes a V-notch being formed along a border between the sets of wire patterns, and the metal plate includes a V-notch being formed to correspond to the V-notch of the base board, whereby the circuit board is divided into a plurality of circuit units, which are mutually connected by a thin section corresponding to the V-notches of the metal plate.
Abstract:
A semiconductor module includes a ceramic substrate for mounting plural semiconductor chips. Even if cracks and cleavages are formed in the ceramic substrate, further damages, such as lowering dielectric or insulation strength is prevented. The semiconductor module includes IGBTs arranged on one ceramic substrate soldered to a metal base plate, and the upper surface of the ceramic substrate is divided into zones. On each zone, a copper foil with one IGBT is mounted. A snap line is formed between the zones to localize the cracks and cleavages formed by bending stress to the snap line. The copper foils on the zones are connected to each other by a conductor bridge disposed over the snap line.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a multilayer electronic component having one major surface which can be completely used as a mounting surface for another electronic component to form a composite component includes the steps of forming a groove in the mother laminate along a cutting line, forming external electrodes on side surfaces of the groove and then dividing the mother laminate along the cutting line to divide the groove thereby forming a plurality of multilayer electronic components that are independent of each other. The method of forming the electronic components allows for measuring electrical characteristics of the individual multilayer electronic components while the components are still part of the mother laminate.
Abstract:
An electrical module (125) is for mounting upon a circuit board (104). During circuit assembly, the electrical module (125) is placed upon a breakaway portion (117) of the circuit board (104) and a bracket assembly (103) is mounted to the circuit board (104) so as to position the electrical module (125). At the conclusion of circuit assembly, final assembly is initiated and the breakaway portion (117) is removed and the circuit board (104) is mounted into a housing (105). Preferably, the electrical module (125) is in direct contact with the housing (105) so as to maximize heat transfer.
Abstract:
A tape carrier for electronic components is provided with enlarged regions along cut out lines defining the boundaries of the electronic component mount area. Provision is made for temporarily maintaining the cut out mount area substantially coplanar with remaining portions of the tape carrier. In the preferred embodiment, this is accomplished by way of an adhesive tape bridging the enlarged openings or by tabs or micro connectors bridging the enlarged openings. Thereafter, the mounts can be totally removed from the carrier film by severing the tape or the tabs. The enlarged regions facilitate the severance of the tape or tabs in an automated assembly line environment.
Abstract:
A configurable flexible circuit substrate (100) is disclosed. The substrate (100) has an electrical circuit pattern (120) and an integral separable segment (130) containing a portion (132) of the circuit pattern (120). The substrate (100) also includes an integral extraction initiator portion (132), which is pivotable between a first position substantially planar with the surface of the substrate (100), and a second position away from the surface of the substrate (100). The extraction initiator portion (132) develops stress raisers (137) when pivoted toward the second position, and the extraction initiator portion (132) also effects a removal of the separable segment (130) from the substrate (100) when the extraction initiator portion (132) is pulled across the separable segment (130).
Abstract:
A fluidic gas meter including a flow path structure provided with a fluidic element, a cut-off valve, a pressure switch, a flow sensor, a piezoelectric film sensor, an electronic circuit unit, and a wiring board serving as a mother board and having a function of lead wires. Each of the cut-off valve, the pressure switch, the flow sensor and the piezoelectric film sensor are fixed to the flow path structure. The electronic circuit unit is made up of a counter board and a control circuit board. The counter board is mounted with an electronic circuit for counting up flow-rate signals from the flow sensor and the piezoelectric film sensor and a liquid crystal display device for displaying the amount of gas consumed. The control circuit board is mounted with a control circuit for controlling the cut-off valve, wherein each of the cut-off valve, the pressure switch, the flow sensor, the piezoelectric film sensor and the electronic circuit unit is provided with a plurality of terminals extending perpendicularly to the wiring board. The wiring board is provided with a printed circuit for the interconnection among the terminals. The wiring board has a plurality of V-shaped guide grooves formed therein for receiving the terminals and guiding the terminals to through holes formed at an apex of the V-shape of the guide grooves, wherein the terminals form an electrical connection with the printed circuit of the circuit board, thereby avoiding wiring errors.
Abstract:
This invention is directed to a method of aligning an electrical receptacle assembly having plural electrical terminals projecting therefrom along only one side of the assembly to the edge of a substantially rectangular, planar conductive panel formed of a dielectric material, such as a printed circuit board (PCB), where such terminals are to be reflow soldered to electrically conductive paths on the surface of said planar conductive panel. The method includes the steps of (a) preparing a conductive panel joined on at least one side thereof with a carrier support portion secured to the conductive panel by plural frangible webs which may be readily severed after the soldering of the contacts to the conductive paths, (b) selecting an electrical receptacle assembly comprising an elongated housing having plural cavities, where each cavity includes an electrical terminal mounted therein, with the ends of the terminals aligned within a plane, and a pair of oppositely disposed tabs extending from the housing, (c) providing an elongated opening within the carrier support portion adjacent to the edge of the conductive panel and of a size to receive the elongated housing, where the tabs are adapted to lie upon the surface of said carrier support portion, and thereafter (d) seating the electrical receptacle assembly within the opening whereby the electrical receptacle assembly is aligned with the conductive paths on the planar conductive panel, and each terminal end contacts a corresponding conductive path on the surface of the planar conductive panel.
Abstract:
A device (10) for removing a connecting peduncle (28) passing through a separation slot (42) between two printed circuit boards (26, 27) includes a reciprocating moving element (13) having a cutting face (14) thereon formed on a undersurface of a projection projecting from a shank (2) slidable between a pair of bucking elements (17, 18) facing each other to provide at least in an initial section thereof a seat in which the shank (2) is insertable without play. The transverse dimension of the moving element (13) is such as to be received in a sliding manner guided in the slot (42) to receive the peduncle between its cutting face (14) and the edges of the bucking elements. The inner end of the shank (2) is connected to a reciprocating part of a motor device (11) so that upon operation of the motor device (11) the moving element (13) cuts the peduncle while the bucking elements (17, 18) engage with their bucking surfaces (15, 16 ) at the sides of the peduncle to avoid transmission of transverse strains in the printed circuit boards to be separated.
Abstract:
A rechargeable type small electric appliance including a rechargeable battery having negative and positive terminals, the negative and positive terminals being, respectively, connected to a wiring board by a pair of lead members, in which at least one of the lead members is bent in an inverse U-shape so as to have first and second pieces and a bent portion connecting the first and second pieces, the first piece being secured to the wiring board, while the second piece is clamped, at a clamp portion thereof, to a corresponding one of the negative and positive terminals, the bent portion projecting outwardly beyond the clamp portion of the second piece in a radial direction of the rechargeable battery.