IP Library Granted Patent US 11,457,548
Granted Patent B2
US 11,457,548 · App. 17/268,168 · Granted Sep 27, 2022

Electronic control device

Inventors: Masahiro Toyama (Tokyo, JP); Isao Hoda (Tokyo, JP); Umberto Paoletti (Tokyo, JP); Hideyuki Sakamoto (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
H05K9/0007H05K5/0017H05K5/0217
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Patent No.
US 11,457,548
App. No.
17/268,168
Granted
Sep 27, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic control device includes: a housing accommodating a board on which an electronic component is mounted; and a guard pattern formed on an outer peripheral portion of the board. The guard pattern and a ground pattern of a circuit in the circuit board are connected to each other in a vicinity of an intermediate point of fixed positions where an upper portion of the housing and a lower portion of the housing are fixed to each other.

Claims (32)

1. An electronic control device comprising:

a housing accommodating a board on which an electronic component is mounted, and

a guard pattern formed on an outer peripheral portion of the board, wherein

the guard pattern and a ground pattern of a circuit in the board are connected to each other in a vicinity of an intermediate point of fixed positions where an upper portion of the housing and a lower portion of the housing are fixed to each other; and

the guard pattern is separated at a central portion of a side thereof on the outer peripheral portion of the board, and the central portion of the guard pattern is connected to each separated guard pattern via a resistor, and is connected to the ground pattern via a first capacitor.

2. The electronic control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the guard pattern and the ground pattern are connected to each other via a capacitor in the vicinity of the intermediate point of the fixed positions where the upper portion of the housing and the lower portion of the housing are fixed to each other.

3. The electronic control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the guard pattern and the ground pattern are connected to each other via a resistor in the vicinity of the intermediate point of the fixed positions where the upper portion of the housing and the lower portion of the housing are fixed to each other.

4. The electronic control device according to claim 3 , wherein

a value of the resistor is selected so as to match a characteristic impedance determined by a conductor cross section formed by the guard pattern, the upper portion of the housing, and the lower portion of the housing.

5. The electronic control device according to claim 1 , wherein

a connection pattern provided at the fixed position is connected to the guard pattern via the resistor.

6. The electronic control device according to claim 1 , wherein

a connection pattern provided at the fixed position is connected to the ground pattern via the first capacitor.

7. The electronic control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the guard pattern and the ground pattern of the circuit in the board are connected to each other via a resistor and the first capacitor which are in a series connection, in the vicinity of the intermediate point of the fixed positions where the upper portion of the housing and the lower portion of the housing are fixed to each other.

8. The electronic control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a conductive portion configured to make the housing and the board conductive to each other at a position that is different from the fixed positions and on the outer peripheral portion of the board, wherein

the conductive portion is electrically connected to the guard pattern via a resistor, and the conductive portion is connected to the ground pattern via a second capacitor.

9. The electronic control device according to claim 8 , wherein

the conductive portion is implemented by a screw configured to fix the housing and the board.

10. The electronic control device according to claim 8 , wherein

the conductive portion is implemented by a conductive elastic member configured to make the housing and the board conductive to each other.

11. The electronic control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a conductive portion configured to make the housing and the board conductive to each other at a position that is different from the fixed positions and not on the outer peripheral portion of the board, wherein

the conductive portion is connected to the ground pattern via a second capacitor.

12. An electronic control device comprising:

a housing accommodating a board on which an electronic component is mounted, and

a guard pattern formed on an outer peripheral portion of the board, wherein

the guard pattern and a ground pattern of a circuit in the board are connected to each other such that an electric field distribution of resonance generated by a side length of the board and an electric field distribution of resonance generated by a side length of the housing form opposite electric field distributions; and

the guard pattern is separated at a central portion of a side thereof on the outer peripheral portion of the board, and the central portion of the guard pattern is connected to each separated guard pattern via a resistor, and is connected to the ground pattern via a capacitor.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058481/0935 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2021
From: TOYAMA, MASAHIRO; HODA, ISAO; PAOLETTI, UMBERTO; SAKAMOTO, HIDEYUKI
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 055246/0225 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-179488 · Sep 25, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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