JPH09121093A - Shield laminated electronic component - Google Patents

Shield laminated electronic component

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Publication number
JPH09121093A
JPH09121093A JP7277257A JP27725795A JPH09121093A JP H09121093 A JPH09121093 A JP H09121093A JP 7277257 A JP7277257 A JP 7277257A JP 27725795 A JP27725795 A JP 27725795A JP H09121093 A JPH09121093 A JP H09121093A
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electrode
electronic component
gnd
electrode paste
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Katsuharu Yasuda
克治 安田
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TDK Corp
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Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain high shielding effect by placing a GND electrode, whose trimming is possible, on the front and rear of the top lamination surface, and making a vertical direction against the lamination surface a mounting direction, and making a surface facing the mounting surface the GND electrode. SOLUTION: An electrode paste is so printed on a dielectric substance or an insulation substance, made into a sheet in a doctor blade method, etc., as to be a specified form in a screen printing method, and the dielectric substance or insulation substance sheet and the electrode paste laminate the printed dielectric substance or insulation substance sheet. Then, after cut into specified size, as GND electrodes 1 and 9, the things, on which the electrode paste is so printed on the external surface parallel to the lamination surface and on the external surface vertical to the lamination surface as to be a specified form, are burned. Then, a signal electrode is coated with the electrode paste by rubber transferring, etc., for printing. At this time, a trimming surface is made on the side surface, so that change of center frequency due to an external cause is suppressed.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】Detailed Description of the Invention

【0001】[0001]

【産業上の利用分野】本発明は、外部の影響を受けにく
いシールド型積層電子部品に関する。
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shield type laminated electronic component which is not easily influenced by the outside.

【0002】[0002]

【従来の技術】携帯電話に代表される移動体通信機器は
セットの性格上小型軽量であることが宿命である。当然
ながらそれに内蔵される回路基板は高密度実装が必要で
あり、部品間隔は0.1mmオーダーで管理されてい
る。特に回路基板の厚み方向に関してはセットのシャー
シあるいは他の回路基板が配置されるため、部品間の電
磁気的な干渉を引き起こしやすい。このため移動体通信
機器に用いられる部品についてはシールド性が必要とな
ってくる。
2. Description of the Related Art A mobile communication device typified by a mobile phone is destined to be small and lightweight due to the nature of the set. As a matter of course, the circuit board built in it requires high-density mounting, and the component interval is controlled on the order of 0.1 mm. Particularly in the thickness direction of the circuit board, the set chassis or another circuit board is arranged, so that electromagnetic interference between components is likely to occur. Therefore, it is necessary for the components used in mobile communication devices to have shielding properties.

【0003】従来のシールド型電子部品は積層面の最外
部上下にGND電極を配し、実装する場合においては、
そのGND電極と基板が平行になるように実装されてい
る(特開平2−108321号公報に記載)。また、こ
れらシールド型電子部品は通常内部素子値調整のため外
部のGND電極をトリミングしている。
In a conventional shield type electronic component, when GND electrodes are arranged above and below the outermost part of the laminated surface and mounted,
The GND electrode and the substrate are mounted so as to be parallel to each other (described in JP-A-2-108321). Further, in these shield-type electronic components, the external GND electrode is usually trimmed to adjust the internal element value.

【0004】[0004]

【発明が解決しようとする課題】しかしながら、GND
電極をトリミングするようなシールド型電子部品の場
合、トリミング部分から内部素子が露出するために、シ
ールド型電子部品が使用されるような状況、例えば、携
帯電話におけるバンドパスフィルタにおいてその実装さ
れた回路基板と平行かつ近接して金属製のシャーシが配
置される場合には、従来のシールド型電子部品(バンド
パスフィルタ)ではトリミングにより電磁気的に露出し
た内部素子と金属製シャーシ間に分布容量が発生し、バ
ンドパスフィルタのセンター周波数の特性に悪影響を及
ぼす。
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention
In the case of a shield type electronic component that trims the electrodes, a situation in which the shield type electronic component is used because the internal element is exposed from the trimmed portion, for example, a circuit mounted in a bandpass filter in a mobile phone. When a metal chassis is placed in parallel with and close to the board, conventional shielded electronic components (bandpass filter) produce distributed capacitance between the electromagnetically exposed internal elements and the metal chassis by trimming. However, the center frequency characteristic of the bandpass filter is adversely affected.

【0005】そこで、本発明はこのような回路基板と平
行かつ近接して配置された金属製シャーシ等の影響を受
けないようなシールド型電子部品を提供するものであ
る。
Therefore, the present invention provides a shield type electronic component which is not affected by a metal chassis or the like arranged in parallel and close to such a circuit board.

【0006】[0006]

【課題を解決するための手段】積層面の最外部上下にト
リミングしうるGND電極を配し、かつ積層面に対し垂
直方向を実装方向とし、さらに実装する面に対向する面
をGND電極にすることにより、極めて高いシールド効
果が可能となった。
[Means for Solving the Problems] Trimmable GND electrodes are arranged above and below the outermost part of a stacking surface, the mounting direction is perpendicular to the stacking surface, and the surface facing the mounting surface is the GND electrode. As a result, an extremely high shielding effect is possible.

【0007】[0007]

【実施例】以下、本発明の具体的実施例を示し、本発明
をさらに詳しく説明する。
EXAMPLES The present invention will be described in more detail below by showing specific examples of the present invention.

【0008】図1に代表的なLCバンドパスフィルタの
回路を、図2にその減衰量−周波数特性を示す。特性の
上で重要となるセンター周波数f0はコイルL1とコンデ
ンサC3およびL2とC4の2つの共振回路により決定さ
れ、製品化にあたっては、C3およびC4をトリミングす
ることにより所望の特性を得ている。
FIG. 1 shows a circuit of a typical LC bandpass filter, and FIG. 2 shows its attenuation-frequency characteristic. The center frequency f 0, which is important for the characteristics, is determined by the two resonant circuits of the coil L 1 and the capacitors C 3 and L 2 and C 4 , and is desired by trimming C 3 and C 4 for commercialization. Has the characteristics of.

【0009】図3(a),(b)に本発明および従来の
シールド型電子部品の構造図を示す。1,9,10,1
8はGND電極である。図1で示されるコイルL1,L2
は2および11のパターンで形成される。また、各コン
デンサはC1が3−4間および12−13間で、C2,C
5が4−5間および13−14間で、C3,C4が5−
6,6−7,7−9間および14−15,15−16,
16−18間で構成される。これらシールド型電子部品
の外形図を図4および図5に示す。ここで、図2で示す
センター周波数f0の調整は、GND電極9および18
をトリミングすることにより行われる。よってトリミン
グ部分に外部より金属等のシールドが付加されたり、あ
るいは輻射ノイズが存在すればLCフィルタ特性のセン
ター周波数f0は変化する。
3 (a) and 3 (b) are structural views of the shield type electronic component of the present invention and the related art. 1,9,10,1
8 is a GND electrode. The coils L 1 and L 2 shown in FIG.
Are formed in 2 and 11 patterns. Further, in each capacitor, C 1 is between 3-4 and 12-13, and C 2 , C
5 is between 4-5 and 13-14, and C 3 and C 4 are 5-
6, 6-7, 7-9 and 14-15, 15-16,
It consists of 16-18. External views of these shield-type electronic components are shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. Here, the adjustment of the center frequency f 0 shown in FIG.
Is done by trimming. Therefore, if a metal shield or the like is added to the trimming portion from the outside or if radiation noise is present, the center frequency f 0 of the LC filter characteristic changes.

【0010】これらチップは以下の方法にて作成した。
ドクターブレード法等によりシート化した誘電体または
絶縁体シートに図3(a),(b)2〜7、11〜16
に示すような所定の形状となるように電極ペーストをス
クリーン印刷法により印刷し、誘電体または絶縁体シー
トおよび電極ペーストが印刷された誘電体または絶縁体
シートを積層する。後に所定の大きさに切断後、GND
電極として、積層面に対し平行な外部表面に1,9,1
0,18に示すような所定の形状、および積層面に対し
て垂直な外部表面に所定の形状となるように電極ペース
トを印刷したものを焼成した。当然ながらその後、信号
電極をゴム転写等により電極ペーストを塗布し焼付けし
た。ここで、シート工法において説明したが、印刷工法
においても製造できることはいうまでもない。
These chips were prepared by the following method.
The dielectric or insulating sheet made into a sheet by the doctor blade method or the like is shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and (b) 2-7, 11-16.
The electrode paste is printed by a screen printing method so as to have a predetermined shape as shown in, and the dielectric or insulating sheet and the dielectric or insulating sheet on which the electrode paste is printed are laminated. After cutting into a predetermined size, GND
As electrodes, 1,9,1 on the outer surface parallel to the stacking plane
The electrode paste was printed so as to have a predetermined shape as shown in FIGS. As a matter of course, after that, the signal electrode was coated with an electrode paste by rubber transfer or the like and baked. Here, the sheet construction method has been described, but it goes without saying that it can also be manufactured by the printing construction method.

【0011】図6、図7に本発明および従来のシールド
型電子部品の実装状態を示す。従来例ではトリミング面
は実装状態で上面になっている。近年の高密度実装では
LCフィルタが実装された基板上方に他の基板が配置さ
れることは必須であり、この際、上方より輻射ノイズを
受けたり、他の部品の金属ケース(シールド)と接近す
ることは避けられない。従来例ではトリミング面が上方
に配されるために、トリミングの量にもよるがセンター
周波数の変化は避けることができない。
6 and 7 show the mounting states of the present invention and the conventional shield type electronic component. In the conventional example, the trimming surface is the upper surface in the mounted state. In high-density packaging in recent years, it is essential to place another substrate above the substrate on which the LC filter is mounted. At this time, radiation noise may be received from above and the metal case (shield) of other components may approach. It is inevitable to do. In the conventional example, since the trimming surface is arranged above, a change in the center frequency cannot be avoided although it depends on the trimming amount.

【0012】これに対し図6の本発明によれば、トリミ
ング面は側面に配されているために、上記外因によるセ
ンター周波数の変化を抑えることができる。
On the other hand, according to the present invention of FIG. 6, since the trimming surface is arranged on the side surface, it is possible to suppress the change of the center frequency due to the external factor.

【0013】表1に本発明および従来例について実装上
面に0.05,0.1mmのギャップを設けて接地電極
(金属片)を配した時のセンター周波数f0の特性変化
を示す。
Table 1 shows characteristic changes of the center frequency f 0 when the ground electrode (metal piece) is arranged with a gap of 0.05 mm and 0.1 mm provided on the mounting upper surface of the present invention and the conventional example.

【0014】[0014]

【表1】 [Table 1]

【0015】通常、バンドパスフィルタに要求されるセ
ンター周波数f0の変動の許容値は±0.5%とされて
いるが、製造上の精度によりセンター周波数f0はすで
に±0.5%の範囲で変動している。すなわち、外部部
品等の影響によりこれ以上センター周波数f0が変動す
ることは、移動体通信機器セットが規格外となることが
あり問題である。
Normally, the permissible value of the fluctuation of the center frequency f 0 required for the bandpass filter is ± 0.5%, but the center frequency f 0 is already ± 0.5% due to manufacturing precision. It fluctuates in the range. That is, further fluctuation of the center frequency f 0 due to the influence of external parts or the like is a problem because the mobile communication device set may be out of the standard.

【0016】ここで、測定は図8,9に示すような回路
および装置により行った。また、測定方法は、図9に示
す測定基板21に試料22をはんだ付けして、接地した
金属片23を所定のギャップとなるように試料に近づ
け、測定機器20(HP−8720Cネットワークアナ
ライザ)により測定した。
Here, the measurement was carried out by the circuit and apparatus as shown in FIGS. In addition, the measurement method is as follows. The sample 22 is soldered to the measurement substrate 21 shown in FIG. 9, the grounded metal piece 23 is brought close to the sample so as to form a predetermined gap, and the measurement device 20 (HP-8720C network analyzer) is used. It was measured.

【0017】表1から認められるように、従来のバンド
パスフィルタは接地電極の存在により、センター周波数
の変動値Δf0/f0は変動しているが、本発明に係るバ
ンドパスフィルタは接地電極が存在しているにも関わら
ずほとんど変動していない。ここで、接地電極のギャッ
プが0.05mmになると本発明に係るバンドパスフィ
ルタも僅かではあるが−0.1(%)変動している。し
かし、通常、外部部品との距離は0.1mm程度まで考
慮すれば十分であり、実用ではギャップが0.05mm
になることがなく、そのようなギャップになったとして
も、明らかに従来例との間に顕著な差が見られる。よっ
て本発明に係る積層電子部品は、従来のものに比べて高
いシールド効果を有していることがわかる。
As can be seen from Table 1, in the conventional bandpass filter, the fluctuation value Δf 0 / f 0 of the center frequency fluctuates due to the presence of the ground electrode. However, the bandpass filter according to the present invention has the ground electrode. Although it exists, it has hardly changed. Here, when the gap of the ground electrode becomes 0.05 mm, the bandpass filter according to the present invention also fluctuates by a small amount of -0.1 (%). However, it is usually sufficient to consider the distance to external parts up to about 0.1 mm, and in practice, the gap is 0.05 mm.
Even if such a gap occurs, a remarkable difference is clearly seen from the conventional example. Therefore, it is understood that the laminated electronic component according to the present invention has a higher shielding effect than the conventional one.

【0018】[0018]

【発明の効果】以上説明したように、本発明によれば、
シールド型電子部品の積層面の最外部上下にトリミング
し得るGND電極を配し、かつ、積層面に対し垂直方向
を実装方向とし、さらに実装上面をGND電極にするこ
とにより、極めて高いシールド効果を実現することがで
きる。
As described above, according to the present invention,
By arranging GND electrodes that can be trimmed above and below the outermost surface of the laminated surface of the shield-type electronic component, with the mounting direction perpendicular to the laminated surface, and by using the GND electrode on the mounting upper surface, a very high shielding effect can be obtained. Can be realized.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief description of the drawings]

【図1】代表的なLCバンドパスフィルタの回路図FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram of a typical LC bandpass filter.

【図2】代表的なLCバンドパスフィルタの減衰量周波
数特性
FIG. 2 Attenuation amount frequency characteristic of a typical LC bandpass filter

【図3】(a)本発明に係るシールド型積層電子部品の
構造図 (b)従来のシールド型積層電子部品の構造図
FIG. 3A is a structural diagram of a shield-type laminated electronic component according to the present invention. FIG. 3B is a structural diagram of a conventional shield-type laminated electronic component.

【図4】本発明に係るシールド型積層電子部品の完成品
外形図
FIG. 4 is an outline drawing of a finished product of a shielded laminated electronic component according to the present invention.

【図5】従来のシールド型積層電子部品の完成品外形図[FIG. 5] Outline drawing of a finished product of a conventional shielded laminated electronic component

【図6】本発明に係るシールド型積層電子部品の実装状
態図
FIG. 6 is a mounting state diagram of a shielded laminated electronic component according to the present invention.

【図7】従来のシールド型積層電子部品の実装状態図FIG. 7 is a mounting state diagram of a conventional shielded laminated electronic component.

【図8】測定回路を示す図FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a measurement circuit.

【図9】測定装置を示す図FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a measuring device.

【符号の説明】[Explanation of symbols]

1,9,10,18 GND電極 2 コイル電極 3,4,5,6,7,12,13,14,15,16 コンデン
サ電極 8,17 誘電体 11 コイル電極 19 はんだ 20 測定機器 21 測定基板 22 試料 23 金属片 C1,C2,C3,C4,C5 コンデンサ L1,L2 コイル
1,9,10,18 GND electrode 2 Coil electrode 3,4,5,6,7,12,13,14,15,16 Capacitor electrode 8,17 Dielectric 11 Coil electrode 19 Solder 20 Measuring instrument 21 Measuring board 22 Sample 23 Metal piece C1, C2, C3, C4, C5 Capacitor L1, L2 Coil

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Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 【請求項1】外部表面にGND電極を配し、積層面に対
し垂直方向に実装するように信号電極を配し、かつ積層
面に対し平行な外部表面のGND電極をトリミングした
ことを特徴とするシールド型積層電子部品。
1. A GND electrode is arranged on an outer surface, a signal electrode is arranged so as to be mounted in a direction perpendicular to a laminated surface, and a GND electrode on an outer surface parallel to the laminated surface is trimmed. Shield type multi-layer electronic component.
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