IP Library Granted Patent US 7,491,102
Granted Patent B2
US 7,491,102 · App. 11/493,246 · Granted Feb 17, 2009

Printed circuit wiring board and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,491,102
App. No.
11/493,246
Granted
Feb 17, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a printed circuit wiring board includes: a substrate having a conductor pattern thereon; a flexible flat cable including a connection section; and a connector including a contact section, a fitting port section and a housing. The contact section includes a first area and a second area provided on the first area. The first area contains copper. The second area has a surface containing tin and copper. The fitting port section is fitted to the connection section to connect with the contact section. The flexible flat cable includes a pair of insulating sheets and a plurality of conductors arranged therebetween. The conductors contain tin and copper and have the connection section on end portions. The connection section includes a first region and a second region provided on the first region. The first region contains copper. The second region has a surface containing tin and copper.

Claims (9)

1. A printed circuit wiring board comprising:

a substrate;

a conductor pattern on the substrate;

a flexible flat cable comprising a connection section; and

a connector provided on the substrate, the connector comprising a contact section, a fitting port section and a housing configured to retain the connecting section of the flexible flat cable, the contact section comprising a first region comprising copper and a second region formed on the first region, at least a portion of a surface of the second region comprising tin and copper from a tin-copper alloy,

wherein the contact section is obtained by annealing a copper main body and a tin layer plated on the copper main body until a tin-copper alloy phase existing on a copper phase reaches to at least the part of the surface region of the second region and the contact section is made by substantially annealing at a temperature from about 220° C. to about 400° C.; and

the connection section is obtained by annealing a copper main body and a tin layer plated on the copper main body until a tin-copper alloy phase existing on a copper phase reaches to at least the part of the surface region of the second region and the connection section is made by substantially annealing, at a temperature from about 220° C. to about 300° C.

2. An electronic device comprising the printed circuit board of claim 1 .

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the electronic device is located within a computing device.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2019
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA CLIENT SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048720/0635 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2006
From: MORI, TOKIHIKO; HIRASHIMA, MASAYA
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 018138/0996 →