An embodiment comprises a lens driving part including a lens, a connection substrate connected to the lens driving part, and a connector part connected to the connection substrate. The connector part comprises a substrate including, on the upper surface thereof, a cavity and a ground layer, a noise shield part located within the cavity of the substrate and contacting the ground layer, and a reinforcement member located on the noise shield part. The reinforcement member is located in the cavity of the substrate and on the upper surface of the substrate. In a top view, the length of one side of the noise shield part is less than the length of one side of the cavity of the substrate.

A printed circuit board includes a rigid region and a flexible region; a first substrate disposed on the rigid region and the flexible region and comprising a first insulating layer and a first wiring layer comprising a first groove in the flexible region; and a second substrate disposed on the first substrate in the rigid region and comprising a first adhesive layer, a second insulating layer and a second wiring layer.

A semiconductor device, including a first board, a second board having a plurality of through holes passing therethrough, and a plurality of external terminals that are respectively press-fitted into the plurality of through holes of the second board, one end portion of each external terminal passing through the corresponding through hole and being fixed to a front surface of the first board. The second board is a printed circuit board that further includes, in a top view thereof, a plurality of support regions, each having one of the plurality of through holes formed therein, and a plurality of buffer regions respectively surrounding the plurality of support regions, each buffer region having at least one buffer hole and at least one torsion portion formed therein, the at least one torsion portion being connected to the support region surrounded by each buffer region.

A flexible substrate is provided. The flexible substrate includes: a flexible layer, wherein the flexible layer has a plurality of notches which have a first maximum width along a stretching direction in a stretched state of the flexible layer and have a second maximum width along the stretch direction in an unstretched state of the flexible layer, and wherein the first maximum width is greater than the second maximum width. A flexible display apparatus including the above flexible substrate and a method for producing the flexible substrate are also provided.

A component carrier, wherein the component carrier includes: i) a layer stack with at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure, ii) a bendable portion which forms at least a part of the layer stack, and iii) a metal layer which forms at least a part of the bendable portion. Hereby, the metal layer extends over at least 75% of the area of the bendable portion.

An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise: a first housing; a hinge part having a first surface connected to the first housing; a second housing connected to a second surface of the hinge part opposite to the first surface; and a wiring member for electrically connecting the first housing and the second housing. The wiring member may be folded or unfolded on the basis of the hinge part, and a slit may be formed to correspond to at least a portion of the folded or unfolded bending area. In addition, other embodiments are possible.

A curved electronic device (10c) can be formed by a stack with a curved substrate (13) comprising a thermoplastic material (Ms), and at least one electronic component (14) connected to an electronic circuit (15) disposed on the substrate (13). A component area (11) of the substrate surface (11.12) around the electronic component (14) comprises a first material (M1) providing relatively low absorption (A1) to light (L) and a surrounding area (12) of the substrate (13) outside the component area (11), comprises a second material (M2) providing relatively high absorption (A2) of the light (L). E.g. as a result of differential heating and thermoforming a first thickness (T1) of the substrate (13) in the component area (11) may be relatively high compared to a second thickness (T2) of the substrate (13) in the surrounding area (12).

A printed circuit board includes a rigid part including a central insulating layer for insulation, inner copper foil layers including a first conductive circuit portion, outer insulating layers for insulation, and outer copper foil layers including a second conductive circuit portion, wherein ones of the inner copper foil layers, the outer insulating layers, and the outer copper foil layers are symmetrically positioned on opposite sides of the central insulating layer and are sequentially laminated, and a flexible part formed by selectively removing a portion of the rigid part up to one side of the central insulating layer.

A flexible electronics assembly includes a single-piece substrate having two regions of rigidity separated by a localized region of flexibility. The localized region of flexibility has a lower rigidity than the two regions of rigidity. The two regions of rigidity are angularly deflectable from a planar configuration of the single-piece substrate to a non-planar configuration of the single-piece substrate by hinging action of the localized region of flexibility. At least one electronic component is mounted on at least one of the two regions of rigidity.

A flexible electronic device (SED) that can conform to a three-dimensional structure, and methods for manufacturing the SED, are disclosed herein. The SED comprises a flexible substrate which is modified in accordance with a folding pattern. The flexible substrate can be folded or unfolded along crease lines of the folding pattern, and the largest deformations of the substrate are localized at the crease lines. Various functional components of the SED are positioned on rigid regions of the substrate defined by the folding pattern. Such that the various functional components are protected from large deformations due to a folding or unfolding process, ensuring good performance of the functional components.