JP2007267429A - Circuit board with built-in patterned antenna - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a circuit board with a built-in patterned antenna that can be reduced in size without requiring any excessive substrate space, can prevent influences caused by mutual noise between the antenna and a wiring pattern or a device and an increase in load capacity, and can connect front and rear surfaces of a substrate electrically to each other without using any via hole. <P>SOLUTION: The patterned antenna is composed of two loops formed on both surfaces of the substrate along the peripheral edge of the substrate, respectively, and an inter-loop connection which is extended from the side faces of the substrate to peripheral edge areas of both the surfaces of the substrate and connects the two loop sections to each other. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a circuit board incorporating a pattern antenna.

  The circuit board with a built-in pattern antenna has a structure in which an electric circuit and a pattern antenna are integrally mounted on a printed circuit board, and is used as a small communication module such as a non-contact type IC card. As one of typical examples, Patent Document 1 discloses a transmitter and a receiver using a circuit board with a built-in pattern antenna.

  Portability is important for applications, and miniaturization is required, but it is always a challenge to ensure space for pattern antennas and miniaturization.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 1, in the conventional circuit board 10 with a built-in pattern antenna, necessary electromagnetic wave transmission / reception characteristics in a limited space on the board 12 in addition to the circuit forming part 14 such as a wiring pattern or a solid pattern. An extra space necessary for forming the antenna 16 for exhibiting the above is required.

  Further, there is a problem that the antenna and the wiring pattern or device arranged close to each other on the same substrate surface are easily affected by mutual noise.

  Also, if vias are provided for electrical connection between the front and back surfaces of the substrate, the load capacity increases, a time lag occurs at the rise of the signal, and this causes a signal delay.

JP 2000-114992 A (FIG. 1, paragraphs 0020 to 0024)

  One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a circuit board with a built-in pattern antenna that does not require an extra board space for forming a pattern antenna and can facilitate downsizing.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a circuit board with a built-in pattern antenna, which can prevent the influence of mutual noise by providing a margin in the arrangement interval between the antenna and the wiring pattern or device.

  Still another object of the present invention is to provide a circuit board with a built-in pattern antenna that can prevent an increase in load capacity by enabling electrical connection between the front and back surfaces of a board without using vias.

  The circuit board with a built-in pattern antenna according to the first reference technology which is not claimed is characterized in that the pattern antenna is composed of a main part formed on a side surface of the board and a connection part between an electric circuit formed on the board. .

  Further, in the circuit board with a built-in pattern antenna according to the second reference technique which is not claimed, the pattern antenna is formed adjacent to each of the side surface portions formed on each side surface of the rectangular substrate and each corner region of the surface of the rectangular substrate. It is a loop antenna comprising a corner portion connecting the side portions.

  In the circuit board with a built-in pattern antenna according to the present invention, the pattern antenna extends from the side surface of the substrate to the peripheral region of both surfaces of the substrate, and the two loop portions respectively formed along the periphery of the substrate on both surfaces of the substrate. The present invention is characterized in that it is a double loop antenna comprising an inter-loop connecting portion connecting the two loop portions. In the circuit board with a built-in pattern antenna according to the present invention, the connecting portion between the loops can be formed to extend from the inner wall of the recess formed on the side surface of the substrate to the peripheral portions on both surfaces of the substrate.

[Reference Form 1]
FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of a circuit board with a built-in pattern antenna according to the first reference technique.

  The circuit board 100 with a built-in pattern antenna includes a printed circuit board 102 provided with a circuit unit 104 and a pattern antenna 106. The circuit unit 104 is formed on one surface of the printed circuit board 102, and the pattern antenna 106 is formed on one side surface of the printed circuit board 102, and the circuit unit 104 is formed on the one side surface from the main unit 108. And a connecting portion 110 extending to the end.

  In the present embodiment, since the main portion 108 of the pattern antenna is formed on the side surface of the substrate 102, no extra space is required for forming the pattern antenna on the substrate surface unlike the conventional structure shown in FIG. Miniaturization of the circuit board can be promoted.

  Further, in the conventional structure shown in FIG. 1, since the circuit portion 14 and the pattern antenna 16 surrounding the circuit portion 14 are provided within the outer diameter of the circuit board 10, the circuit forming portion is intended to reduce the size of the circuit board 10. Therefore, the pattern antenna 16 needs to be formed close to 14, and the circuit unit 14 and the pattern antenna 16 are easily affected by mutual noise.

  On the other hand, in the structure of Reference Embodiment 1 shown in FIG. 2, the main part 108 constituting most of the pattern antenna 106 is provided not on the surface of the circuit board 100 but on the side surface. Only the connecting portion 110 to be formed may be provided on the surface of the circuit board 100. Therefore, even if the outer dimension of the circuit board is made slightly smaller than that of the conventional structure of FIG. 1, the distance between the circuit portion 104 and the pattern antenna main portion 108 can be made larger than that of the conventional structure. Accordingly, the circuit unit 104 and the pattern antenna 106 can be reduced in size while designing so as not to be affected by mutual noise.

  With reference to FIG. 3, an example of a manufacturing procedure of the circuit board 100 with a built-in pattern antenna according to the present embodiment will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 3 (1), an NC drill is attached to a double-sided copper-clad laminate 24 in which a copper foil 22 is bonded to both sides of a glass cloth-containing resin plate 20 such as FR-4 generally used for printed wiring boards. Alternatively, a through hole or through slit 26 is opened by a router. The laminate 24 is actually a large laminate for making a large number of circuit boards 100 with a built-in pattern antenna in a lump, but the area for forming one circuit board 100 is shown in the figure. And a part of the adjacent region.

  As shown in FIG. 3B, electroless copper plating and electrolytic copper plating are sequentially performed to form a conductor layer 28 made of copper on the entire surface of the laminate 24 including the inner wall of the through hole (through slit) 26.

  As shown in FIG. 3C, the conductor layer 28 and the copper foil 22 thereunder are patterned by photolithography to form the circuit portion 104 and the patterned antenna conductor layer 108 '. The circuit portion 104 is formed on the surface of the laminated plate 24, and the conductor layer for the pattern antenna includes the main portion conductor layer 108 ′ extending from the inner wall of the through hole (through slit) 26 to the opening edge, and the circuit portion 104. And the pattern antenna main portion 108 are formed on the surface region of the laminate 24 as a connection portion conductor layer (not shown) for connecting the two. For convenience of illustration, the circuit unit 104 is shown as a simple continuous layer, but is actually formed in a predetermined wiring pattern.

  FIG. 3 (4) is a plan view showing the state of FIG. 3 (3). Here, two circuit boards 100A and 100B adjacent to each other among a large number formed on the large laminate 24 are shown.

  Next, post-processing such as solder resist coating on both surfaces of the laminate 24, exterior plating processing such as gold plating on the wiring pattern pad portion, flux coating, solder coating for component mounting on the pad portion by HASL processing, and the like is performed.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 3 (4), the circuit boards 100A and 100B are separated into individual pieces by cutting along a broken line C1 passing through the center of the through slit 26. As shown in FIG. 3 (5), the two left and right circuit boards 100A and 100B separated by this process have the original through slit 26 as a castellation (recess or notch) 26 '. The castellation 26 'has a conductor layer 108' formed on the inner wall.

  Furthermore, it cut | disconnects along the broken line C2 of FIG. 3 (5), and the both ends of the castellation 26 are removed. As a result, as shown in FIG. 2, a circuit board 100 with a built-in pattern antenna having a predetermined outer dimension provided with a pattern antenna 106 composed of a main portion 108 and a connecting portion 110 having a predetermined size is obtained. The region R outside the cutting line C2 is unnecessary for the circuit board 100 and is removed as an extra region.

  A large number of circuit boards with built-in pattern antennas 100 can be obtained by performing the above operations collectively for the entire large-sized laminate 24.

  In the present embodiment, the example in which the circuit portion 104 and the pattern antenna 106 are formed by the subtractive method has been described. However, the present invention is not particularly limited to this, and the circuit portion 104 and the pattern antenna 106 may be formed by the additive method. This point is the same as the manufacturing method of a normal printed wiring board.

[Reference form 2]
In the above-mentioned reference form 1, the pattern antenna 106 having the main part 108 having a dimension (length) corresponding to the dimension (length) of the side surface is formed on the circuit board 100 with a built-in pattern antenna.

  In the present embodiment, a method for forming the pattern antenna 106 having the main portion 108 having a smaller dimension than the side dimension of the circuit board 100 will be described.

In this method, as shown in FIG. 4A, the size of the cast slit through slit (through hole) is made as small as one side of the circuit forming portion 104, and there is a conductor for the main part of the pattern antenna. Layer 108 'is formed. (The pattern antenna main part conductor layer 108 ′ in FIG. 3 (4) showing the processing steps of the corresponding reference embodiment 1 was considerably larger than one side of the circuit forming part 104.)
In this case, as shown in the figure, if the required size of the pattern antenna main part conductor layer 108 ′ is smaller than the final dimensions of the circuit board 100 (defined by the cutting lines C1 and C2), FIG. ), An extra region R outside the cutting line C2 does not occur, and there is an advantage that a large number of circuit boards 100 can be formed by the large-sized laminate 24. That is, as shown in FIG. 4A, the individual circuit boards 100 are formed on the large laminate 24 directly adjacent to each other.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 4 (2), holes D are made at positions on both ends of the pattern antenna main portion conductor layer 108 by an NC drill or a router. As a result, the conductor layer 108 is shaped smaller than the external dimensions of the circuit board 100 (defined by the cutting lines C1 and C2). In the illustrated example, both ends of the conductor layer 108 of the adjacent circuit board 100 are deleted by the common hole D, and the dimensions are respectively reduced.

  Here, when the pattern antenna main part 108 having a smaller dimension is required, a plurality of drill holes D can be formed as shown in FIG. Drilling is performed so that unnecessary residual portions do not occur by overlapping the drilling positions or by drilling with a router.

  With the above operation, the circuit board 100 with a built-in pattern antenna is obtained in which the dimension of the main portion 108 is smaller than the side dimension of the circuit board 100 as shown in FIG.

  Also in the present embodiment, as in the first embodiment, there is no need for an extra space, and it is possible to achieve downsizing while designing the circuit unit and the pattern antenna unit so as not to be affected by mutual noise. Is obtained.

[Reference form 3]
FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of a circuit board with a built-in pattern antenna according to the second reference technique.

  The circuit board with a built-in pattern antenna 200 is formed with a side surface portion 114 extending to the inner wall of a castellation formed on each side surface of the rectangular substrate 102 and a corner region on the surface of the rectangular substrate 102. The loop antenna is formed of a corner portion 116 that connects between the adjacent side surface portions 114. The loop antenna 112 is connected to the circuit unit 104 formed on the surface of the substrate 102 via a connection portion 110 formed on the surface of the substrate 102.

  The four side surface portions 114 extending on the inner wall of the castellation are formed by the same operation as that of the main portion 108 in the first embodiment.

  Also in this reference form, like the reference forms 1 and 2, an extra space is not required, and the circuit unit and the pattern antenna unit can be reduced in size while being designed not to be affected by mutual noise. The effect is obtained.

Embodiment 1
FIG. 6 shows an embodiment of a circuit board with a built-in pattern antenna according to the present invention.

  The circuit board 300 with a built-in pattern antenna includes a printed circuit board 102 provided with a circuit portion and a pattern antenna 120. Although the circuit portion is not shown for convenience of illustration, it is provided on the upper surface of the substrate 102 so as to be surrounded by the pattern antenna. The pattern antenna 120 includes two loop portions 122 formed on both surfaces of the substrate 102 along the periphery of the substrate 102, and the two loop portions 122 extending from the side surface of the substrate 102 to the peripheral regions on both surfaces of the substrate 102. This is a double loop antenna composed of an interloop connecting portion 124 that connects the two. The inter-loop connecting portion 124 is formed to extend from the entire inner wall of the castellation formed on the side surface of the substrate 102 to the peripheral portions on both sides of the substrate.

  The circuit board with a built-in pattern antenna 300 can be formed by the subtractive method as in the first embodiment, or can be formed by the additive method.

  In the present embodiment, since the loop portions 122 formed on both sides of the substrate are connected by the inter-loop connecting portion 124 formed on the inner wall of the castellation on the side surface of the substrate, the loops on the front and back surfaces are formed by vias as in the prior art. There is an effect that the delay of the signal rise due to the increase of the load capacity does not occur as in the case where they are connected.

[Embodiment 2]
In the first embodiment described above, it has been described that the pattern antenna-embedded substrate 300 provided with the double loop antenna according to the present invention can be formed by the same subtractive method as in the first embodiment, or by the additive method. However, the manufacturing method of the substrate with a built-in pattern antenna according to the present invention need not be limited to these.

  FIG. 7 shows another embodiment of the circuit board with a built-in pattern antenna according to the present invention.

  The circuit board 330 with a built-in pattern antenna is formed by providing a circuit portion and a pattern antenna 130 on the printed circuit board 102. Although the circuit portion is not shown for convenience of illustration, it is provided on the upper surface of the substrate 102 so as to be surrounded by the pattern antenna. Similar to the first embodiment, the pattern antenna 130 includes two loop portions 122 formed on both sides of the substrate 102 along the periphery of the substrate 102, and extends from the side surface of the substrate 102 to the peripheral regions on both sides of the substrate 102. Thus, a double loop antenna comprising an inter-loop connecting portion 126 connecting the two loop portions 122 is provided. However, unlike the fourth embodiment, no castellation is provided on the side surface of the substrate 102, and the inter-loop connecting portion 126 is directly formed on the smooth substrate side surface.

  The pattern antenna 130 of this embodiment is formed as follows by printing a conductive paste. The conductive paste may be a normal one, and for example, a paste in which conductive particles such as a silver filler are dispersed in a resin such as an epoxy resin can be used.

  First, the conductive paste is printed so as to extend from the side surface of the substrate 102 cut and separated into individual pieces to the peripheral edges of both surfaces of the substrate 102 to form the inter-loop connecting portion 126.

  Next, a conductive paste is printed on the front surface and the back surface of the substrate 102 so as to overlap the extended portion 126A of the inter-loop connecting portion 126, thereby forming the loop portion 122, as shown in FIG. The double loop antenna 130 is completed.

  Alternatively, as another method, first, the copper foils on both the front and back surfaces of the large-sized double-sided copper clad laminate 24 are subjected to photolithography to form the circuit portion wiring pattern and the antenna loop portion 122 on each of both surfaces. At that time, no via hole is formed in the laminated plate 24.

  Next, after being separated into individual circuit boards by cutting, the conductive paste is printed so as to extend from the side surface of the board to both the front and back surfaces to form the loop connecting portion 126, whereby the double loop antenna 130 shown in FIG. Is completed.

  Also in this embodiment, since the loop portions 122 formed on both sides of the substrate are connected by the inter-loop connecting portion 126 formed on the side surface portion of the substrate, the loops on the front and back surfaces are connected by vias as in the prior art. As in the case, the same effect as that of the first embodiment in which the delay of the signal rise due to the increase of the load capacity is not caused can be obtained.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to promote downsizing without requiring an extra board space for forming a pattern antenna, and at the same time, it is possible to prevent the influence of mutual noise by providing a margin in the arrangement interval between the antenna and the wiring pattern or device. A circuit board with a built-in pattern antenna is provided.

  There is also provided a circuit board with a built-in pattern antenna having a structure in which an electrical connection between the front and back surfaces of the substrate can be made without using vias to prevent an increase in load capacity.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a conventional circuit board with a built-in pattern antenna. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a circuit board with a built-in pattern antenna according to an embodiment of the first reference technique. 3 is a cross-sectional view (1) to (3) and a plan view (4) to (5) showing a manufacturing process of the circuit board with a built-in pattern antenna of FIG. FIG. 4: is a (4) perspective view which shows the circuit board with a built-in pattern antenna by another form of 1st reference technique, and (1)-(3) top views which show the manufacturing process. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a circuit board with a built-in pattern antenna according to an embodiment of the second reference technique. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a circuit board with a built-in pattern antenna according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a circuit board with a built-in pattern antenna according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Conventional circuit board with built-in pattern antenna 12 Printed circuit board 14 Circuit part 16 Antenna part 100 Circuit board with built-in pattern antenna 102 Printed circuit board 104 Circuit part 106 Pattern antenna 108 Main part of pattern antenna 106 110 Connection part of pattern antenna 106 200 Built-in pattern antenna Circuit board 112 Pattern antenna 114 Side surface portion of pattern antenna 112 116 Corner portion of pattern antenna 112 300 Pattern antenna built-in circuit board 120 Pattern antenna 122 Loop portion of pattern antenna 120 124 Joint portion between loops of pattern antenna 120

Claims (2)

In circuit boards with built-in pattern antennas,
The pattern antenna includes two loop portions formed on both sides of the substrate along the periphery of the substrate, and extends from the side surface of the substrate to the peripheral regions on both surfaces of the substrate, and extends between the two loop portions. A circuit board with a built-in pattern antenna, wherein the circuit board is a double loop antenna comprising a connecting portion between loops connected to each other.   2. The circuit board with a built-in pattern antenna according to claim 1, wherein the inter-loop connecting portion is formed to extend from an inner wall of a concave portion formed on a side surface of the substrate to a peripheral edge portion on both surfaces of the substrate. A circuit board with a built-in pattern antenna.

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