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Control unit having a sacrificial structure

US10206275B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Jan Keller · Lappersdorf, DE
Thomas Riepl · Bad Abbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 11, 2012
Grant date	Feb 12, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 20, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05K2203/178
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A control unit has a substrate with an electrically conductive structure, an integrated circuit device, which is installed on the substrate in an electrically conductive manner, and a sacrificial structure on the substrate. The sacrificial structure is configured to be irreversibly destroyed if the integrated circuit device is removed from the substrate. The electrically conductive structure has at least one conducting track applied to the substrate. The sacrificial structure is formed by a segment of the conducting track. An electrically insulating connecting layer that connects the integrated circuit device, the substrate, and the segment of the conducting track is formed. The sacrificial structure can be destroyed by the connecting layer when the integrated circuit device is removed.

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