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Granted Patent B2
US 11,272,609 · App. 16/944,276 · Granted Mar 8, 2022

Circuit board and electronic device

Inventor: Yohei Koshio (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
H05K1/0225H05K1/0215H05K1/18G06F1/184H05K2201/062H05K2201/10409
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Patent No.
US 11,272,609
App. No.
16/944,276
Granted
Mar 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A circuit board is a circuit board on which a predetermined circuit unit that causes heat and electromagnetic noise is disposed, and which is to be fixed to a conductive housing with a conductive screw. The circuit board includes: an insulator layer including an insulating plate-shaped base material; a conductor layer having a circuit pattern including a ground portion, which is disposed on at least one surface of the insulator layer; and a screw insertion hole that penetrates the insulator layer and the ground portion, and through which the conductive screw is to be inserted. The ground portion has a slit disposed between the screw insertion hole and the predetermined circuit unit. The ground portion has a ground bridge that electrically connects a portion of the ground portion between the slit and the screw insertion hole and a portion of the ground portion between the slit and the predetermined circuit unit.

Claims (36)

1. A circuit board in which a predetermined circuit unit that causes heat and electromagnetic noise is disposed, and which is to be fixed to a conductive housing with a conductive screw, the circuit board comprising:

a plurality of insulator layers each including an insulating plate-shaped base material;

three or more conductor layers alternately provided with the plurality of insulator layers, the three or more conductor layers including a first conductor layer that forms a first surface of the circuit board, a second conductor layer that forms a second surface of the circuit board opposite the first surface, and at least one intermediate conductor layer, each of the three or more conductor layers has a respective circuit pattern including a ground portion; and

a screw insertion hole that penetrates the plurality of insulator layers and the ground portion of each of the three or more conductor layers, and through which the conductive screw is to be inserted,

wherein

the ground portion of each of the three or more conductor layers has a slit disposed between the screw insertion hole and the predetermined circuit unit, and

the ground portion of only the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer has a ground bridge that electrically connects (i) a portion of the ground portion between the respective slit and the screw insertion hole, and (ii) a portion of the ground portion between the slit and the predetermined circuit unit.

2. The circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the ground bridge of each ground portion of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer is provided on a virtual line that connects the predetermined circuit unit and the screw insertion hole.

3. The circuit board according to claim 1 , further comprising a resistor component disposed on the ground bridge of at least one of the ground portions of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.

4. The circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein

the slit of the ground portion of each of the three or more conductor layers has an arc shape centered on a center of the screw insertion hole, and

an angular range of the arc shape is set based on a conduction path for the heat from the predetermined circuit unit to the screw insertion hole so as to block the heat from being conducted to the screw insertion hole via the ground portion.

5. The circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined circuit unit is an arithmetic processing circuit.

6. The circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined circuit unit is a power supply circuit.

7. The circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the ground bridge of the ground portion of at least one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer is smaller than a diameter of the screw insertion hole.

8. An electronic device comprising:

the circuit board according to claim 1 ; and

the conductive housing.

9. A circuit board in which a predetermined circuit unit that causes heat and electromagnetic noise is disposed, and which is to be fixed to a conductive housing with a conductive screw, the circuit board comprising:

a plurality of insulator layers each including an insulating plate-shaped base material;

three or more conductor layers alternately provided with the plurality of insulator layers, the three or more conductor layers including a first conductor layer that forms a first surface of the circuit board, a second conductor layer that forms a second surface of the circuit board opposite the first surface, and at least one intermediate conductor layer, each of the three or more conductor layers has a respective circuit pattern including a ground portion; and

a screw insertion hole that penetrates the plurality of insulator layers and the ground portion of each of the three or more conductor layers, and through which the conductive screw is to be inserted;

wherein

the ground portion of each of the three or more conductor layers has a slit disposed between the screw insertion hole and the predetermined circuit unit; and

the ground portion of at least one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer has a ground bridge that electrically connects (i) a portion of the ground portion between the respective slit and the screw insertion hole, and (ii) a portion of the ground portion between the slit and the predetermined circuit unit.

10. The circuit board according to claim 9 , wherein the ground bridge of each ground portion of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer is provided on a virtual line that connects the predetermined circuit unit and the screw insertion hole.

11. The circuit board according to claim 9 , further comprising a resistor component disposed on the ground bridge of at least one of the ground portions of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.

12. The circuit board according to claim 9 , wherein

the slit of the ground portion of each of the three or more conductor layers has an arc shape centered on a center of the screw insertion hole, and

an angular range of the arc shape is set based on a conduction path for the heat from the predetermined circuit unit to the screw insertion hole so as to block the heat from being conducted to the screw insertion hole via the ground portion.

13. The circuit board according to claim 9 , wherein the predetermined circuit unit is an arithmetic processing circuit.

14. The circuit board according to claim 9 , wherein the predetermined circuit unit is a power supply circuit.

15. The circuit board according to claim 9 , wherein a width of the ground bridge of the ground portion of at least one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer is smaller than a diameter of the screw insertion hole.

16. An electronic device comprising:

the circuit board according to claim 9 ; and

the conductive housing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2021
From: KOSHIO, YOHEI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055596/0916 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-025297 · Feb 15, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2018048012 · Dec 27, 2018
Related Publication 20200367356A1 · Nov 19, 2020