Flex cables with increased three-dimensional conformity and design flexibility
US6224395A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 28, 1997 |
| Grant date | May 1, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 28, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05K2201/09236
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A flex cable is slit between conductor traces to provide conformable strips, at least one of which can be flipped to expose one of the conductor traces to the other side of the cable. This increases the design flexibility of the flex cable because the conductor traces can be exposed on both sides of the cable without laser ablation or etch operations to remove the substrate. Also, because the flex cable is slit along its length, it is more able to conform to different connector locations, thereby obviating the need for designing a different flex cable to accommodate changes in mating hardware.
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