A communication system includes a circuit board assembly including a mating circuit board having a mating edge and a plurality of mating pads at the mating edge, the circuit board assembly having an electrical component electrically coupled to the mating circuit board. The communication system includes a cable receptacle connector removably coupled to the mating edge of the mating circuit board. The cable receptacle connector includes a connector housing having a connector cavity and a card slot. A cable extends from the connector housing. The cable receptacle connector includes signal contacts each having a mating end mated with the corresponding mating pads and a terminating end electrically connected to a cable conductor of the cable.

A first and second substrate, and electrically conductive first and second connection parts are provided in a method for establishing an electrically conductive connection between two substrates. The first connection part is mounted on the first substrate by a first releasable connection and the second connection part is respectively mounted on the second substrate by a releasable connection. An electrically conductive connection assembly containing the first connection part and the second connection part is established by either a cohesive connection between a connection portion of the first connection part and a connection portion of the second connection part or an electrically conductive crossmember provided and a cohesive connection of a first length portion of the crossmember to the connection portion of the first connection part and a second cohesive connection of a second length portion of the crossmember to the connection portion of the second connection part being established.

3D electrical integration is provided by connecting several component carriers to a single substrate using contacts at the edges of the component carriers making contact to a 2D contact array (e.g., a ball grid array or the like) on the substrate. The resulting integration of components on the component carriers is 3D, thereby providing much higher integration density than in 2D approaches.

A sensor unit for vehicles for detecting at least the moisture and/or the temperature on the inside of a vehicle window by a sensor is disclosed. The sensor unit is mounted adjacent to the inside of the vehicle window, the sensor unit comprises a housing within which it is partially enclosed, the housing has at least one opening in the direction of the vehicle window through which the sensor unit is pressed against the vehicle window. The sensor unit has a printed circuit board (PCB) that is pressed against the inside of the vehicle window when the sensor unit is in the mounted state, and is arranged between the sensor and the vehicle window. The PCB is a rigid-flexible PCB comprising a bend at least in a partial region, the bend of the rigid-flexible PCB being set up in such a way as to generate an elastic restoring force, which presses the rigid-flexible PCB against the vehicle window. The rigid-flexible PCB has at least one recess for receiving a fixing means and these together are designed to hold the rigid-flexible PCB in a specific shape.

A dielectric substrate has a first surface including a first terminal connector and a second terminal connector located along a first side surface. A recess is between the first terminal connector and the second terminal connector. The recess has a first inner surface continuous with the first terminal connector, a second inner surface continuous with the second terminal connector, and a bottom surface between the first inner surface and the second inner surface. The first terminal connector has first wettability with a bond on its surface, and a first region has second wettability with the bond on its surface lower than the first wettability.

Disclosed embodiments include folded, top-to-bottom interconnects that couple a die side of an integrated-circuit package substrate, to a board as a complement to a ball-grid array for a flip-chip-mounted integrated-circuit die on the die side. The folded, top-to-bottom interconnect is in a molded frame that forms a perimeter around an infield to receive at least one flip-chip IC die. Power, ground and I/O interconnections shunt around the package substrate, and such shunting includes voltage regulation that need not be routed through the package substrate.

An optical communication module substrate includes a wiring board and an opto-electronic hybrid substrate, the wiring board and the opto-electronic hybrid substrate being connected to each other, in which a connection terminal of the wiring board and a connection terminal of the opto-electronic hybrid substrate are electrical connection points, and a frame-shaped removal portion is formed by removing a portion of the metal reinforcing layer of the opto-electronic hybrid substrate that faces the connection terminal with the insulating layer interposed between the metal reinforcing layer and the connection terminal, so as to surround each terminal. According to this configuration, the connection strength at the connection point between the wiring board and the opto-electronic hybrid substrate is sufficiently ensured, and the optical communication module substrate has excellent electrical properties that are compatible with high-speed signal transmission.

The invention has for object an electrical assembly comprising: a first electrical connection bar, a second electrical connection bar, and an electronic card,
the first and the second electrical connection bar being in electrical contact with one another, on a connection zone, said card being at a distance from said connection zone. The assembly further comprises an electrical conduction part that creates an electrical connection between said connection zone and the electronic card.

A flexible circuit film includes the following elements: a base film; a first power input terminal, a second power input terminal, a first power output terminal, and a second power output terminal each disposed on the base film; an integrated circuit chip disposed between the first power input terminal and the first power output terminal and overlapping the base film; first power wiring disposed on the base film, connecting the first power input terminal to the first power output terminal, and including a first connection part; and second power wiring disposed on the base film, connecting the second power input terminal to the second power output terminal, and including a second connection part. The first connection part and the second connection part are disposed between the base film and the integrated circuit chip, overlap the integrated circuit chip, and are spaced from each other.

A substrate includes a first connector fittable to a connector of a host device. The first connector includes a plurality of connector terminals arranged in a first direction and a substrate portion including a surface S1 provided with the plurality of connector terminals and extending in the first direction. The substrate portion includes a surface S3 perpendicular to the surface S1, a first protrusion provided on the surface S3 and protruding in the first direction, a surface S4 located on an opposite side of the surface S3, and a second protrusion provided on the surface S4 and protruding in a direction opposite to the first direction.