IP Library Granted Patent US 11,612,053
Granted Patent B2
US 11,612,053 · App. 17/326,386 · Granted Mar 21, 2023

Circuit board and electronic device

Inventors: Nobuyuki Tenno (Nagaokakyo, JP); Takahiro Baba (Nagaokakyo, JP); Kuniaki Yosui (Nagaokakyo, JP); Yasuko Yoshinaga (Nagaokakyo, JP)
Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
H05K1/0237H05K1/0228H05K1/142
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Patent No.
US 11,612,053
App. No.
17/326,386
Granted
Mar 21, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A circuit board includes a first circuit board portion and a second circuit board portion. The first circuit board portion is provided with a first transmission line for a low-frequency signal or a low-speed signal, and the second circuit board portion is provided with a second transmission line for a high-frequency signal or a high-speed signal. The second circuit board portion is located on the first circuit board portion in a positional relationship in which the first transmission line and the second transmission line are side-by-side with each other. With this structure, signal leakage and interference between different signals are reduced or prevented in a line that transmits signals with different frequencies and different transmission speeds.

Claims (45)

1. A circuit board comprising:

a plurality of circuit board portions including a first circuit board portion and a second circuit board portion; wherein

the first circuit board portion is provided with a first transmission line for a low-frequency signal or a low-speed signal;

the second circuit board portion is provided with a second transmission line for a high-frequency signal or a high-speed signal;

the second circuit board portion is located on the first circuit board portion in a positional relationship in which the first transmission line and the second transmission line extend side-by-side with each other;

the first circuit board portion includes connection pads, and the second circuit board portion includes at least one terminal electrode connected to at least one of the connection pads of the first circuit board portion; and

the at least one terminal electrode is connected to the second transmission line.

2. The circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein a dielectric constant of the first circuit board portion is higher than a dielectric constant of the second circuit board portion.

3. The circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the first transmission line and the second transmission line extend side-by-side with each other so as to be aligned in a plane direction of the plurality of circuit board portions in a plan view.

4. The circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the first transmission line and the second transmission line extend side-by-side with each other so as to be aligned in a stacked direction of the plurality of circuit board portions.

5. The circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the first circuit board portion is mounted on the second circuit board portion, and the second circuit board portion protrudes from the first circuit board portion, so that a stepped portion is defined, or the second circuit board portion is mounted on the first circuit board portion, and the first circuit board portion protrudes from the second circuit board portion, so that a stepped portion is defined.

6. An electronic device comprising

the circuit board according to claim 5 ;

a housing to accommodate the circuit board; and

a component accommodated in the housing; wherein

the housing or the component is disposed in a space defined by the stepped portion.

7. The circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein

a width of the second circuit board portion at a portion where the second transmission line is located is narrower than a width of the first circuit board portion; and

the second circuit board portion protrudes from the first circuit board portion, so that a stepped portion is defined.

8. The circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the first circuit board portion or the second circuit board portion includes a ground conductor located between the first transmission line and the second transmission line.

9. The circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the first circuit board portion is a multilayer substrate including an insulating base material that includes a thermosetting resin sheet or a thermoplastic resin sheet, and the second circuit board portion is a multilayer substrate in which an insulating base material is made of a flexible thermoplastic resin sheet having a low dielectric constant and low dielectric loss tangent.

10. The circuit board according to claim 1 , further comprising a first region including a connector, a second region, and a third region including radiation elements.

11. The circuit board according to claim 10 , wherein the first region includes a bent portion.

12. The circuit board according to claim 11 , wherein the bent portion has a thickness less than the second region and the third region.

13. The circuit board according to claim 10 , wherein the third region includes a connector.

14. The circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the first transmission line is located inside the first circuit board portion and the second transmission line is located inside the second circuit board portion.

15. The circuit board according to claim 1 , further comprising radiation elements that define a monopole antenna.

16. The circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first transmission line and the second transmission line have a stripline structure and include signal conductors, ground conductors and insulating material therebetween.

17. The circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one terminal electrode includes a plurality of terminal electrodes connected to the connection pads of the first circuit board portion.

18. The circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the second circuit board portion includes a ground conductor that is connected to the connection pads of the first circuit board portion.

19. A circuit board comprising:

a plurality of circuit board portions including a first circuit board portion and a second circuit board portion; wherein

the first circuit board portion is provided with a first transmission line for a low-frequency signal or a low-speed signal;

the second circuit board portion is provided with a second transmission line for a high-frequency signal or a high-speed signal;

the second circuit board portion is located on the first circuit board portion in a positional relationship in which the first transmission line and the second transmission line extend side-by-side with each other;

the first circuit board portion is a multilayer substrate in which a plurality of insulating base materials are stacked and which includes a first interlayer connection conductor;

the second circuit board portion is a multilayer substrate in which a plurality of insulating base materials are stacked and which includes a second interlayer connection conductor;

the first interlayer connection conductor is made of a metal body; and

the second interlayer connection conductor includes at least partly a solidified conductive paste.

20. A circuit board comprising:

a plurality of circuit board portions including a first circuit board portion and a second circuit board portion; wherein

the first circuit board portion is provided with a first transmission line for a low-frequency signal or a low-speed signal;

the second circuit board portion is provided with a second transmission line for a high-frequency signal or a high-speed signal;

the second circuit board portion is located on the first circuit board portion in a positional relationship in which the first transmission line and the second transmission line extend side-by-side with each other; and

the first circuit board portion includes a first ground conductor with a first opening, the second circuit board portion includes a second ground conductor with a second opening, and a gap is defined between the first circuit board portion and the second circuit board portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2021
From: TENNO, NOBUYUKI; BABA, TAKAHIRO; YOSUI, KUNIAKI; YOSHINAGA, YASUKO
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-236686 · Dec 18, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019049502 · Dec 18, 2019
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