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Definitions

• the present invention relates to a method for producing an area consisting of at least two printed circuit boards existing circuit board, wherein the circuit board areas each comprise at least one conductive layer and / or at least one component or a conductive component, wherein to be connected to each other PCB areas in the range of at least a directly adjacent side surface are connected to each other by a coupling or connection and wherein after a coupling or connection of interconnected PCB areas at least one additional layer or position of the circuit board is arranged or applied over the circuit board areas to be joined together.
• the present invention further relates to a printed circuit board, comprising at least two printed circuit board areas, the printed circuit board areas each comprise at least one conductive layer and / or at least one component or a conductive component, wherein to be interconnected circuit board areas in the range of at least one directly adjoining side surface can be connected or connected to one another by a coupling or connection and wherein at least one additional layer or position of the printed circuit board is arranged on interconnected printed circuit board areas over the printed circuit board regions to be connected to one another.
• such a printed circuit board which is constructed by coupling layers of different materials arranged one above another, that is, a so-called Hybrid structure has or which has subregions in which a high-frequency or power electronics is integrated, usually areas of different heating or different coefficients of expansion, so that in practice, such a circuit board often warped or twisted, thereby significantly reducing their life and reliability is.
• a similar embodiment of a production of a printed circuit board having a plurality of printed circuit board areas can also be found, for example, in DE-U 93 09 973, wherein a printed circuit board area provided in particular with light-emitting components is in turn contacted via contacts provided at edge or peripheral areas, which project beyond a corresponding recess in the base circuit board.
• DE-A 2536316 or FR-A 2284190 refer to a compact electrical construction of the type mentioned above, wherein an electrical coupling is done on an outside over power pattern and in the card different elements can be used, moreover good heat dissipation properties should be given.
• the present invention aims to develop a method and a printed circuit board of the type mentioned in that the above-mentioned disadvantages in the use and assembly of different circuit board areas are avoided, in addition to a reliable connection and contact and a simple production of individual circuit board areas or an integration of the same is targeted.
• a method of the type initially mentioned is substantially characterized in that the additional layer is formed as a conductive layer, which is contacted via plated-through holes with conductive layers or components or components integrated in the circuit board areas to be connected to one another. Since the circuit board areas to be connected to one another are connected or coupled to one another in the area of at least one side surface or edge, it is ensured that the circuit board areas to be interconnected do not overlap one another, but are arranged substantially side by side. By means of such a connection in the region of at least one adjoining side surface, a substantially planar printed circuit board is thus made available, in which different partial regions, which are produced or made available separately in particular in different production steps and fulfill correspondingly different functions, simply and reliably can be coupled together or connected.
• the method according to the invention thus makes it possible to optimize the production methods of the individual printed circuit board areas, whereupon these are connected or coupled to one another in a simple and reliable manner in order to provide a printed circuit board having different partial areas.
• a simple electrical contacting of the printed circuit board areas to be connected to one another is provided below, which takes place via the plated-through holes provided according to the invention with integrated layers and / or components in the printed circuit board areas to be connected.
• a common composite of the printed circuit board consisting of a plurality of printed circuit board areas, in particular with the provision of correspondingly planar structures, is made available for a subsequent structuring of, for example, conductive layers or for a subsequent assembly.
• a structuring of conductive layers or conductive layers of the printed circuit boards and / or an assembly of the conductor plate is made with additional electronic components or components.
• printed circuit board areas to be connected to one another are arranged essentially in a common plane and connected or coupled to one another.
• an electrical connection of electrically conductive or conductive areas or elements of the interconnected PCB areas and / or layers of additional layers or layers additional elements are formed by soldering, gluing, welding, riveting, via vias, conductive holes, conductive pastes, conductive foils or wires, electronic components or optical connections.
• the coupling or connection of the interconnected PCB areas by gluing, press fitting, laminating, bonding, welding, soldering, a galvanic connection and / or a Arrangement or determination of components of the circuit board is made.
• adjoining side areas of printed circuit board areas to be joined are formed with profiling complementary to one another, in particular in the form of stepped and / or continuous recesses or depressions, as corresponds to a further preferred embodiment of the method according to the invention.
• an embedding of a printed circuit board area is made in a correspondingly shaped recess or depression of a circuit board area to be connected thereto , wherein in addition to each at least one adjoining side surface of the circuit board areas to be joined together, at least a partial sheathing of the male printed circuit board area is made on a circumferential surface other than the lateral surface.
• recesses or depressions for receiving printed circuit board areas extend over a plurality of layers of multilayer printed circuit board areas.
• an adaptation of the thickness of usually a large number of layers having printed circuit board area of more complex structure to the thickness of a printed circuit board area with a correspondingly simpler structure can be achieved.
• rigid-flexible printed circuit boards In the production of rigid-flexible printed circuit boards is particularly problematic that the rigid material or rigid portions of such a rigid-flexible circuit board has a good dimensional stability during processing steps, in particular laminating or have, while the flexible material has a relatively poor stability. Due to this instability in particular of the flexible material or the flexible portions, a printed circuit board may possibly have considerable deformation after a relamination, which subsequently leads to alignment problems, if circuits, conductive elements or holes of small size, in particular relative to the positioning of corresponding circuits or conductive elements are to be positioned on the flexible layers. To avoid misalignments, it is therefore common in the production of rigid-flexible printed circuit boards or production formats to use significantly smaller production formats than in the production of rigid circuit boards, with such smaller production formats an increased Häwa ⁇ d and increased costs are associated.
• a flexible printed circuit board area is formed with at least one adjoining transition region of rigid material and subsequently the at least one transition region of rigid material is terplatten Scheme coupled with at least one other rigid terplatten Scheme, it is possible, the flexible portions with optionally correspondingly poorer dimensional stability small form and by the simultaneous provision of the at least one rigid transition region to provide a reliable coupling with separately manufactured rigid printed circuit board areas for the production of the desired rigidly flexible printed circuit board available.
• the separately produced rigid printed circuit board areas taking into account the existing dimensional stability, a correspondingly accurate positioning of holes, vias or arrangement of circuit elements can be made, wherein the usually smaller dimensional stability having flexible portion in a subsequent step on the coupling between the rigid transition region the rigid circuit board areas is connected.
• the separate production of the flexible printed circuit board area with at least one adjoining, usually relatively small, transition region of rigid material and rigid printed circuit board areas makes it possible to usually use more costly, more flexible printed circuit board materials optimized to the actual dimensions of the flexible partial area to be produced that additional corresponding cost advantages in the production of rigid-flexible circuit boards can be achieved.
• the separately produced flexible portions with the adjoining at least one transition region of rigid material and the rigid circuit board areas to be connected or to be coupled together using a largely automated assembly method, so that in particular limitations according to the prior art in With regard to small production formats in the production of rigid-flexible printed circuit boards can also be minimized or completely eliminated.
• a flexible printed circuit board area is cut with at least one adjoining transition region of a carrier element containing a plurality of such flexible printed circuit board areas and in a corresponding recess of a likewise a plurality of rigid printed circuit board areas having carrier element for coupling or connection with the at least one rigid printed circuit board area to be connected is used.
• a printed circuit board of the above-mentioned type is substantially characterized in that the additional layer is formed as a conductive layer and that plated-through holes between the additional conductive layer and in the interconnected PCB areas integrated conductive layers or Components or components are designed or provided.
• the additional conductive layer is formed structured and / or equipped with additional electronic components or components.
• circuit board areas Depending on the structure of the individual, to be connected circuit board areas and in particular for complete isolation from the connection to be provided by a conductive layer, via which a contact takes place, it is proposed according to a further preferred embodiment that to be interconnected circuit board areas substantially in a common plane arranged and connectable to each other or can be coupled.
• printed circuit board areas In order to provide a corresponding planar structure or to avoid excessive elevations of individual modules or printed circuit board regions, it is also preferred to arrange printed circuit board areas to be connected to one another essentially in a common plane and to connect or couple to one another.
• an electrical connection of electrically conductive or conductive areas or elements of the interconnected PCB areas and / or layers of additional layers or additional elements by soldering, gluing, welding, Riveting or pinning, via vias or openings, made conductive holes, conductive pastes, conductive films or wires, electronic components or components or optical connections is formed, as corresponds to a further preferred embodiment of the circuit board according to the invention.
• connection or coupling is proposed according to a preferred embodiment, that the coupling or connection of the interconnected circuit board areas by gluing, press fitting, laminating, bonding, welding, soldering, a galvanic connection and / or via a Order or determination of components of the circuit board is formed.
• interconnected circuit board areas are formed with a mutually complementary profiling, in particular in the form of remote and / or through recesses or depressions.
• a printed circuit board area can be picked up in a correspondingly shaped recess or depression of a printed circuit board area to be connected thereto
• at least one adjoining side surface of the printed circuit board areas to be joined is additionally provided with a jacket of the male printed circuit board area on a peripheral surface which is different from the lateral surface, as corresponds to a further preferred embodiment of the printed circuit board according to the invention.
• recesses or depressions for receiving printed circuit board areas extend over a plurality of layers or layers of multilayer printed circuit board areas.
• printed circuit board areas according to the present invention can be connected or coupled to one another, in which connection according to a further preferred embodiment it is proposed that the printed circuit board areas to be interconnected be made of flexible, rigid, rigid-flexible or semi-conductor. Flexible printed circuit areas and / or high-frequency, HDI, substrate, or ceramic printed circuit board areas are formed.
• a flexible circuit board area with at least one adjoining transition region of rigid material and the (the) transition region (s) rigid material is coupled or connected to (at least one) rigid printed circuit board area (s) of the rigid-flexible circuit board to be produced.
• correspondingly complex subareas which contain, for example, a digital or flexible area of a printed circuit board, as small as possible and to integrate them into a printed circuit board area with a correspondingly simpler structure.
• Such printed circuit board areas can each be miniaturized, whereby correspondingly low costs and optimized production methods for individual printed circuit board areas, which in particular have a complex structure, can be made available.
• a recording or embedding of such highly complex modules or printed circuit board areas can be achieved in a carrier circuit area representing a carrier.
• the inventive method can be achieved by the inventive method and by providing the printed circuit board according to the invention a simplified electrical contacting, with a separation of sections with different structure and different purpose and mutual interference, for example, high-frequency and digital technology can be avoided.
• the coupling proposed in accordance with the invention in the region of at least one adjoining side surface or edge, a reliable and simplified, both mechanical as well as prior art, wherein in particular recesses of printed circuit boards or PCB carriers overlapping modules required a complex contacting
• electrical connection can be provided.
• an electrical connection of the individual printed circuit board areas can be produced by the arrangement of the additional conductive layer and the plated-through contacts.
• a simplified structure having printed circuit board area can be dispensed with soldering for connecting individual circuit board areas.
• a connection can be made for example by gluing or potting, resulting in a correspondingly simple connection or coupling also a simplified, possibly necessary assembly with other components is possible.
• the method according to the invention as well as the printed circuit board produced according to the invention to provide a user with all functions integrating printed circuit boards through the connection or coupling as well as contacting individual circuit board areas, so that, for example on the user or customer side, a complicated connection Attachment or definition of separately manufactured PCB areas or modules is not required.
• FIG. 1 shows a schematic section through a first embodiment of a printed circuit board according to the invention, which is produced according to the method according to the invention
• FIG. 2 shows a section through a modified embodiment of a printed circuit board according to the invention in a representation similar to FIG. 1, FIG. 2 a additionally indicating a circuit board area to be replaced;
• FIG. 2 shows a section through a modified embodiment of a printed circuit board according to the invention in a representation similar to FIG. 1, FIG. 2 a additionally indicating a circuit board area to be replaced;
• FIG. 3 shows a section through a further modified embodiment of a printed circuit board according to the invention, wherein interconnected printed circuit board areas are covered by arranging additional layers or structures;
• FIG. 4 shows a plan view of a further modified embodiment of a printed circuit board according to the invention, an arrangement and connection of different printed circuit board areas being indicated;
• FIG. 5 shows, in a representation similar to FIG. 4, a further modified embodiment of a printed circuit board according to the invention with a multiplicity of interconnected or coupled printed circuit board regions;
• FIG. 6 shows a schematic section through a partial region of a further modified embodiment of a printed circuit board according to the invention, with mutually complementary profiling being indicated for the connection or coupling of the printed circuit board regions to be connected to one another;
• 7, 8 and 9 are further schematic sectional views of connections of printed circuit board areas of printed circuit boards according to the invention, wherein in each case one printed circuit board area is received or embedded in a corresponding recess or recess of another printed circuit board area;
• 10 shows a further modified embodiment of in particular complementary Prof ⁇ lierungen or coupling elements to be interconnected circuit board areas of a circuit board according to the invention
• 11 and 12 are further schematic representations of connecting regions or coupling elements arranged therein of printed circuit board regions of printed circuit boards according to the invention to be interconnected;
• FIG. 13 shows a section through a further modified embodiment of a printed circuit board according to the invention, in which a replaced printed circuit board region is integrated;
• FIG. 14 shows a printed circuit board according to FIG. 13, in which interconnected printed circuit board areas are additionally connected by the arrangement of a conductive structure;
• Fig. 15 are schematic views of process steps of manufacturing a rigid-flexible printed circuit board according to the invention using the method according to the invention, wherein in Fig. 15a the production of flexible printed circuit board areas is indicated with at least one adjoining transition region, in Fig. 15b, the separate production of rigid printed circuit boards 15a, the removal of flexible printed circuit board areas on the production format according to FIG. 15a and their insertion into the production format according to FIG. 15b with rigid printed circuit board areas is indicated; and
• Fig. 16 in an enlarged scale a partial section through a rigid-flexible circuit board, as prepared according to the embodiment of Fig. 15.
• FIG. 1 schematically shows three printed circuit board regions 1, 2 and 3 to be interconnected, wherein the different structure or the structure is indicated schematically by the use of a respectively different number of layers or layers.
• schematically indicated structures are provided in the printed circuit board areas 1, 2 and 3, such as openings or vias 4 and 5 as well as in the individual layers or layers integrated components or elements 6 and 7.
• openings or vias 4 and 5 are provided in the printed circuit board areas 1, 2 and 3, such as openings or vias 4 and 5 as well as in the individual layers or layers integrated components or elements 6 and 7.
• structurings are made of conductive
• Structures 8 indicated, these structures 8 are formed in a after applying or coupling the printed circuit board areas 1, 2 and 3 applied conductive layer or be.
• a device 13 is indicated for the coupling between the printed circuit board areas 1 and 2 and is provided in the form of, for example, a printed connection 14 for the connection between the printed circuit board areas 2 and 3, a mechanical connection of the printed circuit board areas 1, 2 and 3, for example by gluing or soldering the individual PCB areas.
• plated-through holes 8 ' can be seen both from the structurings 8 on the upper side of the interconnected printed circuit board regions 1, 2 and 3 as well as on the underside, structures 8 of a further conductive layer being likewise indicated.
• the printed circuit board area 1 can for example be formed by a simple printed circuit board element or area, which (r) is provided on both sides with a structuring.
• the printed circuit board region 2 can be, for example, a multi-layered high-frequency printed circuit board region, which in turn is coupled to the multi-layered digital printed circuit board region 3.
• the individual printed circuit board regions 1, 2 and 3 can be manufactured separately in correspondingly optimized production processes, whereafter they are combined with one another to form a printed circuit board fulfilling a multiplicity of different functions.
• FIG. 1 a modified embodiment of an in turn consisting of a plurality of printed circuit board areas 15, 16 and 17 printed circuit board is shown similar to the illustration of FIG., It can be seen again that the individual circuit board areas 15, 16 and 17 different structures and / or Complexity.
• passive components 18 are included in the printed circuit board area 15, for example.
• Structures of a conductive layer applied after a connection of the printed circuit board areas 15, 16 and 17 are again indicated by 19, through-contacts to underlying layers and / or the components 18 being indicated by 19 '.
• a mechanical connection or coupling takes place in the region of the side surfaces or side edges which adjoin one another and are again denoted by 9 and 10 or 11 and 12.
• Fig. 2 is also schematically indicated that, for example, when an error of the circuit board portion 16, for example, after a prolonged use of these circuit board areas 16 in the adjoining side surfaces 9, 10 and 11, 12, for example, by using a laser turn a Separation takes place, after which a new functional printed circuit board area 16 can in turn be connected to the printed circuit board areas 15 and 17.
• a Separation takes place, after which a new functional printed circuit board area 16 can in turn be connected to the printed circuit board areas 15 and 17.
• Such as high Complex and correspondingly expensive circuit board areas are replaced, so that it can be dispensed with a replacement of the entire circuit board.
• FIG. 3 shows a further schematic representation of a printed circuit board produced from printed circuit board regions 20, 21 and 22, wherein, in addition to a simple construction of the printed circuit board regions 20 and 22, the central printed circuit board region 21 has a highly complex structure, as is illustrated by a multiplicity of through holes or holes. Vias 23 is indicated.
• the multi-layered structure of the printed circuit board region 21 is indicated by additional structuring 24, in particular made of a conductive material, indicated on different planes or layers.
• Fig. 3 is also apparent that after connecting or coupling the interconnected circuit board areas 20, 21 and 22, in particular on both sides of additional layers or layers 25, 26 are applied to a multilayer printed circuit board, so that the interconnected PCB areas 20, 21 and 22 are substantially completely integrated or incorporated in such a finished printed circuit board substantially.
• FIGS. 4 and 5 In the schematic plan views of FIGS. 4 and 5 it can be seen that, unlike the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, wherein printed circuit board areas adjacent to each other are connected to one another, corresponding to partial areas of a base carrier , so that a connection of such circuit board areas not only takes place only on a side surface or a side edge.
• a printed circuit board region 27 which, for example, has substantially square outer dimensions, is connected or coupled to a printed circuit board region 28, which has a corresponding recess.
• wires 29 are additionally indicated for electrical coupling of the individual regions.
• FIG. 6 A connection between printed circuit board areas 35, 36 and 37 is schematically indicated in FIG. 6, wherein, for example, deviating from the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, in which substantially planar side surfaces adjoining one another are provided adjacent side surfaces are formed with coupling elements or profiles 38 and 39, which result in the representation of FIG. 6 is a substantially stepped structure.
• an electrical contacting of individual sections for example, by directing Holes or vias or corresponding passage openings or plated-through holes are made, as indicated schematically at 40.
• electrical contacting 40 mechanical connections can be provided, for example in the form of rivets or pins in addition.
• Fig. 7, 8 and 9 further schematic embodiments of a compound of printed circuit board areas are shown, wherein in each case a printed circuit board area 41 which has a possibly simple structure, a recess or recess 42, 43 and 44 is provided.
• a recess or recess 42, 43 and 44 in particular corresponding outer dimensions having printed circuit board portions 45, 46 and 47 are used, so that by an arrangement or determination of the printed circuit board areas 45, 46 and 47 in the recesses or cavities or cavities of the printed circuit board area 41st an embedding and thus correspondingly secure fixing of the individual printed circuit board regions 45, 46 and 47 can be achieved.
• a determination in such recesses or depressions 42, 43, 44 can be made for example by gluing or simple press-fitting.
• possibilities of electrical contacting reference is made to the preceding embodiments.
• FIGS. 10, 11 and 12 show further modified embodiments of a particularly mechanical connection between circuit board areas to be interconnected.
• outer printed circuit board areas 48 and 49 in the region of adjoining side surfaces 50 and 51 each have an incision or recess 52, 53, into which (n) corresponding extensions 54 and 55 of a coupling to be coupled therewith middle printed circuit board portion 56 can be coupled in a simple manner.
• complementary recesses or recesses 52, 53 and extensions 54, 55 in particular a corresponding secure mechanical connection between the individual circuit board areas can be achieved.
• FIGS. 11 and 12 show further modified embodiments, wherein additional recesses or recesses 61 and 62 or 63 and 64 are provided or indicated between schematically indicated printed circuit board regions 57 and 58 in the area of side surfaces 59 and 60 to be joined together for a proper mechanical coupling additional coupling elements 65 and 66 are provided, which lead, for example, by a schematically indicated adhesive 67 in the region of the connection point to a proper connection of the adjacent or to be interconnected circuit board areas 57 and 58.
• Fig. 4 to 12 is for simplifying the illustrations, which essentially relate to different compounds, the addition after connection of the printed circuit board areas to be applied layer of conductive material not shown, with the exception of Fig. 6 also required vias are not shown.
• FIG. 13 shows a further modified embodiment in which, for example after a prolonged use or failure of a printed circuit board area, a printed circuit board area has been removed from a finished printed circuit board 68 by partial cutting of the printed circuit board 68 by means of a laser, and As a result, a new functional printed circuit board portion 69 has been used, wherein a plurality of larger thickness, non-conductive layers and corresponding thinner, conductive layers are indicated.
• the conductive structure or layer 70 of the printed circuit board 68 has not been severed for the replacement of the defective printed circuit board area, for example, and the new functional printed circuit board area 69 has been used instead of the removed printed circuit board area, wherein the contacts or via holes 71 in the region of the conductive structure 70 are kept unchanged.
• Such a replaced board area 69 will in turn be connected to the remaining board areas 72 and 73 of the board 68 by gluing, laminating, bonding or the like. Connected.
• a correspondingly complex and expensive defective circuit board area can be replaced by an identical or modified circuit board area 69, so that can be dispensed with a complete replacement of the entire circuit board.
• a modified variant of the replacement of a printed circuit board area is shown in which from a printed circuit board 75 in turn, for example, a defective circuit board area was removed, wherein, as stated in connection with FIG. 13, the entire circuit board 75 covering, conductive structure 76 at Removal of PCB area has not been cut.
• This conductive region 80 is additionally provided with components 81.
• the contacts or plated-through contacts 82 which are provided in the region of the conductive structure 76 can be left unchanged, which makes it possible, in particular, to replace a defective printed circuit board area quickly and inexpensively.
• Corresponding plated-through holes 82 are also provided in the case of the conductive layer or structure 80 arranged on the upper side.
• printed circuit board elements can be used for the printed circuit board areas shown schematically in the preceding figures, these being, for example, high-frequency parts, HDI printed circuit boards, substrate printed circuit boards, flexible, rigid-flexible or semi-flexible printed circuit board areas or optionally ceramic circuit board areas can be formed.
• milling, punching, laser or water jet cutting, plasma etching or the like can be provided, for example.
• milling or punching or cutting adjacent side surfaces or edges with matched profiles for example in the form of steps, as shown in Fig. 6, are prepared.
• the recesses or depressions shown in FIGS. 7, 8 and 9 can be made available, for example, by pressing, pressing in or by cutting out corresponding recesses or depressions.
• a mechanical connection between the circuit board areas to be connected to one another can also be effected by lamination, soldering or a galvanic connection.
• a connection by ultrasonic welding, laser welding or riveting or pinning is possible, as has already been indicated for Fig. 6.
• An electrical connection between the individual conductive or conductive regions of the printed circuit board areas to be interconnected can, in addition to or in addition to a formation of through-openings or through-holes, conductive bores or vias, as already mentioned above, be connected by an arrangement of them - Denden circuit board areas bridging components or components, by gluing, for example using an anisotropic adhesive or adhesive tape, by welding, again by riveting or pinning, by an optical connection or by conductive pastes and / or films.
• Such conductive inks or inks may be applied by printing techniques.
• FIG. 15a shows that a multiplicity of flexible printed circuit board areas designated by 90 are received in a common carrier element 91 and processed therein according to known method steps of a production of printed circuit boards, wherein FIG. 15a shows that a comparatively large production format or carrier element 91 is used in comparison to known embodiments. From Fig. 15a is also apparent that the usually more costly flexible material for producing the flexible portions 90 can be used according optimized, since in the process step shown in Fig. 15a, a large number of each flexible portions 90 each with a small distance is made, which also extends over the flexible printed circuit board material.
• a plurality of rigid circuit board regions 92 are fabricated in a separate manufacturing process, wherein the plurality of rigid circuit board regions 92 are mounted in a support member labeled 93. taken.
• voids or spacings 94 are provided between rigid printed circuit board regions 92 which subsequently cooperate with each other.
• the rigid circuit board areas 92 are also processed and manufactured according to known manufacturing processes in the construction of particular multilayer printed circuit boards.
• dividing line 97 In the region of the dashed lines indicated dividing line 97 is a coupling between the transition areas 95 and the adjoining rigid portions 92.
• electrical couplings 98 indicated via which thus directly a coupling between conductive elements of the flexible material 96th and the rigid areas 95 and 92 adjoining thereto by means of a conductive layer 99 arranged after a coupling or connection in the region of the separating line 97.
• an insulating or nonconductive layer may be provided underneath the conductive layer 99.

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