PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME

• US 20180035551A1
• Filed: 02/09/2017
• Published: 02/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Woo, Jung-hyun
• Application Number:
  US15/428,292
• Publication Number:
  US 20180035551A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 43/004 with a radial cut in order to improve elasticity of the washer F16B43/005 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 5/065 the plates being one on top of the other and distanced from each other, e.g. by using protrusions to keep contact and distance
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 5/04 Supports for storage elements , e.g. memory modules; Mounting or fixing of storage elements on such supports
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/117 Pads along the edge of rigid circuit boards, e.g. for pluggable connectors
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/09063 Holes or slots in insulating substrate not used for electrical connections
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10159 Memory
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10265 Metallic coils or springs, e.g. as part of a connection element
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10409 Screws
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0008 assembled by screws
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/006 characterized by features for holding the PCB within the housing
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/142 Spacers not being card guides

Abstract

A semiconductor memory device including a case including an upper case, a lower case, support structures extending from the lower case to the upper case, a printed circuit board (PCB) in the case and supported by the support structures, a leaf spring on a lower surface of the PCB, the leaf spring seated on support surfaces of the support structures, and a solder layer between the PCB and the leaf spring, the solder layer coupling the PCB with the leaf spring may be provided.

Claims

1. A printed circuit board (PCB) comprising:

a body;

at least one leaf spring coupled to the body, and

a solder layer between the body and the at least one leaf spring, the solder layer coupling the at least one leaf spring with the body.

2. The PCB of claim 1, wherein the at least one leaf spring comprises:

a support plate facing one surface of the body; and

a pad connected to the support plate, the pad along a periphery of the support plate, the pad having the solder layer thereon.

3. The PCB of claim 2, wherein the at least one leaf spring further comprises a hinge connecting the support plate to the pad, the hinge extending from at least a part of an edge of the support plate.

4. The PCB of claim 2, wherein

the body comprises a pin hole vertically penetrating therethrough;

and

the support plate of the at least one leaf spring include a through hole vertically penetrating therethrough, the through hole communicatively connected to the pin hole.

5. The PCB of claim 1, wherein the at least one leaf spring comprises:

a first plate having the solder layer thereon; and

a second plate connected to the first plate, the second plate protruding along a periphery of the body, the second plate having a groove at one side thereof.

8. The PCB of claim 1, wherein the at least one leaf spring comprises a plastic material.

9. The PCB of claim 8, wherein the at least one leaf spring further comprises a first metal layer on the pad, the first metal layer contacting the solder layer.

10. The PCB of claim 8, wherein the at least one leaf spring further comprises a second metal layer vertically penetrating therethrough.

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11. A semiconductor memory device comprising:

a case;

a printed circuit board (PCB) in the case;

at least one leaf spring coupled onto a lower surface of the PCB; and

a solder layer between the PCB and the at least one leaf spring, the solder layer coupling the PCB with the at least one leaf spring.

12. The semiconductor memory device of claim 11, wherein

the case comprises support structures supporting the PCB,

the at least one leaf spring is between the PCB and the support structures, and

the PCB and the support structures are spaced apart from each other by the at least one leaf spring interposed therebetween.

18. The semiconductor memory device of claim 11, wherein the at least one leaf spring comprises:

a first plate having the solder layer thereon; and

a second plate connected to the first plate, the second plate protruding in a peripheral direction of the PCB, the second plate coupled to the case.

22. The semiconductor memory device of claim 11, wherein the at least one leaf spring comprises a plastic material.

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31. A semiconductor memory device comprising:

a case including a supporting structure, the supporting structure extending from one surface of the case;

a printed circuit board (PCB) in the case, the PCB including a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface of the PCB having a semiconductor device thereon, the bottom surface of the PCB facing and supported by the support structure;

a leaf spring between the bottom surface of the PCB and the support structure, the leaf spring having a first portion vertically overlapping the support structure and a second portion not vertically overlapping the support structure; and

a solder layer between the PCB and the second portion of the leaf spring, the solder layer coupling the PCB with the leaf spring.

32. The semiconductor memory device of claim 31, wherein the leaf spring is bent such that the second portion of the leaf spring is placed at a lower level than the first portion of the leaf spring.

33. The semiconductor memory device of claim 31, wherein

the leaf spring comprises a through hole or groove vertically penetrating the first portion therethrough;

the PCB is coupled to the second portion of the leaf spring using the solder layer, and

the first portion of the leaf spring is coupled with the support structure using a fastener passing through both the through hole and accommodated in a cavity defined in the support structure.

34. The semiconductor memory device of claim 31, wherein the support structure comprises at least one of a protruded upper portion or a cavity defined therein.

35. The semiconductor memory device of claim 34, wherein

the PCB comprises a pin hole vertically penetrating therethrough,

the leaf spring comprises a through hole vertically penetrating therethrough, and

the PCB is coupled to the support structure by one of the protruded upper portion passing through the pin hole and the through hole or a fastener passing through both the pin hole and the through hole and accommodated in the cavity.

36. The semiconductor memory device of claim 31, wherein leaf spring further comprises a first metal layer on the second portion, the first metal layer contacting the solder layer.

37. The semiconductor memory device of claim 31, wherein the leaf spring further comprises a second metal layer embedded in the first portion in a vertically penetrating manner such that the second metal layer contacts the bottom surface of the PCB and a leaf spring support surface of the support structure.

38. The semiconductor memory device of claim 31, wherein the leaf spring further comprises a dummy mass, the dummy mass arranged opposite to the solder layer with respect to the second portion, the dummy mass being at a region where at least a part of the dummy mass overlaps with the PCB in a vertical direction.