IP Library Granted Patent US 9,668,388
Granted Patent B2
US 9,668,388 · App. 14/381,640 · Granted May 30, 2017

Electronic unit with a PCB and two housing parts

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Patent No.
US 9,668,388
App. No.
14/381,640
Granted
May 30, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic unit ( 1 ) having a circuit board, PCB, ( 2 ) arranged to be mounted in a main housing ( 6, 7 and having a first housing part ( 6 ) and a second housing part ( 7 ), where the first housing part ( 6 ) is at least partly electrically conducting. The PCB ( 2 ) having a first outer layer ( 3 ), a second outer layer ( 4 ), and a ground plane ( 5 ). The first outer layer ( 3 ) faces the first housing part ( 6 ) and the second outer layer ( 4 ) faces the second housing part ( 7 ) The ground plane ( 5 ) is in electrical contact with the first housing part ( 6 ) forming a first chamber ( 29 ), facing the first outer layer ( 3 ), and a second chamber ( 30 ), facing the second outer layer ( 4 ). The chambers ( 29, 30 ) are separated by the ground plane ( 5 ), providing electromagnetic shielding between the chambers ( 29, 30 ).

Claims (18)

1. An electronic unit comprising:

a circuit board, arranged to be mounted in a main housing, which main housing having a first housing part and a second housing part,

the circuit board having a first outer layer, a second outer layer, and an internal ground plane, where the outer layers are separated from the internal ground plane by at least a dielectric material,

where the first outer layer faces the first housing part and the second outer layer faces the second housing part,

wherein the ground plane is arranged to make electrical contact with the first housing part such that a first chamber facing the first outer layer, and a second chamber, facing the second outer layer, are formed,

where the first and second chambers are separated by means of the ground plane, such that an electromagnetic shielding is created between the first and second chambers, and

a connector arranged for establishing electrical contact between the electronic unit and parts outside the electronic unit, the connector having a number of connector pins and at least partly being positioned in the second chamber.

2. The electronic unit according to claim 1 , further comprising wherein that where surfaces of the first housing part that face the circuit board are electrically conducting.

3. The electronic unit according to claim 1 further comprising in that the first housing part is made of a metal material.

4. The electronic unit according to claim 1 , further comprising wherein that an electromagnetic interference filter arrangement is positioned at the connector pins.

5. The electronic unit according to claim 4 , further comprising in that the electromagnetic interference filter arrangement having at least one capacitor.

6. The electronic unit according to claim 1 , in that the connector is press-fitted between the first housing part and the second housing part.

7. The electronic unit according to claim 1 further comprising in that a first plurality of components is mounted on the first outer layer and a second plurality of components is mounted on the second outer layer, where all of the first plurality or the second plurality of components are mounted in a re-flow process and at least one component on the other of the first plurality or the second plurality of components is mounted by means of another process.

8. The electronic unit according to claim 7 , further comprising in that said other process is one of press-fit, gluing, or bonding.

9. The electronic unit according to claim 7 further comprising in that one of the first or the second plurality of components includes components dedicated to power supply and digital processes, and that the other of the first or the second plurality of components includes a power reserve component.

10. The electronic unit according to claim 9 , further comprising in that the components dedicated to power supply and digital processes include at least one inductor and at least one clock signal circuit, and that the power reserve component includes a capacitor.

11. The electronic unit according to claim 1 further comprising in that the first housing part is mounted to a part of a vehicle.

12. The electronic unit according to claim 1 further comprising in that the second housing part is made in a plastic material.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2024
From: ARRIVER SOFTWARE AB
To: QUALCOMM AUTO LTD.
Reel/Frame 069171/0233 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2022
From: VEONEER SWEDEN AB
To: ARRIVER SOFTWARE AB
Reel/Frame 060097/0807 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2018
From: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
To: VEONEER SWEDEN AB
Reel/Frame 046392/0277 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2014
From: CACLARD, LAURENT
To: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
Reel/Frame 033627/0376 →