Abstract: Method and system for shielding a circuit board from electrostatic discharge and from mechanical damage. A circuit board shield of dimensions roughly equivalent to those of the circuit board that the circuit board shield is designed to protect is manufactured to contain apertures complementary in shape, size, and position to heat-producing components affixed to the surface of a circuit board. When the circuit board shield is placed on top of the circuit board, the heat-producing components of the circuit board remain exposed to an external environment via the apertures, while other parts of the circuit board are protected from electrostatic discharge and mechanical damage by the overlying circuit board shield.

Abstract: Method and system for shielding a circuit board from electrostatic discharge and from mechanical damage. A circuit board shield of dimensions roughly equivalent to those of the circuit board that the circuit board shield is designed to protect is manufactured to contain apertures complementary in shape, size, and position to heat-producing components affixed to the surface of a circuit board. When the circuit board shield is placed on top of the circuit board, the heat-producing components of the circuit board remain exposed to an external environment via the apertures, while other parts of the circuit board are protected from electrostatic discharge and mechanical damage by the overlying circuit board shield.

Abstract: A stiffener in the form of a metal-cored stiffener plate is temporarily secured to the underside of a printed circuit (PC) board having a series of integrated circuit (IC) chips and other electronic components and metallization interconnect traces on the upper or top surface of the board. Securing of the stiffening plate and PC board is provided by segments of a hook/mushrooms-containing flexible tape adhered to the PC board underside by suitable adhesive. A complementary sheet of a hooks-containing flexible material is adhered to the stiffening plate such that upon pressing of the complementary material and segments together the respective hooks and loops interlock binding the PC board assembly and stiffening plate assembly together. The securement can be easily undone by grasping and levering the edge of the stiffening plate from the PC board and breaking the interlock of the hooks and loops. The hooks and loops may be reversed on the stiffener plate and on the solder-side of the PC board.