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Electronic control unit having drive element and control processing element

US6341066B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 29, 2000
Grant dateJan 22, 2002
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/181
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an electronic control unit, a drive element liable to generate heat and a control processing element liable to be affected by heat are respectively mounted on a drive circuit board and a control circuit board different from each other, and the two boards are connected to each other by a flexible printed circuit board. The bonding portion of the flexible printed circuit board to the control circuit board is a back side portion of a connector mounted on the control circuit board at the same side as the control processing element. Therefore, heat generated by the drive element is suppressed from being transferred to the control processing element without causing layout hindrances.

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