US5334800A
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Flexible shielded circuit board
Assignee: PARLEX USA Inc
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Filing: 1993-07-21
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Granted: 1994-08-02
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Expires: 2013-07-21
Abstract
Abstract A flexible circuit board providing the dual benefits of flexibility and shielding against incidental radiation. The flexible, shielded circuit board includes a number of electrical conductors disposed in a substrate, substantially parallel to opposing surfaces of the substrate. Electrical shield layers in the form of a mesh or grid are disposed on the substrate surfaces and are preferably formed by screen printing a conductive layer on each side of the substrate. A repeating pattern of shield conductors, shield conductor vertices, and voids in the shield layer through which the substrate is exposed is thus created on either side of the substrate.
Inventors
- 👤 Stephen O. Kenney
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 14:33
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K1/00; H05K1/02; H05K1/0213; H05K1/0216; H05K1/0218; H05K1/0224; H05K1/0237; H05K1/025; H05K1/0253; H05K1/03; H05K1/0393; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/07; H05K2201/0707; H05K2201/0715; H05K2201/09; H05K2201/09209; H05K2201/09654; H05K2201/09681
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
88 words
A flexible, shielded circuit board comprising: a substrate having first and second opposing substantially planar surfaces and one or more conductors disposed in the substrate; and first and second shield layers comprised of electrically conductive material respectively disposed on said first and second planar surfaces, said first and second shield layers each having a mesh pattern of voids and conductive regions, said voids being defined by said conductive regions; the mesh pattern of said first shield layer being offset from the mesh pattern of said second shield layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
88 words
A flexible, shielded circuit board comprising: a substrate having first and second opposing substantially planar surfaces and one or more conductors disposed in the substrate; and first and second shield layers comprised of electrically conductive material respectively disposed on said first and second planar surfaces, said first and second shield layers each having a mesh pattern of voids and conductive regions, said voids being defined by said conductive regions; the mesh pattern of said first shield layer being offset from the mesh pattern of said second shield layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The circuit board of claim 1 wherein at least one of said first and second shield layers include screen printed conductive silver epoxy.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The circuit board of claim 1 wherein said substrate layer includes a homogenous material forming a substantially uniform substrate layer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The circuit board of claim 3 wherein said homogenous material forms said substrate layer and encases said shield layers.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
The flexible circuit of claim 1 wherein said conductors include a plurality of conductors, and wherein the first and last ones of said plurality of conductors are electrically connected to said first and second shield layers.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
The flexible circuit of claim 1 wherein said mesh pattern includes a regularly spaced of generally square voids spaced equidistantly in the planes of the shield layers.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
The flexible circuit of claim 6 wherein said regularly spaced pattern of said first and second shield layers is about 40% to 60% voids in surface area.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
52 words
The flexible circuit of claim 1 wherein said voids in said first shield layer are generally vertically aligned with vertices in the conductive regions of said second shield layer, and said voids in said second shield layer are generally vertically aligned with vertices in the conductive regions of said first shield layer.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
The flexible circuit of claim 8 wherein each of said conductors is generally vertically aligned with the vertices and voids in the first and second shield layers.
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