A printed circuit board and a method for the production thereof. The printed circuit board can include a shaped part made of an electrically conducting material and can be used to manage the currents and heat volumes that occur in the field of power electronics.

Aspects of the embodiments include an edge card and methods of making the same. The edge card can include a printed circuit board (PCB) comprising a first end and a second end, the first end comprising a plurality of metal contact fingers configured to interface with an edge connector, and the second end comprising a through-hole configured to mate with a post of a screw, the PCB further comprising an aperture proximate the second end of the PCB. The PCB can also include a thermal conduction element secured to the PCB, the thermal conduction element supporting an integrated circuit package, the integrated circuit package received by the aperture, wherein the thermal conduction element contacts the PCB proximate the through-hole and the thermal conduction element is configured to conduct heat from the integrated circuit towards the second portion of the printed circuit board.

A method for manufacturing a circuit, in particular of a hearing aid, in which method a printed circuit board is made available with a first region and with a second region which are separated by means of a boundary. A component is mounted on the printed circuit board, wherein the component is positioned on the boundary. The first region is covered by means of a mask which has an edge, wherein the edge is positioned on the component, and the printed circuit board is provided with a coating. The coating is cut away in the region of the component and the mask is removed.

The present disclosure discloses an inductor structure mounted on a PCB board and a voltage regulator module having the same. The inductor structure includes an inductor core and an inductor winding. The PCB board is provided with at least one hollow part, and the inductor structure further comprises a plurality of copper strips used as the inductor windings of the inductor structure. The copper strips are spaced apart in the hollow part so as to form a plurality of through holes, and the leg of the inductor core is correspondingly inserted into the through hole at the corresponding position of the hollow part.

A disk having at least one electric connecting element is described. The disk has a substrate, and electrically conductive structure on a region of the substrate, a connecting element containing at least chromium-containing steel, and a layer of a soldering compound that electrically connects the connecting element to sub-regions of the electrically conductive structure.

A method for printing electrically conductive traces on a non-conductive material includes: printing a conductive material onto a non-conductive material by transferring ultrasonic energy to the conductive material; forming non-conductive resin on the non-conductive material on which the conductive material has been printed, using a three-dimensional printer head, the non-conductive resin being (or serving as) an insulation component, or placing a prepreg on the non-conductive material on which the conductive material has been printed; and forming a connecting portion or via hole in the non-conductive resin or the prepreg.

An inductor component 1a includes a resin layer 3 and an inductor electrode 6. The inductor electrode 6 includes metal pins 7a to 7d that extend in the resin layer 3 with upper end surfaces thereof exposed from the upper surface 3a of the resin layer 3, and upper wiring plates 8a and 8b that are disposed on the upper surface 3a of the resin layer 3 and that connect upper end surfaces of the short metal pins 7a and 7c and upper end surfaces of the long metal pins 7b and 7d to each other. In this case, the inductor electrode 6 is formed of the metal pins 7a to 7d and wiring plates 8a to 8c that each have a specific electrical resistance lower than that of a conductive paste and plating, and the resistance of the entire inductor electrode 6 can be decreased.

A sensor device may detect pressure. The sensor device may comprise: an elastic dielectric; a first wiring formed on one surface of the elastic dielectric; a second wiring formed on another surface of the elastic dielectric facing the surface on which the first wiring is formed; and a flexible printed circuit board, which is connected to the first wiring and the second wiring, for receiving signals transferred from the first wiring and the second wiring.

In one example, a modified electrical device includes a body and at least one connector on the body to make power and control connections with an active cover plate. In some embodiments, a wall plate system may include a modified electrical device or receptacle and/or an active cover plate.

A conductor connection structure for a plurality of plate-like routing members includes the plurality of plate-like routing members, a plurality of terminal members, and a circuit board. Each of the plurality of plate-like routing members has a conductor exposed part in which a strip flat conductor is exposed, at a part of an insulating coating member coating an outer circumferential surface of the strip flat conductor. Each of the plurality of terminal members has a board connecting part connected to the conductor exposed part so as to be conducted to the strip flat conductor. The circuit board includes a plurality of circuit conductors, and terminal connecting parts on the plurality of circuit conductors are respectively electrically connected to the board connecting parts.