A modularly expandable electronic control unit comprises: an electronic circuit board on which a conductor track is disposed on a side in a region of lateral edges and enclosing an inner region and separating it from an outer region of the side, a housing having two halves for receiving the electronic circuit board. With the housing assembled, at least one housing half has an encircling electrically conductive shielding wall which rests on and establishes electrical contact with the conductor track and/or has at least one receptacle accessible from outside the assembled housing. The receptacle is disposed so the electronic module placed in the receptacle may be electrically connected to a module connection port disposed in the outer region of the electronic circuit board. The electronic circuit board has electrical connections between the module connection port and one or more electronic assemblies disposed on the inner region.

In some embodiments, an apparatus can include a printed circuit board (PCB) that has layers and includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion can have a data port and a power port. A first layer is associated with data of the first portion of the PCB, and a second layer is associated with power of the first portion of the PCB. The second portion can have a data port and a power port. A third layer is associated with data of the second portion, and a fourth layer is associated with power of the second portion. The first portion or the second portion can have vias defining an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield. The apparatus can include a power filter and a data filter that can, respectively, isolate power and data of the first portion from the second portion.

Provided are a circuit board component and a terminal. The circuit board component includes: a circuit board and a wire disposed on the circuit board, where the wire includes a first portion and a second portion, a line width of the first portion is greater than or equal to a line width threshold, and a line width of the second portion is less than the line width threshold.

A high-speed circuit includes a printed circuit board, a ground plane layer, a pair of first and second differential traces, and a cascading common mode filter. The printed circuit board has a first surface and an opposite second surface. The ground plane layer has a first surface in contact with the second surface of the printed circuit board. The pair of first and second differential traces are on the first surface of the printed circuit board. The first and second differential traces carry an electrical signal. The cascading common mode filter includes an outer and an inner common mode filter. The outer common mode filter includes a U-shaped void section on the first surface of the ground plane layer. The inner common mode filter includes an H-shaped void section on the first surface of the ground plane layer. The H-shaped void section is located proximate to the U-shaped void section.

The present disclosure relates to a radar apparatus including a circuit board provided inside a housing having an upper side open, and on which an RF element is mounted on an upper surface, and a cavity having an open lower side and coupled to the upper surface of the circuit board for accommodating the RF element, wherein the cavity includes a coupling portion extending downwardly in a region of a surface coupled to the circuit board, and the coupling portion is inserted into a coupling hole formed in the circuit board to contact a ground plane of the circuit board.

A high-speed circuit includes a printed circuit board, a ground plane layer, a pair of first and second differential traces, and a cascading common mode filter. The printed circuit board has a first surface and an opposite second surface. The ground plane layer has a first surface in contact with the second surface of the printed circuit board. The pair of first and second differential traces are on the first surface of the printed circuit board. The first and second differential traces carry an electrical signal. The cascading common mode filter includes an outer and an inner common mode filter. The outer common mode filter includes a U-shaped void section on the first surface of the ground plane layer. The inner common mode filter includes an H-shaped void section on the first surface of the ground plane layer. The H-shaped void section is located proximate to the U-shaped void section.

According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of board level shields. In an exemplary embodiment, a board level shield generally includes a cover (or lid) and a fence (or frame or base). The cover is attachable to the fence in a plurality of different positions.

A lens module mounted on rigid-flex printed circuit board (PCB) includes a rigid-flex PCB unit having two rigid PCBs and a flex PCB connected to between the two rigid PCBs, and an image sensor and a lens mounted on the flex PCB. A clearance is formed between the lens and the two rigid PCBs, and is filled with clearance glue. The clearance glue reinforces joints of the flex PCB and the two rigid PCBs, and the lens module becomes an integral structure after the clearance glue is cured.

A radio-frequency module includes a mounting substrate, a first filter, a second filter, a shield layer, and a conductor. The mounting substrate has a first main surface and a second main surface on opposite sides. The shield layer is disposed on an outer surface of a resin layer with which the first filter and the second filter are covered. The radio-frequency module is capable of performing simultaneous transmission by using both the first filter and the second filter. The conductor is disposed on the first main surface of the mounting substrate and is in contact with the transmitting filter and the mounting substrate. The conductor is in contact with the shield layer on a side other than a side closer to the second filter than to the first filter.

An electronic device having at least one circuit board. The circuit board has a predetermined pattern of solder bumps facilitating a ground connection with a first enclosure member and/or a second enclosure member. The at least one circuit board is sandwiched between the first and second enclosure members, each of the first and second enclosure members has a surface facing the circuit board and the surface facing the circuit board has a bead extending therefrom contacting the predetermined pattern of solder bumps to complete the ground connection.