The present disclosure relates generally to providing a flexible patch and system for communicating through hard plastic masks such as CPAP/BiPAP® masks. Using electronic circuitry and novel designs, the present systems and methods can detect speech vibrations and output audible speech from hard plastic mask wearers. For example, in certain embodiments, the present systems and methods can recognize speech through a CPAP/BiPAP® mask, filter out non-human voice related noise, and output the resulting speech of the mask wearer.

An elastic mounting board that includes: a first elastic substrate; an elastic wiring on a first main surface of the first elastic substrate; an electrode electrically connected to the elastic wiring; and a functional component mounted in a mounting portion of the first elastic substrate and electrically connected to the elastic wiring, in which the mounting portion having the functional component is folded back such that the functional component will face a first main surface side of the elastic mounting board and the electrode will face a second main surface side of the elastic mounting board.

A display panel including a substrate, multiple display pixels, an encapsulation structure, and an auxiliary layer is provided. The substrate includes a display region, a bendable region, and a buffer region positioned therebetween. The display pixels are disposed in the display region. The encapsulation structure is overlapped with the display region and covers the display pixels. The auxiliary layer is overlapped with the bendable region and has a top surface. A first height is included between a top surface of the auxiliary layer and a surface of the substrate. The auxiliary layer and the encapsulation structure define a recess overlapped with the buffer region. A second height is included between a bottom surface of the recess positioned in the buffer region and the surface of the substrate. A difference between the first height and the second height is greater than 0 μm and less than or equal to 4 μm.

An electronic component module includes a first module including a sealing portion disposed on a first surface of a first board and a shielding layer disposed on a surface of the sealing portion, a second module spaced apart from the first module, a connection board having greater flexibility than the first board and connecting the first module to the second module, and a first ground line electrically connected to a ground layer of the first board and disposed on a surface of the connection board, and at least a portion of the shielding layer is electrically connected to the ground layer of the first board.

A multilayer resin substrate includes resin layers that are laminated, a first copper foil on the resin layers and including first and second main surfaces having first and second surface roughnesses, respectively, and a second copper foil on the resin layers and including third and fourth main surfaces having third and fourth surface roughnesses, respectively. A distance between the first main surface and the second copper foil is shorter than a distance between the second main surface and the second copper foil. When the first, second, third, and fourth surface roughnesses are denoted as SR1, SR2, SR3, and SR4 respectively, a relationship SR1<SR3≤SR4<SR2 is satisfied.

The present invention discloses a method for manufacturing a multi-layer flexible circuit board, comprising the steps of: (1) manufacturing a double-sided FPC flexible board; (2) manufacturing a novel material layer structure; (3) hot pressing at least one group of upeer novel material layer structures on the circuits on the upper and/or lower surfaces of the double-sided FPC flexible board; forming a protective layer on the circuits of an outermost novel material layer structure and/or on exposed circuits of the double-sided FPC flexible board so as to obtain a multi-layer flexible circuit board. The present invention also discloses a multi-layer flexible circuit board manufactured by performing the above-mentioned method. The manufacturing process of the present invention is simplified, convenient and efficient; the multi-layer flexible circuit board not only greatly simplifies the novel material layer structure and reduces the overall thickness, but also has the function of high-speed transmission of high-frequency signals, especially suitable for new 5G technology products. It can protect and resist the migration of copper ions when it is energized between circuits so as to ensure the safety and normal operation of circuits.

Provided is a terminal-equipped flexible circuit board provided with a flexible circuit board that is flexible and a plurality of terminals. The flexible circuit board extends in a longitudinal direction, the flexible circuit board includes a plurality of conductive paths, the plurality of terminals each include a conductive path connection portion that is connected to a conductive path and a terminal connection portion that extends in an extending direction from the conductive path connection portion and is connected to a partner terminal, the plurality of terminals are arranged on the flexible circuit board in a state in which the longitudinal direction of the flexible circuit board intersects the extending direction of the plurality of terminals, and the plurality of terminals are arranged in a plurality of levels in a state in which the flexible circuit board is folded.

A printed circuit board and/or an electronic device including the same are provided. The printed circuit board and/or an electronic device includes at least one insulation layer including a first rigid region and a flexible region extending from the first rigid region, at least one first circuit pattern disposed on one surface of the at least one insulation layer to at least partially transverse the flexible region from the first rigid region, and at least one conductive pad formed at least partially on a surface of the first circuit pattern in the first rigid region, wherein the flexible region may be configured to flexibly deform more than the first rigid region.

A flexible circuit (FC) and a method of forming the FC each include providing a first dielectric layer, applying a plurality of conductive circuit traces that are substantially parallel to each other to the first dielectric layer, providing a second dielectric layer atop the first dielectric layer and the plurality of conductive circuit traces to form a third dielectric layer having the plurality of conductive traces disposed therein and being configured to support and insulate the plurality of conductive traces, and forming a plurality of channels extending at least partially through a thickness of the third dielectric layer, wherein the plurality of channels are arranged between the plurality of conductive circuit traces and substantially parallel thereto and are configured to provide increased flexibility of the FC.

A circuit board assembly is provided and includes a first circuit board, a second circuit board and a first connecting module. The first connecting module includes a first connecting wire, a first connector and a second connector. The first circuit board includes a first processor, and the second circuit board includes a second processor. One end of the first connector is connected to one end of the first connecting wire, and the other end of the first connector is connected to the first circuit board. One end of the second connector is connected to the other end of the first connecting wire, and the other end of the second connector is connected to the second circuit board. The first connector is adjacent to the first processor, and the second connector is adjacent to the second processor.