With Electrical Device Patents (Class 174/260)
  • Publication number: 20140376195
    Abstract: Methods of forming coreless package structures comprising backside land side capacitors (LSC) and dual sided solder resist are described. Those methods and structures may include forming a nickel coating on a first and second side of a core, forming a conductive plating on the nickel coating, forming building up layers on the conductive plating to form two panels on the core, de-paneling the panels from the core to form two coreless substrates, forming a laminate on the first and second sides of the coreless substrates, and forming an LSC on a backside of the coreless substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Qinglei Zhang, Amruthavalli P. Alur
  • Patent number: 8916779
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tape substrate with COF structures for a liquid crystal display panel. A plurality of package units with the COF structures are arranged along a longitudinal direction of the tape substrate. Each of the package units includes input leads and output leads. In each of the package units, along the longitudinal direction of the tape substrate, the input leads and the output leads are disposed at both sides of the tape substrate, respectively. The present invention further provides the liquid crystal display panel using the tape substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Poshen Lin, Liangchan Liao, Yu Wu
  • Patent number: 8917511
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer system and power transmitting/receiving device according to the present invention include an antenna (resonator) 109 and a heat dissipation structure 111 with an electrically conductive thermal conductor 11, a portion of which makes thermal contact with the inductor 13 of the antenna 109 with an electrical insulator 12 interposed between them. The thermal conductor 11 is arranged to form no electrically closed loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamamoto, Hiroshi Kanno
  • Patent number: 8916780
    Abstract: A Z-directed signal delay line component for insertion into a printed circuit board while allowing electrical connection to internal conductive planes contained with the PCB. In one embodiment the Z-directed delay line component is housed within the thickness of the PCB allowing other components to be mounted over it. The delay line embodiments include a W-like line and a plurality of spaced apart, semi-circular line segment connected such that current flow direction alternates in direction between adjacent semi-circular line segments, each of which in other embodiments can be varied by use of shorting bars. Several Z-directed delay line components may be mounted into a PCB and serially connected to provide for longer delays. The body may contain one or more conductors and may include one or more surface channels or wells extending along at least a portion of the length of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Bryan Hardin, John Thomas Fessler, Paul Kevin Hall, Brian Lee Nally, Robert Lee Oglesbee
  • Publication number: 20140367152
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor may include: a ceramic body including dielectric layers and having first and second main surfaces opposing each other, first and second side surfaces opposing each other, and first and second end surfaces opposing each other; an active layer configured to form capacitance by including first and second internal electrodes facing each other with one dielectric layer therebetween and alternately exposed to the first or second side surface; upper and lower cover layers disposed on and below the active layer; and a first external electrode disposed on the first side surface and a second external electrode disposed on the second side surface. Thickness T and width W of the ceramic body satisfy 0.75W?T?1.25W, gap G between the first and second external electrodes satisfies 30 ?m?G?0.9W, and an average number of dielectric grains in a single dielectric layer in a thickness direction thereof is 2 or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung Hwa LEE, Heung Kil PARK, Kyo Kwang LEE, Young Ghyu AHN, Sang Soo PARK, Soon Ju LEE
  • Publication number: 20140367153
    Abstract: A chip resistor with a reduced thickness is provided. The chip resistor includes an insulating substrate, a resistor embedded in the substrate, a first electrode electrically connected to the resistor, and a second electrode electrically connected to the resistor. The first electrode and the second electrode are spaced apart from each other in a lateral direction that is perpendicular to the thickness direction of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaki YONEDA
  • Publication number: 20140367156
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting structure includes a three-dimensional substrate having a three-dimensional shape and including a hollow portion formed on at least one of side surfaces of the three-dimensional substrate, and an electronic component mounted on a bottom face of the hollow portion. The three-dimensional substrate includes an opening portion on a side surface different from a side surface on which the hollow portion is formed for allowing observation of a connection portion between the bottom face of the hollow portion and the electronic component from an outer periphery side of the three-dimensional substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takanori SEKIDO
  • Publication number: 20140367155
    Abstract: A method of forming a component-embedded printed circuit board includes: preparing a first layered structure; preparing a second layered structure that includes an adhesive film and a releasable film; attaching the second layered structure to the first layered structure to form a layered stack, the releasable film releasably covering a mounting region of the first layered structure; heating and pressing the layered stack; cutting the second layered structure through the adhesive film; removing the releasable film together with a portion of the adhesive film from the mounting region to form a hole in the second layered structure; and mounting an electronic component in the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Tang-Chieh HUANG
  • Publication number: 20140367154
    Abstract: A capacitor arrangement structure includes: a first wiring pattern; a second wiring pattern; a first electrode pattern that protrudes from the first wiring pattern toward the second wiring pattern; a second electrode pattern that protrudes from the second wiring pattern toward the first wiring pattern so as to run in parallel to the first electrode pattern; and a plurality of capacitors that are arranged in parallel between the first electrode pattern and the second electrode pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Jun Muto
  • Patent number: 8912453
    Abstract: An electronic component package includes a circuit board which has a mounting surface that does not show wettability for fluxless solder and on which a semiconductor element is mounted, a soldering pattern that shows wettability for the fluxless solder and is formed to surround an area on which the semiconductor element is mounted, a lid that has a shape such that a cavity is formed between the lid and the circuit board, a bonding surface to the soldering pattern is formed in a ring shape, and does not show wettability for the fluxless solder, a solder bonded part that is formed by heating a solder precoat formed of the fluxless solder on a bonding surface of the lid, and a ventilation hole that is formed by providing a bonding surface of the lid exposed in a discontinuous part of the solder precoat after the solder bonded part is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Hashimoto, Yoichi Kitamura, Yosuke Kondo, Kenichiro Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 8912450
    Abstract: A method for attaching a metal surface to a carrier is provided, the method including: forming a first polymer layer over the metal surface; forming a second polymer layer over a surface of the carrier; and bringing the first polymer layer into physical contact with the second polymer layer such that at least one of an interpenetrating polymer structure and an inter-diffusing polymer structure is formed between the first polymer layer and the second polymer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Joachim Mahler, Manfred Mengel, Khalil Hosseini, Franz-Peter Kalz
  • Patent number: 8912452
    Abstract: A Z-directed component for mounting in a mounting hole in a printed circuit board according to one example embodiment includes a body having a top surface, a bottom surface and a side surface. The body has a cross-sectional shape that is insertable into the mounting hole in the printed circuit board. A first portion of the body is composed of a first dielectric material having a first dielectric constant and a second portion of the body is composed of a second dielectric material having a second dielectric constant that is higher than the first dielectric constant. A conductive channel extends through a portion of the body forming a signal path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventor: Keith Bryan Hardin
  • Patent number: 8912451
    Abstract: A multilayered printed circuit board or a substrate for mounting a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor device, a first resin insulating layer accommodating the semiconductor device, a second resin insulating layer provided on the first resin insulating layer, a conductor circuit provided on the second resin insulating layer, and via holes for electrically connecting the semiconductor device to the conductor circuit, wherein the semiconductor device is accommodated in a recess provided in the first resin insulating layer, and a metal layer for placing the semiconductor device is provided on the bottom face of the recess. A multilayered printed circuit board in which the installed semiconductor device establishes electrical connection through the via holes is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sotaro Ito, Michimasa Takahashi, Yukinobu Mikado
  • Patent number: 8913373
    Abstract: Provided are a housing and an electronic device that ensure sufficient strength even when reduced in thickness. A carbon fiber layer included in the housing is disposed such that the orientation direction of carbon fibers is perpendicular to the lengthwise direction of the long sides of a back face panel, thus enabling improving the flexural strength of the back face panel. This enables increases in the number of carbon fibers per unit of area of the back face panel, and enables the length of each carbon fiber to be reduced. Accordingly, it is possible to cause the carbon fibers to flex less readily, thus enabling improving the strength in the flexing direction of the back face panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kawamoto, Yoshiaki Nagamura
  • Publication number: 20140360764
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body including dielectric layers; first and second internal electrode groups disposed to be misaligned by a predetermined interval in the length direction, having the dielectric layers interposed therebetween; first and second external electrodes extended from at least one of the first and second side surfaces to at least one of the first and second main surfaces; and an insulating layer covering portions of the first and second external electrodes formed on the at least one of the first and second side surfaces, wherein the first internal electrode group includes first and second internal electrodes including first and second pattern parts and first and second lead parts, respectively, and the second internal electrode group includes third and fourth internal electrodes including third and fourth pattern parts and third and fourth lead parts, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Na KIM, Jae Yeol CHOI, Jong Ho LEE, Sang Huk KIM, Doo Young KIM, Sung Woo KIM
  • Publication number: 20140360765
    Abstract: A wiring substrate includes a core, first and second wiring layers formed on opposite sides of the core, an electronic component arranged in a cavity of the core, and a first insulating layer that fills the cavity and covers the one surface of the core. The electronic component is partially buried in the first insulating layer and partially projected from the cavity and exposed from the first insulating layer. A second insulating layer covers the first insulating layer. A third insulating layer covers the core and the projected and exposed portion of the electronic component. The thickness of the third insulating layer where the first wiring layer is located is equal to the total thickness of the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer where the second wiring layer is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki KIWANAMI, Junji SATO, Katsuya FUKASE
  • Publication number: 20140365090
    Abstract: A control unit for a motor vehicle has an electrical SMD (surface mounted device) component having at least one corresponding connection pin and a circuit board. The circuit board has at least one soldering surface. The soldering surface is permanently connected to the circuit board. The soldering surface and the connection pin are connectable to each other in an electrically conductive and firmly bonded manner by a soldering process. According to the disclosure, a contact hold-down piece is permanently connected to the circuit board. The connection pin is positioned in such a manner by the contact hold-down piece that, when the connection pin is connected to the soldering surface in an integrally bonded manner, the connection pin and the circuit board have a predetermined distance from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventor: Uwe Liskow
  • Patent number: 8907227
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device with portions of the device on plural substrate surfaces. The device includes a low resistivity substrate having first and second surfaces with a first electrically-conductive device component disposed over a first surface. An intermediate electrically-insulating layer may be disposed between the electrically-conductive component and the low resistivity substrate. A second electrically-conductive component is disposed over the second surface of the low resistivity substrate. A cavity formed in the low resistivity substrate is at least partially filled with a high resistivity material. One or more electrically-conducting pathways are formed in the high resistivity material electrically connecting the first electrically conductive component and the second electrically-conductive component to form a device. Exemplary devices include inductors, capacitors, antennas and active or passive devices incorporating such devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Hong Kong Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited
    Inventors: Ruonan Wang, Yan Liu, Song He, Tingting Wang
  • Patent number: 8908386
    Abstract: A printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) chip package component includes: a module board and an interface board. A first soldering pad is set on the bottom of the module board, a second soldering pad is set on top of the interface board, and the second soldering pad is of a castle-type structure. The first soldering pad includes a first soldering area, a second soldering area, and a connection bridge that connects the first soldering area and the second soldering area. The first soldering area corresponds to a top surface of the second soldering pad, and when the first soldering area is soldered to second soldering pad, the second soldering area is located outside the second soldering pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhiwei Jiang, Xiaochen Chen, Zhipeng Guo
  • Publication number: 20140353022
    Abstract: A wiring board includes a substrate having a laminated-inductor forming portion and including multiple first insulation layers and a second insulation layer formed on a first side of the first insulation layers such that the first insulation layers have the laminated-inductor forming portion, and a planar conductor formed on the second insulation layer of the substrate and formed to shield electromagnetic force generated from the laminated-inductor forming portion of the substrate. The laminated-inductor forming portion of the substrate has multiple inductor patterns formed on the first insulation layers and multiple via conductors connecting the inductor patterns through the first insulation layers, and the inductor patterns include an uppermost inductor pattern formed between the second insulation layer and the first insulation layers such that the uppermost inductor pattern has a distance of 100 ?m or more from the planar conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Haruhiko MORITA
  • Patent number: 8901434
    Abstract: A board unit includes a board that has a through hole penetrating the board from a first side of the board to a second side of the board and having a conductive inner wall surface a first electronic component that has a first connection pin to be press-fitted in the through hole from the first side of the board, and a conductive member that is disposed in the through hole to connect the inner wall surface of the through hole to the first connection pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Akihiro Yasuo, Koji Kuroda
  • Patent number: 8898894
    Abstract: A welding system component includes a circuit board for the welding system component. An interface has a main riser portion with a fastener passageway formed therethrough. The interface has an extension portion with a terminal passageway formed therethrough. The extension portion is electrically connected to the circuit board with a terminal disposed in the terminal passageway. The extension portion is spaced away from a surface of the circuit board. A capacitor is electrically connected to the main riser portion with a fastener disposed in the fastener passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: George Koprivnak, Robert Dodge, Jeremie Buday, David Perrin
  • Patent number: 8901432
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a sheet of circuit board material, at least one electrically conductive trace positioned on the sheet of circuit board material, and at least one electrically conductive contact pad positioned on the sheet of circuit board material and coupled to the at least one electrically conductive trace. The apparatus further includes at least one deformation point configured to absorb stresses developed in the sheet of circuit board material when the sheet of circuit board material experiences resistance to expansion or compression caused by connection to an object resisting expansion or compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Clark, Craig A. Galbrecht, George Goblish, Myles Koshiol
  • Publication number: 20140345929
    Abstract: While it is necessary for an electronic component housing package to be provided with numerous wiring conductors, phase differences of signals caused by differences in signal transmission distance among the wiring conductors, is a problem. An electronic component housing package based on one embodiment includes a substrate having a dielectric region and an electronic component placement region, a frame body surrounding the dielectric region and the placement region, and wiring conductors disposed on the dielectric region of the substrate. The wiring conductors have a first wiring conductor and a second wiring conductor which is longer in signal transmission distance than the first wiring conductor, which are disposed so as to extend from a location immediately below the frame body to the dielectric region. The frame body made of a dielectric material has a projection protruding from its inner periphery, which covers at least part of the first wiring conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Mahiro Tsujino, Yoshiki Kawazu
  • Publication number: 20140347823
    Abstract: A sensor unit is provided with a sensor device. The sensor device has a first electrode disposed on an outer surface. A board is provided with a first surface and a second surface in an obverse-reverse relationship with each other, and a side surface. A first conductive terminal is disposed along a contour of the first surface. The sensor device has the outer surface disposed along the side surface of the board, and has the first electrode connected to the first conductive terminal with a first conductive body, and a first projection length of the outer surface projecting on the first surface side is smaller than a second projection length of the outer surface projecting on the second surface side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke KINOSHITA, Yoshihiro KOBAYASHI, Yoshikuni SAITO, Masayasu SAKUMA
  • Publication number: 20140345927
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes an electronic component body and a pair of metal terminals. The electronic component body includes a ceramic element assembly and outer electrodes. The pair of metal terminals are connected to the outer electrodes by a bonding member. Each of the pair of metal terminals includes a terminal body and a plated film that is located on a surface of the terminal body. In addition, each of the pair of metal terminals includes a terminal bonding portion, a mounting portion, and an extension portion that is provided between the terminal bonding portions and the mounting portion. A plating-removal portion from which the plated film is removed is provided at least at a peripheral surface of the mounting portion, and thus a surface of the terminal body is exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoji ITAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20140345926
    Abstract: There is provided a multilayered ceramic capacitor including a ceramic body including a dielectric layer and having first and second main surfaces, first and second end surfaces, and first and second side surfaces; a first internal electrode having a first lead part; a second internal electrode having a second lead part; a first external electrode electrically connected to the first lead part and extending from the side surface having the first lead part exposed thereto, to at least one of the first and second main surfaces; a second external electrode electrically connected to the second lead part and extending from the side surface having the second lead part exposed thereto, to at least one of the first and second main surfaces; and an insulating layer covering the first and second external electrodes disposed on the first and second side surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Ho LEE, Jae Yeol CHOI, Sang Huk KIM, Myung Jun PARK, Yu Na KIM, Sung Woo KIM
  • Publication number: 20140345924
    Abstract: A substrate including a fluid reservoir and a connected fluid channel, the fluid reservoir positioned away from a component region of the substrate, the fluid channel configured to extend from the fluid reservoir to guide an electrically conductive fluid from the fluid reservoir at a reservoir end of the fluid channel through the fluid channel to a component end of the fluid channel, the component end extending to the component region of the substrate to enable the formation of an electrical connection to a connector of an electronic component appropriately positioned in the component region, formation of the electrical connection allowing the electronic component to be interconnected to other electronic components using one or more of the fluid reservoir and fluid channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Lee ALLEN, Chris BOWER, Darryl COTTON
  • Publication number: 20140345925
    Abstract: There is provided a multilayer ceramic capacitor including: a ceramic body including dielectric layers and satisfying T/W>1.1 when a width thereof is defined as W and a thickness thereof is defined as T; first internal electrodes each having a first lead part exposed to at least one side surface of the ceramic body; second internal electrodes each having a second lead part exposed to the at least one side surface of the ceramic body; first and second external electrodes electrically connected to the first lead part and the second lead part, respectively, and extended from the side surface of the ceramic body to which the first lead part and the second lead part are exposed to at least one of the first and second main surfaces; and an insulating layer formed to cover the first and second external electrodes formed on the first and second side surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Ho LEE, Dae Bok OH, Jae Yeol CHOI, Wi Heon KIM, Yu Na KIM, Sung Woo KIM
  • Publication number: 20140345928
    Abstract: An electronic part includes amount substrate, a circuit substrate, a pad disposed on the circuit substrate, a bump that connects the mount substrate and the pad to each other, and a surface protection film that extends from a surface of the pad via an outer circumferential edge of the pad to a surface of the circuit substrate and has at least two openings adjacent to each other on the pad. The length equal to one-half the shortest distance from an end of one of the adjacent openings to an end of the other opening is smaller than the length of the shortest distance from the outer circumferential edge of the pad to the end of each of the openings, and the bump is provided in each of the two openings and layered on the surface protection film in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yugo KOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20140345930
    Abstract: A packaging substrate includes: a dielectric layer unit having top and bottom surfaces; a positioning pad embedded in the bottom surface of the dielectric layer unit; at least a passive element having a plurality of electrode pads disposed on upper and lower surfaces thereof, the passive element being embedded in the dielectric layer unit and corresponding to the positioning pad; a first circuit layer disposed on the top surface of the dielectric layer unit, the first circuit layer having first conductive vias electrically connected to the electrode pads disposed on the upper surface of the passive element; and a second circuit layer disposed on the bottom surface of the dielectric layer unit, the second circuit layer having second conductive vias electrically connected to the electrode pads disposed on the lower surface of the passive element. Through the embedding of the passive element, the overall structure may have a reduced height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Shih-Ping Hsu, Zhao-Chong Zeng
  • Patent number: 8895863
    Abstract: A multilayer printed circuit board includes an insulating substrate, circuit layers arranged in the insulating substrate, an electronic component, an electrode disposed on the circuit layer exposed from a surface of the insulating substrate and including a soldered portion at which a terminal of the electronic component is soldered, an internal layer conductor disposed on the circuit layer located inside the insulating substrate and defining through holes in a radial manner centering on the soldered portion, a heat releasing conductor disposed on the circuit layer next to the circuit layer on which the internal layer conductor is disposed, and connection vias inserted in the through holes and coupling the electrode and the heat releasing conductor so as to enable a heat transfer between the electrode and the heat releasing conductor. The internal layer conductor and the heat releasing conductor overlap a whole area of the soldered portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Inaba, Akito Itou
  • Patent number: 8893380
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chip embedded printed circuit board and a manufacturing method thereof and provides a chip embedded printed circuit board including: an insulating layer having vias formed therethrough; a first chip and a second chip embedded in the insulating layer and having pads, which are respectively exposed to upper and lower surfaces of the insulating layer, on one surfaces thereof; an upper pattern formed on the upper surface of the insulating layer to be connected to the pads of the first chip and the vias; and a lower pattern formed on the lower surface of the insulating layer to be connected to the pads of the second chip and the vias. Also, the present invention provides a manufacturing method of a chip embedded printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong Won Kim, Sung Yi, Tae Sung Jeong, Joon Seok Kang
  • Patent number: 8897023
    Abstract: An electrical assembly for a motor controller is disclosed that includes an electrical lead. The electrical lead has a conductive trace within an insulating material and that extends a length between first and second ends. An electrical pad is in electrical continuity with and extends from the conductive trace through the insulating material at the first end. The pad includes an aperture providing a securing feature. An electrical component is supported by and integral with the second end, in one example. The electrical component is in electrical continuity with the conductive trace at the second end. A bus bar provides a joint having a first cross-sectional area. The electrical lead is flexible and is removably secured to the joint by the securing feature to provide electrical continuity from a capacitor to the bus bar. The flexible electrical lead has a second cross-sectional area substantially less than the first cross-sectional area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Debabrata Pal
  • Patent number: 8889994
    Abstract: A single layered printed circuit board and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the method can include forming a bonding pad, a circuit pattern and a post on a surface of an insulation film, in which one end part of the post is electrically connected to at least a portion of the circuit pattern, pressing an insulator on the surface of the insulation film, in which the circuit pattern and the post are buried in the insulator, selectively etching the insulator such that the other end part of the post is exposed, and opening a portion of the insulation film such that at least a portion of the bonding pad is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Ji Kim, Kyung-Ro Yoon, Sang-Duck Kim, Jung-Hyun Park, Nam-Keun Oh, Jong-Gyu Choi, Ji-Eun Kim
  • Patent number: 8891247
    Abstract: A conductive circuit containing a polymer composite, which contains at least one polymer and a modified graphite oxide material, containing thermally exfoliated graphite oxide having a surface area of from about 300 m2/g to 2600 m2/g, and a method of making the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: The Trustees of Princeton University
    Inventors: Robert K. Prud'Homme, Ilhan A. Aksay
  • Patent number: 8890001
    Abstract: A wiring board of the present invention includes a substrate including a woven fabric formed of a plurality of glass fibers and a resin covering the woven fabric; a plurality of through holes T penetrating through the substrate in a thickness direction thereof; and a plurality of through hole conductors adhered to inner walls of the through holes T respectively. The through holes T include a first through hole and a second through hole, and, in the woven fabric, the number of the glass fibers through which the first through hole penetrates is larger than the number of the glass fibers through which the second through hole penetrates. In the first and second through holes, portions thereof having narrowest widths are surrounded by the woven fabric, and the narrow width portion of the first through hole is smaller than the narrow width portion of the second through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Kyocera SLC Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Nejime, Masaaki Harazono, Yoshihiro Hosoi
  • Publication number: 20140332261
    Abstract: A circuit board includes a wiring board on which is mounted first and second laminated ceramic capacitors near or adjacent to each other, arranged along a direction parallel or substantially parallel to a main surface of the wiring board, and electrically connected in series or in parallel via a conductive pattern provided on the wiring board. One width direction side surface of the first laminated ceramic capacitor and one length direction end surface of the second laminated ceramic capacitor oppose each other perpendicularly or approximately perpendicularly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Isamu FUJIMOTO, Kazuo HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20140326494
    Abstract: There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component comprising a ceramic body having a hexahedral shape, including dielectric layers, and satisfying T/W>1.0 when a length of the ceramic body is defined as L, a width of a lower surface thereof is defined as W, and a thickness thereof is defined as T, and first and second internal electrodes stacked in the ceramic body to face each other, having the respective dielectric layers therebetween, wherein the ceramic body includes an active layer and cover layers and in a case in which the active layer is divided into three regions in a thickness direction of the ceramic body, when an average thickness of the internal electrodes in an upper region and an average thickness of the internal electrodes in a lower region, based on a central region, are defined as to and tb, respectively, 0.751?ta/tb?0.913 is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Sun CHUNG, Dae Bok OH, Jae Man PARK, Seung Ho LEE
  • Publication number: 20140326493
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including a recess portion formed in a length direction of at least one main surface thereof so as to be inwardly concave and satisfying T (thickness)/W (width)>1.0; first and second internal electrodes disposed to face each other in the ceramic body; and first and second external electrodes extended from the end surfaces of the ceramic body to the at least one main surface, wherein when the ceramic body is divided into an upper region At, corresponding to 70% to 90% of an overall thickness of the ceramic body, and a lower region Ab, corresponding to 10% to 30% of the overall thickness of the ceramic body, a ratio of an average particle size of Ab materials to an average particle size of At materials is less than 0.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Ho LEE, Dae Bok OH, Jong Han KIM, Su Hwan CHO, Min Gon LEE, Wi Heon KIM
  • Publication number: 20140328039
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more aspects, a method of reducing void formation in a solder joint may comprise applying a solder paste deposit to a substrate, placing a solder preform in the solder paste deposit, disposing a device on the solder preform and the solder paste deposit, and processing the solder paste deposit and the solder preform to form the solder joint between the device and the substrate. In some aspects, the substrate is a printed circuit board and the device is an integrated circuit package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Paul J. Koep, Michiel A. de Monchy, Ellen S. Tormey
  • Patent number: 8878073
    Abstract: A printed circuit board is provided. The printed circuit board includes a base having a top and a bottom. The top has a first circuit area, a second circuit area and a slotted area disposed between the first circuit area and the second circuit area. The slotted area includes a first row of a plurality of first slots, each first slot of the plurality of first slots has a first length and is separated from an adjacent first slot by a first space. The slotted area includes a second row of a plurality of second slots that is positioned parallel with respect to the first row. Each second slot of the plurality of second slots has a second length that is different than the first length and is separated from an adjacent second slot by a second space. The second space includes a different length than the first space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventor: Philip W. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8878074
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-level circuit board for high-frequency applications with at least one first carrier substrate (PCB1) made of a first material suitable for high frequencies and with at least one second carrier substrate (PCB2,3) made of a second material, which second material has higher dielectric losses than the first material. At least one signal line structure (S1, C1) is provided on the first carrier substrate (PCB1), and at least one ground layer (M2) connected to electric ground potential is provided on a side of at least one second carrier substrate (PCB2, PCB3), and electrical vias (V) extending through the carrier substrates (PCB1,2,3) are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Moeller, Maik Schaefer
  • Patent number: 8878070
    Abstract: A wiring board of this invention includes a product formation area in which are arranged a plurality of product formation sections on which a semiconductor chip is mounted; a molding area that is provided on an outer circumferential side of the product formation area, and with which a seal portion that covers the semiconductor chips mounted on the product formation sections makes contact; a clamp area that is provided on an outer circumferential side of the molding area, and that is held by a molding die that forms the seal portion; wiring that is provided in the product formation area, and that is electrically connected to the semiconductor chips; a first solid pattern that is provided in the molding area, and in which a plurality of dots are arranged; and a second solid pattern that is provided in the clamp area, and in which a plurality of dots that are larger than the dots of the first solid pattern are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: PS4 Luxco S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Emi Kashiwaya, Osamu Kindo, Noriou Shimada
  • Patent number: 8878067
    Abstract: An electronic-component lead terminal includes a lead terminal one end of which is connectable to an electronic component and the other end of which is connectable to an electrode, and a solder-wicking prevention area formed on a surface of the lead terminal so as to intersect a solder-wicking direction oriented from the other end toward the one end, the solder-wicking prevention area including a plurality of portions projecting to a downstream side in the solder-wicking direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hiroaki Tamura, Fumihiko Tokura
  • Publication number: 20140321084
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a printed circuit board including an electronic component embedded therein and a method for manufacturing the same. The printed circuit board including an electronic component embedded therein includes: a core formed with a cavity which is formed of a through hole and has a side wall formed with an inclined surface having a top and bottom symmetrically formed based on a central portion thereof; an electronic component embedded in the cavity; insulating layers stacked on upper and lower portions of the core including the electronic component; and external circuit layers formed on the insulating layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Eun LEE, Yul Kyo CHUNG, Yee Na SHIN, Doo Hwan LEE
  • Publication number: 20140318842
    Abstract: There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including dielectric layers stacked therein and satisfying T(thickness)/W(width)>1.0; first and second internal electrodes disposed to face each other in the ceramic body, having the dielectric layer disposed therebetween, and alternately exposed through end surfaces of the ceramic body; and first and second external electrodes extended from the end surfaces of the ceramic body to upper and lower main surfaces of the ceramic body wherein, when a height of the ceramic body is defined as a, and a distance from an upper end of the first or second external electrode formed on the upper main surface of the ceramic body to a lower end of the first or second external electrode formed on the lower main surface of the ceramic body is defined as b, 0.990?a/b<1 is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Woo HAN, Dae Bok OH, Jae Yeol CHOI, Sang Huk KIM
  • Publication number: 20140318843
    Abstract: There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component including a ceramic body satisfying T/W>1.0 when a width and a thickness thereof are defined as W and T, respectively, a plurality of first and second internal electrodes having the respective dielectric layers interposed therebetween, and alternately exposed through both end surfaces of the ceramic body, and first and second external electrodes formed to be extended from the both end surfaces to both upper and lower main surfaces of the ceramic body, wherein, the ceramic body is formed such that a cross-section thereof in a width-thickness direction has a trapezoidal shape in which two sides among four sides are inclined in one direction, and when an angle formed by a bottom side and a side connected thereto is defined as ?, 86°??<90° is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Woo HAN, Dae Bok OH, Jae Yeol CHOI, Sang Huk KIM
  • Publication number: 20140318845
    Abstract: There are provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component and a board for mounting the same. The multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a hexahedral ceramic body including dielectric layers and satisfying T/W>1.0 when a width thereof is defined as W and a thickness thereof is defined as T; an active layer in which capacitance is formed, by including a plurality of first and second internal electrodes alternately exposed through both end surfaces of the ceramic body, having the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, an upper cover layer formed above the active layer; a lower cover layer formed below the active layer and having a greater thickness than the upper cover layer; and first and second external electrodes covering the end surfaces of the ceramic body, wherein when a thickness of the lower cover layer is defined as Tb, 0.03?Tb/T?0.25 is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wi Heon KIM, Dae Bok OH, Jea Hoon LEE, Sang Huk KIM, Jae Yeol CHOI
  • Publication number: 20140318841
    Abstract: There is provided a multilayered ceramic electronic component including a ceramic body having a hexahedral shape, including a dielectric layer, satisfying T/W>1.0 when a length thereof is L, a width thereof is W, and a thickness thereof is T, and having first and second main surfaces, first and second end surfaces, and first and second side surfaces, a plurality of first and second internal electrodes, and first and second external electrodes electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes, wherein the first and second external electrodes are electrically connected to the exposed portions of the first and second internal electrodes, include first and second head parts formed on the first and second end surfaces, and first and second band parts formed on the first and second main surfaces, and are not formed on the first and second side surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eung Soo KIM, Dae Bok OH, Sang Huk KIM, Jae Yeol CHOI