Abstract:
A method for producing a circuit board involves printing a U.V. curable ink onto a substrate in a desired circuit pattern and curing the ink by exposing it to a pulsed U.V. source or subjecting the circuit pattern prepared from a U.V. curable ink containing magnetite particles to a magnetic field to move the magnetite particles to the upper surface of the U.V. curable ink. Other embodiments include circuit boards made in accordance with these methods and the use of the U.V. curable ink as a shielding composition for enclosures housing electronic equipment.
Abstract:
Spaced contact pads (23,43,83,84) on a printed circuit board (19,45,85) are soldered to respective spaced contacts (21,41,51,81,82) in a cable (230,50) or connector assembly (40,80) by means of respective spaced connecting members (15,48,57,70,92,94,96,98,100,102,104,106) interposed between contacts to be soldered. The connecting members are typically electrically and thermally conductive finger-like projections formed as part of a heater body (10,60,55,47,91) and are readily severably from the heater body after soldering to thereby remain part of the final solder connection. A presecribed amount of fusible material (e.g., solder) is pre-deposited on the connecting members and/or contacts and is melted when the heater is actuated. The heater body may be a self-regulating heater in the form of a copper substrate (11,61,65) having a thin surface layer (13, 63,67) of magnetically permeable, high resistance alloy. An alternating current of constant amplitude and high frequency is passed through the heater body and is concentrated in the surface layer at temperatures below the surface layer Curie temperature. At higher temperatures the current is distributed through the lower resistance substrate to limit further heating. During the time interval required for the surface layer to reach its Curie temperature, the resistive power dissipation creates sufficient thermal energy to melt the pre-deposited solder. The connecting members are positioned and configured as necessary to reach their respective connection sites.
Abstract:
A method for producing a circuit board involves printing a U.V. curable ink onto a substrate in a desired cirucit pattern and curing the ink by exposing it to a pulsed U.V. source or subjecting the circuit pattern prepared from a U.V. curable ink containing magnetite particles to a magnetic field to move the magnetite particles to the upper surface of the U.V. curable ink. Other embodiments include circuit boards made in accordance with these methods and the use of the U.V. curable ink as a shielding composition for enclosures housing electronic equipment.
Abstract:
A method for drilling reference holes in a multi-layer printed wiring board assembly, in which drilling position marks provided on inner-layer circuit board in the assembly are roughly detected through each of two outer-layer boards of the assembly, a spot-facing is made with respect to the outer-layer boards at roughly detected points of the marks, and thereafter the marks are precisely detected at the faced spots. Positions for drilling the reference holes can be thereby determined at the spots precisely in close proximity to the internally provided drilling position marks, to allow the drilling performed very accurately in simpler and economical manner.
Abstract:
An FPC cable assembly is provided that includes a first ground layer, a second ground layer, and at least one signal line sandwiched by the first and second ground layers. The FPC cable assembly further includes an electromagnetic shielding structure including a first magnetic layer at least partially covering and electrically grounded to the first ground layer, a second magnetic layer at least partially covering and electrically grounded to the second ground layer, and a plurality of magnetic rings magnetically engaged with and electrically contacting the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer so as to surround the first and second ground layers, the at least one signal line, and the first and second magnetic layers, thereby providing electromagnetic shielding of the at least one signal line.
Abstract:
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing flexible printed circuit board (“PCB”)-based mobile sensor platform. In various embodiments, a flexible PCB-based mobile sensor platform includes a body portion(s) and at least one of a microcontroller, a locomotion system, sensors, a transceiver(s), and/or the like, each disposed on the body portion(s). The locomotion system includes one or more flexible PCB portions and corresponding actuators. Based on instructions from the microcontroller, at least one actuator may cause bending and unbending of a corresponding flexible PCB portion(s) that causes the flexible PCB-based mobile sensor platform to move toward a target location within a first environment. Upon arrival, the sensors may collect sensor data regarding at least one of the target location, an object located at the target location, or a portion of the object, and the microcontroller may send the collected sensor data to an external device via the transceiver.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are provided for implementing customized printed circuit board (PCB) via creation through use of magnetic capture pads. At least one magnetic capture pad is rendered before aqueous seed and plate processing in the PCB manufacture. The magnetic capture pad selectively provides seed material rendering copper in at least one selected region of the via.
Abstract:
A security device in an electronic device which protects against unauthorized disassembly includes light sources, a plurality of photosensitive elements, a detection unit, a storage unit, a processor, and light guiding devices. Light conducting channels are provided between the light sources and the induction elements. Barrier objects that block light are installed at certain first light guiding channels of the light guiding channels, and are removed from the first light conducting channels when the electronic device is disassembled, so that induction signals output by the photosensitive elements are changed from the model or original digitally-recorded signals.
Abstract:
Illustrative embodiments of anisotropic conductive adhesive (ACA) and associated methods are disclosed. In one illustrative embodiment, the ACA may comprise a binder curable using UV light and a plurality of particles suspended in the binder. Each of the plurality of particles may comprise a ferromagnetic material coated with a layer of electrically conductive material. The electrically conducting material may form electrically conductive and isolated parallel paths when the ACA is cured using UV light after being subjected to a magnetic field.
Abstract:
A multi-layer wiring board includes wiring layers stacked on a substrate with an insulating layer between each layer. A wire formed in the wiring layer consists of a first layer and a second layer to form a double layered structure. The first layer is made of a first conductive material and the second layer is made of a second conductive material having relative magnetic permeability of 10 or more and larger than that of the first conductive material. The characteristic impedance of the wire is adjusted to a value closer to 50 ohms than that of a wire which has the same thickness as of the wire with the double layered structure, and is made only of the first conductive material.