Stack structure of printed circuit boards using interposer and electronic device including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11245207-B2
Application number	US-202016789575-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 13, 2020
Priority date	Feb 19, 2019
Publication date	Feb 8, 2022
Grant date	Feb 8, 2022

Abstract

An electronic device is disclosed, including: a first support member including at least one screw-fastening portion; a first printed circuit board (PCB) stacked on the first support member and including at least one screw-fixing portion facing the at least one screw-fastening portion; a second PCB spaced apart from the first PCB, including a first screw guide groove; an interposer disposed between the first PCB and the second PCB electrically connecting them and including a second screw guide groove facing the first screw guide groove; and a second support member stacked on the second PCB and including a screw inlet portion facing the first screw guide groove. The second support member, the first PCB, and the first support member are fixed to each other via a screw inserted through the screw inlet portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a first support member disposed in an inner space defined within the electronic device and including at least one screw-fastening portion;
a first printed circuit board stacked on the first support member and including at least one screw-fixing portion disposed facing the at least one screw-fastening portion;
a second printed circuit board spaced apart from the first printed circuit board and including at least one first screw guide groove facing the at least one screw-fixing portion;
an interposer disposed between the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board to electrically connect the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, and the interposer including:
at least one second screw guide groove facing the at least one first screw guide groove,
a first face facing the first support member,
a second face facing away from the first face,
a side face surrounding a space defined between the first face and the second face; and
a pair of support pads, disposed to surround the second screw guide groove, and exposed on the first face and the second face; and

a second support member stacked on the second printed circuit board and including a screw inlet portion facing the at least one first screw guide groove,
wherein the second support member, the first printed circuit board, and the first support member are affixed to each other via a screw inserted through the screw inlet portion in the second support member.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the screw-fixing portion is disposed at a position overlapping the first screw guide groove and/or the second screw guide groove.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the screw-fixing portion is smaller than the first screw guide groove and/or the second screw guide groove.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first screw guide groove and the second screw guide groove are formed to have a same size and/or shape.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the screw inlet portion defines a through hole and is disposed facing the second screw guide groove and lower than a face of the second support member relative to a front face of the electronic device.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , further comprising:
a washer member interposed between the screw-fixing portion in the first printed circuit board and the screw inlet portion in the second support member.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the washer member is at least partially accommodated in the first screw guide groove and the second screw guide groove, and is disposed in parallel with the first screw guide groove and the second screw guide groove.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the washer member includes a thickness that is at least equal to or greater than a sum of thicknesses of the second printed circuit board and the interposer.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the washer member is placed on a top face including the screw-fixing portion in the first printed circuit board, and is pressed by the screw inlet portion into the second support member.

10. The electronic device of claim 5 , further comprising:
an extension member extending from the screw inlet portion towards the first support member,
wherein the extension member is at least partially accommodated in the first screw guide groove and the second screw guide groove.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the extension member defines a depth such that a portion of the extension member contacts with a top face of the first printed circuit board when assembled.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the pair of support pads are electrically connected to each other by a conductive material disposed on the side face extending from a first support pad on the first face to a second support pad on the second face.

13. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the interposer further includes:
a plurality of connection pads exposed on the first face and the second face; and
a plurality of conductive vias formed to penetrate the interposer from the first face to the second face and electrically connecting the connection pads,
wherein the pair of support pads include a larger area than the connection pads.

14. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the interposer further includes:
a plurality of connection pads exposed on the first face and the second face; and
a plurality of conductive vias formed to penetrate the interposer from the first face to the second face and electrically connecting the connection pads,
wherein the pair of support pads include a higher height than the connection pads.

15. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the pair of support pads are electrically connected to each other via at least one conductive via formed to penetrate the interposer from the first face to the second face.

16. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first support member extends from a side member of the electronic device towards the inner space.

17. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a display disposed in the inner space and externally visible to an exterior of the electronic device through at least a portion of the electronic device.

18. An electronic device comprising:
a housing including a first plate, a second plate facing away from the first plate, and a side member surrounding a space defined between the first plate and the second plate;
a first support member disposed in the space substantially in parallel with the first plate, and including at least one screw-fastening portion;
a first printed circuit board disposed between the first support member and the second plate, including at least one screw-fixing portion facing the at least one screw-fastening portion;
a second printed circuit board disposed between the first printed circuit board and the second plate, including at least one first screw guide groove facing the at least one screw-fixing portion;
an interposer disposed between the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, electrically connecting the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, and including:
at least one second screw guide groove facing the at least one first screw guide groove; and

a second support member disposed between the second printed circuit board and the second plate, including a screw inlet portion facing the at least one first screw guide groove,
wherein the second support member, the first printed circuit board, and the first support member are fixed to each other via a screw inserted through the screw inlet portion in the second support member.

19. The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein the screw-fixing portion is disposed at a position overlapping the first screw guide groove and/or the second screw guide groove.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Jungsik
• Yun Inkuk
• Lee Sunghyup
• Jung Heeseok
• KWAK Woongeun

Classifications

• H05K5/10

  comprising several parts forming a closed casing · CPC title

• H05K7/142

  Spacers not being card guides · CPC title

• H05K1/119

  Details of rigid insulating substrates therefor, e.g. three-dimensional details (H05K1/117 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H05K2201/10409

  Screws · CPC title

• H05K2201/042

  Stacked spaced PCBs; Planar parts of folded flexible circuits having mounted components in between or spaced from each other · CPC title