IP Library Granted Patent US 9,970,597
Granted Patent B2
US 9,970,597 · App. 14/602,989 · Granted May 15, 2018

Flexible printed circuit board, planar light source apparatus, display apparatus, and electronic device

Inventor: Kensuke Nambu (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
F21K9/20H05K3/3442H05K1/114H05K1/189H05K2201/09254H05K2201/10106H05K2201/10136H05K2201/10287H05K2201/10295H05K2201/10522H05K2203/046Y02P70/613
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Patent No.
US 9,970,597
App. No.
14/602,989
Granted
May 15, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flexible printed circuit board on which a first electronic component and a second electronic component are to be mounted adjacent to each other has a first land for soldering a terminal of the first electronic component on a side adjacent to the second electronic component, and a second land for soldering a terminal of the second electronic component on a side adjacent to the first electronic component. The first land and the second land are connected by a wire extending outside of an inter-land region that is an approximately belt-shaped region formed by connecting end portions in a width direction or end portions in a thickness direction of the first land and the second land in a straight line.

Claims (40)

1. A flexible printed circuit board on which a first electronic component and a second electronic component are to be mounted adjacent to each other, comprising:

a first land for soldering a terminal of the first electronic component on a side adjacent to the second electronic component; and

a second land for soldering a terminal of the second electronic component on a side adjacent to the first electronic component,

wherein the first land and the second land are connected by a wire extending outside of an inter-land region that is an approximately belt-shaped region formed by connecting end portions in a width direction or end portions in a thickness direction of the first land and the second land in a straight line,

wherein a front surface of the flexible printed circuit board is covered by a cover lay,

wherein an opening is formed on at least a portion of the cover lay that corresponds to the inter-land region, and

wherein the opening extends continuously across the inter-land region in an adjacency direction of the first and second electronic components.

2. The flexible printed circuit board according to claim 1 ,

wherein the wire branches, and the branched wire extends outside of the inter-land region.

3. The flexible printed circuit board according to claim 1 ,

wherein the flexible printed circuit board has a double-sided structure or a multi-layered structure, and

wherein the wire goes through a surface or a layer that is different from a surface or layer on which the first land and the second land are provided, so as to connect the first land and the second land.

4. A flexible printed circuit board comprising:

a first electronic component and a second electronic component mounted adjacent to each other;

a first land on which a terminal of the first electronic component is soldered, on a side adjacent to the second electronic component; and

a second land on which a terminal of the second electronic component is soldered, on a side adjacent to the first electronic component,

wherein the first land and the second land are connected by a wire extending outside of an inter-land region that is an approximately belt-shaped region formed by connecting end portions in a width direction or end portions in a thickness direction of the first land and the second land in a straight line,

wherein a front surface of the flexible printed circuit board is covered by a cover lay,

wherein an opening is formed on at least a portion of the cover lay that corresponds to the inter-land region, and

wherein the opening extends continuously across the inter-land region in an adjacency direction of the first and second electronic components.

5. The flexible printed circuit board according to claim 4 ,

wherein the first electronic component and the second electronic component are electronic components that emit light.

6. The flexible printed circuit board according to claim 5 ,

wherein the first electronic component and the second electronic component are LED chips.

7. A planar light source apparatus, comprising:

the flexible printed circuit board according to claim 5 ,

wherein light emitted from the flexible printed circuit board is used as a light source.

8. A display apparatus comprising:

the planar light source apparatus according to claim 7 , and

a display panel configured to receive light emitted from the planar light source apparatus.

9. An electronic device comprising:

the display apparatus according to claim 8 .

10. A planar light source apparatus, comprising:

the flexible printed circuit board according to claim 6 ,

wherein light emitted from the flexible printed circuit board is used as a light source.

11. The flexible printed circuit board according to claim 4 ,

wherein the wire branches, and the branched wire extends outside of the inter-land region.

12. The flexible printed circuit board according to claim 4 ,

wherein the flexible printed circuit board has a double-sided structure or a multi-layered structure, and

wherein the wire goes through a surface or a layer that is different from a surface or layer on which the first land and the second land are provided, so as to connect the first land and the second land.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2021
From: OMRON CORPORATION
To: TOHOKU DENSHI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055219/0844 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2015
From: NAMBU, KENSUKE
To: OMRON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035254/0916 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-039924 · Feb 28, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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