Thin module system and method
US7468893B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 16, 2005 |
| Grant date | Dec 23, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05K2203/1572
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Modules with larger areas for device mounting but minimized profiles are provided. In preferred embodiments, modules that employ one or more flex circuits have sculpted supportive substrates to selectively accommodate larger or taller profile devices. In several preferred embodiments, higher profile circuits such as AMBs, for example, are disposed in what are, in a preferred embodiment, windows, pockets, or cutaway areas in the substrate. In other preferred embodiments, both the substrate and the flexible circuitry have openings into which a device of greater profile such as, for example, an AMB or a logic device with or without a resident heat sink are provided with a volume to occupy without adding the full profile of the taller device to the profile of the module itself.
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