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US 8,450,614 · App. 13/286,298 · Granted May 28, 2013

Signal transmission line and circuit board

Inventors: Noboru Kato (Nagaokakyo, JP); Jun Sasaki (Nagaokakyo, JP)
Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,450,614
App. No.
13/286,298
Granted
May 28, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A signal line and a circuit board that can be easily bent in a U shape and prevent unwanted emission include a line portion includes a plurality of laminated line portion sheets made of a flexible material. Signal lines extend within the line portion in an x-axis direction. Ground lines are provided within the line portion on a positive direction side in a z-axis direction with respect to the signal lines and have line widths equal to or smaller than the line widths of the signal lines. Ground lines are provided within the line portion on a negative direction side in the z-axis direction with respect to the signal lines. The signal lines overlap the ground lines when seen in a planar view from the z-axis direction.

Claims (22)

1. A signal transmission line comprising:

a line portion including insulating sheets made of a flexible material;

a signal line extending within the line portion;

a first ground line provided within the line portion on one side in a lamination direction with respect to the signal line and having a line width equal to or smaller than a line width of the signal line; and

a second ground line provided within the line portion on another side in the lamination direction with respect to the signal line; wherein

the signal line overlaps the first ground line and the second ground line when seen in a planar view from the lamination direction; and

a width, in a line width direction, of a portion of the signal line that protrudes from the first ground line when seen in a planar view from the lamination direction is smaller than an interval in the lamination direction between the signal line and the first ground line.

2. The signal transmission line according to claim 1 , wherein the second ground line has a line width larger than the line width of the signal line, and the signal line overlaps the second ground line without protruding from the second ground line, when seen in a planar view from the lamination direction.

3. The signal transmission line according to claim 2 , wherein the line portion is bent, and the first ground line is provided on an outer peripheral side of the bent line portion with respect to the second ground line.

4. The signal transmission line according to claim 1 , wherein the first ground line overlaps the signal line without protruding from the signal line, when seen in a planar view from the lamination direction.

5. A circuit board comprising:

a main body that includes a first board portion and second board portion on which electronic components are mounted, and a line portion connecting the first board portion to the second board portion and that includes a plurality of laminated insulating sheets made of a flexible material;

a signal line provided within the line portion and extending between the first board portion and the second board portion;

a first ground line provided within the line portion on one side in a lamination direction with respect to the signal line and having a line width equal to or smaller than a line width of the signal line; and

a second ground line provided within the line portion on another side in the lamination direction with respect to the signal line; wherein

the signal line overlaps the first ground line and the second ground line when seen in a planar view from the lamination direction;

the first board portion and the second board portion are less deformable than the line portion; and

a width, in a line width direction, of a portion of the signal line that protrudes from the first ground line when seen in a planar view from the lamination direction is smaller than an interval in the lamination direction between the signal line and the first ground line.

6. The circuit board according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a first ground conductor provided within the first board portion and connected to the second ground line; and

a second ground conductor provided within the second board portion and connected to the second ground line; wherein

the first board portion and the second board portion are provided with the first ground conductor and the second ground conductor, respectively, and are less likely to deform than the line portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2011
From: KATO, NOBORU; SASAKI, JUN
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-114378 · May 11, 2009 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2010055087 · Mar 24, 2010
Related Publication 20120043117A1 · Feb 23, 2012