An intermediate connection layer interposed between a wiring substrate and an electronic part includes a rigid substrate and a flexible substrate. A plurality of conductor portions are formed on opposed principal surfaces of the respective flexible and rigid substrates. The rigid substrate is provided with an opening, and a fuse portion on the flexible substrate faces the opening. The flexible substrate and the rigid substrate are bonded together with solders. The respective rigid and flexible substrates are separately made, solder pastes are applied to the rigid substrate, both substrates are overlaid on each other, and the solder pastes are heated and solidified to make the intermediate connection layer.

Buffer structures are provided that can be used to reduce a strain in a conformable electronic system that includes compliant components in electrical communication with more rigid device components. The buffer structures are disposed on, or at least partially embedded in, the conformable electronic system such that the buffer structures overlap with at least a portion of a junction region between a compliant component and a more rigid device component. The buffer structure can have a higher value of Young's modulus than an encapsulant of the conformable electronic system.

A circuit board and an electronic package using the same are provided. The circuit board includes a rigid board body, at least one bendable extension portion, connecting members, and shielding members. The rigid board body includes conductive layers and dielectric layers therebetween. The extension portion is connected to a side of the rigid board body and formed by layers of the conductive layers and at least one layer of the dielectric layers extending outside the rigid board body. The connecting members are arranged on a connecting end of the extension portion and electrically connected to a signal layer of the conductive layers. The shielding members are arranged around the corresponding connecting members and electrically connected to a ground layer of the conductive layers. The connecting members and the shielding members protrude from the connecting end. A height of the shielding members is lower than a height of the connecting members.

A photosensitive assembly includes a circuit board and a photosensitive chip, as well as a molded base. The molded base is integrally formed on the circuit board and the photosensitive chip, and forms a light window for providing a light path for the photosensitive chip. For a portion of the molded base corresponding to a first end side of the molded base adjacent to a flexible region, a distance between outer and inner edges thereof is a; for a portion of the molded base corresponding to an opposite second end side of the molded base away from the flexible region, a distance between outer and inner edges thereof is c, wherein 0.2 mm≤a≤1 mm, and 0.2 mm≤c≤1.5a. The dimensions a and c enable a corresponding forming groove in a molding process to be filled with molding material.

An electronic device and associated methods are disclosed. In one example, the electronic device includes a first rigid substrate, a second rigid substrate, a flexible substrate comprising a first portion attached to the first rigid substrate, a second portion attached to the second rigid substrate, a middle portion connecting the first portion to the second portion, wherein the middle portion is bent, and metallic traces therethrough, and a component forming a direct interface with the middle portion of the flexible substrate, the component electrically coupled to the metallic traces. In selected examples, the device further includes a casing.

A component carrier with a stack including a first core layer structure and a second core layer structure, and a recess extending completely through the first core layer structure and extending at least partially into the second core layer structure. Each core layer structure has at least one electrically conductive layer structure and at least one electrically insulating layer structure. The core layer structures are stacked with one on top of the other in a stacking direction.

The present invention relates to a substrate unit and a substrate assembly, and a camera module using the same. The present invention may comprise: a first substrate part having rigidity; a second substrate part stacked on one surface of the first substrate part and having flexibility; a third substrate part extending outwardly from the second substrate part and having flexibility; and a reinforcing part which is disposed at a portion where the edge portions of the first substrate part and the third substrate part meet, the reinforcing part having a recessed portion which is formed by recessing the first substrate part inwardly so as to inhibit interference between the first substrate part and the third substrate part. The present invention is capable of resolving the interference between a rigid PCB and a flexible PCB and the tearing thereof by providing a reinforcing part in a connection portion of the rigid PCB and the flexible PCB.

The present invention relates to a light source support of an automotive vehicle. The light source support comprises: a first non-flexible part adapted to be mounted with a plurality of first electronic components; and a second non-flexible part adapted to be mounted with a plurality of second electronic components. The light source support further comprises a flexible arm adapted to join the first non-flexible part and the second non-flexible part to form the light source support, which is twistable and rotatable. The first non-flexible part and the second non-flexible part are joined in a non-axial manner by the flexible arm such that a longitudinal axis of the first non-flexible part is not parallel to a longitudinal axis of the second non-flexible part when the first non-flexible part is joined with the second non-flexible part.

Disclosed is a printed circuit board (PCB) design for a multi-flex PCB system aimed at wearable devices that is capable of meeting requirements such as ultra-thin thickness profile of the board (thereby allowing 360 degree of bendability) and less manufacturing cost, as desired by consumer electronics, such as wearable motion controlled mobile gaming devices. The PCB design suggests two thickness levels for the multi-flex PCB system. The thicker parts are four-layer sections with 20 mils thickness and thinner parts are two-layer sections with 7-8 mils thickness. The ground and supply planes are only solid on the four-layer sections. Since the two-layer segments including signal paths are completely bendable, the entire rectangular board can bend as a cycle. This two thickness-level structure can be easily modified to three thickness-level structure with the third three-layer sections with 12-13 mils thickness. The three thickness-level structure is to accommodate more complicated electronics circuit design.

A method of fabricating a printed circuit assembly includes providing a flexible-hybrid circuit having a base and at least one side panel. The at least one side panel is hingedly connected to the base. The method further includes disposing a support structure on the flexible-hybrid circuit. The support structure includes a base, which is disposed on the base of the flexible-hybrid circuit, and at least one side that corresponds to the at least one side panel of the flexible-hybrid circuit. The method further includes folding the at least one side panel of the flexible-hybrid circuit so that the at least one side panel is disposed co-planar with the at least one side of the support structure to create a printed circuit assembly.