Abstract: A suspension board with circuit includes a metal supporting board, an insulating base layer formed on the metal supporting board, a conductive pattern formed on the insulating base layer, an insulating cover layer formed on the insulating base layer so as to cover the conductive pattern, and an insertion portion to be inserted into an E-block. A thickness of the insulating cover layer in the insertion portion is larger than a thickness of the insulating cover layer in a portion other than the insertion portion.

Abstract: A suspension board with circuit includes an insulating base layer and a conductive pattern that is laminated on a top surface of the insulating base layer. The conductive pattern includes a wire and a terminal portion that is connected to the wire for being joined by a melted metal. The insulating base layer, in a projected surface when projected in a laminating direction, includes an adjacent region that is adjacent to the terminal portion and a separated region that is separated from the terminal portion so as to sandwich the adjacent region with the terminal portion. The adjacent region is formed to be thinner than the separated region.

Abstract: A method for producing a wired circuit board includes the steps of preparing a metal supporting layer, forming an insulating layer on the metal supporting layer so as to form an opening, forming a conductive thin film on the insulating layer and on the metal supporting layer that is exposed from the opening of the insulating layer, heating the conductive thin film, forming a conductive pattern on the conductive thin film that is formed on the insulating layer, and forming a metal connecting portion to be continuous to the conductive pattern on the conductive thin film that is formed on the metal supporting layer exposing from the opening of the insulating layer.

Abstract: A suspension board with circuit includes a circuit board, and an optical waveguide formed on the circuit board. The circuit board is provided with a pedestal for supporting a slider. The pedestal allows the optical waveguide to be disposed so as to overlap the slider in a thickness direction of the circuit board.

Abstract: A wired circuit board for electrically connecting a suspension board with circuit comprising a metal supporting layer, an insulating base layer, a conductive layer, and an insulating cover layer, and an external circuit, includes a first wired circuit board electrically connected with the suspension board with circuit; and a second wired circuit board for electrically connecting with the external circuit. The first wired circuit board and the second wired circuit board are electrically connected through a preamplifier. The first wired circuit board includes a first metal supporting layer; a first insulating base layer; a first conductive layer and a first insulating cover layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wired circuit board, including: forming an insulating layer in a pattern thereby forming second through holes penetrating the insulating layer in a thickness direction thereof; and after forming the insulating layer, forming, on the insulating layer, a conductive pattern in a pattern having terminals which are continuous with an upper surface and a side surface of a side end portion of the insulating layer such that the terminals extend into the second through holes. The terminals are operative for connecting with external terminals via a molten metal. The terminals include annular, step-shaped shoulder portions aligned with the second through holes and that are recessed downward from an upper surface, and first through holes having a diameter smaller than that of the second through holes and which pass through the terminals in a thickness direction thereof.

Abstract: A suspension board with circuit includes a circuit board containing a metal supporting board, an insulating pattern formed on the metal supporting board, and a conductive pattern formed on the insulating pattern; an optical waveguide disposed on the circuit board; and a positioning portion provided on the circuit board in order to position the optical waveguide with respect to the circuit board.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wired circuit board including a metal supporting board. An insulating layer is formed on the metal supporting board in a pattern in which concave portions are formed. A conductive pattern in a pattern having terminals for connecting with external terminals via a molten metal is formed on the metal supporting board and the insulating layer. The terminals include shoulder portions corresponding to the concave portions and are concaved downward from an upper surface. First through holes penetrate the terminals in a thickness direction thereof Second through holes are formed communicating with the first through holes in portions of the insulating layer corresponding to the terminals by removing the concave portions to expose a lower surface of the terminals such that the second through holes penetrate the insulating layer in a thickness direction thereof and have a diameter larger than that of the first through holes.

Abstract: A suspension board with circuit includes a circuit board containing a metal supporting board, an insulating pattern formed on the metal supporting board, and a conductive pattern formed on the insulating pattern; an optical waveguide disposed on the circuit board; and a positioning portion provided on the circuit board in order to position the optical waveguide with respect to the circuit board.

Abstract: In a connection structure of an electronic component and a wired circuit board, the electronic component includes a plurality of external terminals. The wired circuit board includes a metal supporting board, an insulating base layer formed on the metal supporting board, and a conductive pattern formed on the insulating base layer. The conductive pattern includes a plurality of terminal portions for connection with the plurality of external terminals. The electronic component and the wired circuit board are disposed such that the plurality of external terminals and the plurality of terminal portions face each other. The wired circuit board is bent such that the conductive pattern is warped, and by the reaction force of the warping, the terminal portions and the external terminals are abutted, and the electronic component and the wired circuit board are electrically connected.

Abstract: A wired circuit board having terminals that can provide reliable placement of molten metals on the terminals, to connect between the terminals and the external terminals with a high degree of precision. An insulating base layer 3 is formed on a supporting board 2, and a conductive pattern 4 is formed on the insulating base layer 3 so that a number of lines of wire 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, magnetic head connecting terminals 7, and external connecting terminals 8 are integrally formed and also first through holes 9 are formed in the external connecting terminals 8. Thereafter, after an insulating cover layer 10 is formed, third through holes 20 and second through holes 19 are formed in the supporting board 2 and in the insulating base layer 3, respectively, to communicate with the first through holes 9.

Abstract: A suspension board with circuit includes a circuit board formed with an opening, and having a mounting portion defined by the opening for mounting thereon a slider on which a magnetic head is mounted, and an optical waveguide disposed on the circuit board so as to traverse the opening. The optical waveguide is slack in the opening.

Abstract: A suspension board with circuit includes a metal supporting board, an insulating base layer formed on the metal supporting board, a conductive pattern formed on the insulating base layer, an insulating cover layer formed on the insulating base layer so as to cover the conductive pattern, and an insertion portion to be inserted into an E-block. A thickness of the insulating cover layer in the insertion portion is larger than a thickness of the insulating cover layer in a portion other than the insertion portion.

Abstract: A wired circuit board for electrically connecting a suspension board with circuit comprising a metal supporting layer, an insulating base layer, a conductive layer, and an insulating cover layer, and an external circuit, includes a first wired circuit board electrically connected with the suspension board with circuit; and a second wired circuit board for electrically connecting with the external circuit. The first wired circuit board and the second wired circuit board are electrically connected through a preamplifier. The first wired circuit board includes a first metal supporting layer; a first insulating base layer; a first conductive layer and a first insulating cover layer.

Abstract: A wired circuit board having terminals that can provide reliable placement of molten metals on the terminals, to connect between the terminals and the external terminals with a high degree of precision. An insulating base layer 3 is formed on a supporting board 2, and a conductive pattern 4 is formed on the insulating base layer 3 so that a number of lines of wire 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, magnetic head connecting terminals 7, and external connecting terminals 8 are integrally formed and also first through holes 9 are formed in the external connecting terminals 8. Thereafter, after an insulating cover layer 10 is formed, third through holes 20 and second through holes 19 are formed in the supporting board 2 and in the insulating base layer 3, respectively, to communicate with the first through holes 9.

Abstract: A suspension board with circuit includes a circuit board containing a metal supporting board, an insulating pattern formed on the metal supporting board, and a conductive pattern formed on the insulating pattern; an optical waveguide disposed on the circuit board; and a positioning portion provided on the circuit board in order to position the optical waveguide with respect to the circuit board.

Abstract: A suspension board with circuit includes a metal supporting board extending in a longitudinal direction, an insulating layer formed on the metal supporting board, and a conductive pattern formed on the insulating layer. In the suspension board with circuit, a magnetic-head mounting region where a slider with a magnetic head mounted thereon is mounted is located in one end portion in the longitudinal direction, and the thickness of the metal supporting board in at least a part of the magnetic-head mounting region is smaller than that in a region other than the magnetic-head mounting region.

Abstract: A suspension board with circuit includes a circuit board containing a metal supporting board, an insulating pattern formed on the metal supporting board, and a conductive pattern formed on the insulating pattern; an optical waveguide disposed on the circuit board; and a positioning portion provided on the circuit board in order to position the optical waveguide with respect to the circuit board.

Abstract: A suspension board with circuit includes a circuit board, and an optical waveguide formed on the circuit board. The circuit board is provided with a pedestal for supporting a slider. The pedestal allows the optical waveguide to be disposed so as to overlap the slider in a thickness direction of the circuit board.

Abstract: A suspension board with circuit includes a circuit board formed with an opening, and having a mounting portion defined by the opening for mounting thereon a slider on which a magnetic head is mounted, and an optical waveguide disposed on the circuit board so as to traverse the opening. The optical waveguide is slack in the opening.