Electronic circuit board and electronic circuit device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11419208-B2
Application number	US-201816957895-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 28, 2018
Priority date	Dec 28, 2017
Publication date	Aug 16, 2022
Grant date	Aug 16, 2022

Abstract

A circuit board ( 3 ) is provided with a first rigid part ( 11 ) having a power system electronic component mounted thereon, a second rigid part ( 12 ) having a control system electronic component mounted thereon, and a thin flexible part ( 13 ) connecting the first and second rigid parts to each other. The flexible part ( 13 ) is provided with a plurality of conductive wires ( 27 ) conducted with the electronic components of the first and second rigid parts ( 11, 12 ). A non-conductive metal pattern ( 33 ) that is a dummy pattern is formed along an outer edge ( 13 a ) of the flexible part ( 13 ). By the non-conductive metal pattern ( 33 ), the disconnection of the conductive wires ( 27 ) due to cracking is suppressed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic circuit board having a multilayer printed wiring board on which electronic components are mounted, comprising: at least two component mounting parts mounted with the electronic components; a flexible part located between the two component mounting parts adjacent to each other, formed to have a thickness thinner than that of each of boards of the component mounting parts so as to have flexibility higher than that of each of the component mounting parts, and provided with a conductive wire electrically connecting between the two component mounting parts; and a dummy pattern provided at a position closer to an outer edge of the flexible part than the conductive wire, in the flexible part, wherein the dummy pattern extends to each wiring layer of a plurality of wiring layers of the component mounting parts, the plurality of wiring layers extending through and being the same as those of the flexible part so the dummy pattern intersects borders in a plan view between the component mounting parts and the flexible part, wherein the multilayer printed wiring board making up the component mounting parts and the flexible part is formed by laminating layers of base materials, each of which is provided with a metal foil layer on one or both surfaces of a corresponding one layer of the layers of the base materials, wherein the flexible part has a pair of recessed grooves formed by removing at least one wiring layer of the plurality of wiring layers on an outermost side in the flexible part, and wherein the base materials of the component mounting parts and the flexible part extend continuously.

2. The electronic circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the dummy pattern includes two dummy patterns respectively provided to each of both sides of the flexible part, and
wherein a plurality of conductive wires are provided between the two dummy patterns.

3. The electronic circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the dummy pattern is formed along the outer edge of the flexible part so as to be spaced apart from the outer edge.

4. The electronic circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the dummy pattern has one or a plurality of narrowed width portions, in each of which width along a direction orthogonal to a bending direction of the flexible part is partially narrowed.

5. The electronic circuit board according to claim 4 , wherein the dummy pattern has, at least one side edge thereof, a plurality of notches forming the narrowed width portions.

6. The electronic circuit board according to claim 5 , wherein the dummy pattern has the notches at one side edge thereof which becomes an outer edge side of the flexible part, and
wherein notches are formed to the outer edge of the flexible part so as to be along the notches of the dummy pattern.

7. An electronic circuit device for driving and controlling an actuator, comprising:
a case; and
an electronic circuit board accommodated in the case, and having a multilayer printed wiring board, wherein the electronic circuit board includes:
a first component mounting part on which an electronic component for power system is mounted and a second component mounting part on which an electronic component for control system is mounted;
a flexible part located between the two component mounting parts, formed to have a thickness thinner than that of each of boards of the component mounting parts so as to have flexibility higher than that of each of the component mounting parts, and provided with a conductive wire electrically connecting between the two component mounting parts; and a dummy pattern provided at a position closer to an outer edge of the flexible part than the conductive wire, in the flexible part,
wherein the electronic circuit board is accommodated in the case in a state in which the flexible part is bent and deformed such that the first component mounting part and the second component mounting part are superposed to each other,
wherein the dummy pattern extends to each wiring layer of a plurality of wiring layers of the component mounting parts, the plurality of wiring layers extending through and being the same as those of the flexible part so as to the dummy pattern intersects borders in a plan view between the component mounting parts and the flexible part,
wherein the multilayer printed wiring board making up the component mounting parts and the flexible part is formed by laminating layers of base materials each of which is provided with a metal foil layer on one or both surfaces of a corresponding one layer of the layers of the base materials,
wherein the flexible part has a pair of recessed grooves formed by removing at least one wiring layer of the plurality of wiring layers on an outermost side in the flexible part, and
wherein the base materials of the component mounting parts and the flexible part extend continuously.

Assignees

• Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd
• Hitachi Astemo Ltd

Inventors

• Yoshinaga Kumiko
• Ichikawa Eiji
• Watanabe Hirofumi
• Takahashi Mototaka

Classifications

• H05K2201/1009

  Electromotor · CPC title

• H05K1/0281 Primary

  Reinforcement details thereof · CPC title

• H05K2201/09727

  Varying width along a single conductor; Conductors or pads having different widths · CPC title

• H05K2201/09027

  Non-rectangular flat PCB, e.g. circular · CPC title

• H05K1/0278

  Rigid circuit boards or rigid supports of circuit boards locally made bendable, e.g. by removal or replacement of material · CPC title