Electromagnetic shielding screen and circuit support having such a screen

• US 6,169,666 B1
• Filed: 05/26/1998
• Issued: 01/02/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: US Philips Corporation (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: US Philips Corporation (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Venant, Sylvain
• Primary Examiner(s): Gandhi, Jayprakash N.
• Application Number:
  US09/085,084
• Time in Patent Office: 952 Days
• Field of Search: 361/800, 361/816, 361/818, 174/35.R, 174/35.GC, 206/719, 268/205.2, 268/205.3, 224/901.2, 224/901.6
• US Class Current: 361/816
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 9/0032 having multiple parts, e.g. frames mating with lids

Abstract

A shielding screen for a printed circuit board that supports an electronic circuit has a frame and at least one cover for covering the frame. The frame and the at least one cover, when adhesively fastened to each other, form a subassembly that, when attached to the printed circuit board, electromagnetically shields the electronic circuit. For adhesively fastening the at least one cover to the frame, a conductive adhesive substance is applied to opposite surfaces of the frame and the at least one cover.

Claims

1. An electromagnetic shielding screen for a printed circuit board supporting an electronic circuit, said shielding screen comprising:

a frame and at least one cover for covering the frame,

the frame and the at least one cover at least partly being made of an electrically conductive material and forming a sub-assembly for attachment to the printed circuit board so as to electromagnetically shield the electronic circuit, a shape of the at least one cover corresponding to a shape of the frame, and the frame and the at least one cover having opposite surfaces for fastening the at least one cover to the frame by adhesion with a conductive adhesive substance applied to said surfaces, the conductive adhesive substance being a substance which remains adhesive after the at least one cover is detached from and re-attached to the frame a plurality of times.

2. A shielding screen as claimed in claim 1, in which the frame marks off compartments, at least one of the compartments being covered by a cover whose shape corresponds to a shape of a compartment that is associated with the cover.

3. A shielding screen as claimed in claim 2, wherein each cover is at least partly made of an aluminum foil.

4. A printed circuit board with an electromagnetic shielding screen for shielding an electronic circuit supported by said printed circuit board, said shielding screen comprising:

a frame and at least one cover for covering the frame,

the frame and the at least one cover at least partly being made of an electrically conductive material and forming a sub-assembly for attachment to the printed circuit board so as to electromagnetically shield the electronic circuit, a shape of the at least one cover corresponding to a shape of the frame, and the frame and the at least one cover having opposite surfaces for fastening the at least one cover to the frame by adhesion with a conductive adhesive substance applied to said surfaces, the conductive adhesive substance being a substance which remains adhesive after the at least one cover is detached from and re-attached to the frame a plurality of times.

5. An electromagnetic shielding screen for a printed circuit board supporting an electronic circuit, said shielding screen comprising:

a frame and at least one cover for covering the frame,

the frame and the at least one cover at least partly being made of an electrically conductive material and forming a sub-assembly for attachment to the printed circuit board so as to electromagnetically shield the electronic circuit, a shape of the at least one cover corresponding to a shape of the frame, and the frame and the at least one cover having opposite surfaces for fastening the at least one cover to the frame by adhesion with a conductive adhesive substance applied to said surfaces, the conductive adhesive substance being a substance that permits the at least one cover of sticking again on the frame after the at least one cover has been detached from the frame.

6. A printed circuit board with an electromagnetic shielding screen for shielding an electronic circuit supported by said printed circuit board, said shielding screen comprising:

a frame and at least one cover for covering the frame,

the frame and the at least one cover at least partly being made of an electrically conductive material and forming a sub-assembly for attachment to the printed circuit board so as to electromagnetically shield the electronic circuit, a shape of the at least one cover corresponding to a shape of the frame, and the frame and the at least one cover having opposite surfaces for fastening the at least one cover to the frame by adhesion with a conductive adhesive substance applied to said surfaces, the conductive adhesive substance being a substance that permits the at least one cover of sticking again on the frame after the at least one cover has been detached from the frame.

7. An electromagnetic shielding screen for a printed circuit board supporting an electronic circuit, said shielding screen comprising:

a frame and at least one cover for covering the frame,

the frame and the at least one cover at least partly being made of an electrically conductive material and forming a sub-assembly for attachment to the printed circuit board so as to electromagnetically shield the electronic circuit, a shape of the at least one cover corresponding to a shape of the frame, and the frame and the at least one cover having opposite surfaces for fastening the at least one cover to the frame by adhesion with a conductive adhesive substance applied to said surfaces, after detaching the at least one cover from the frame, the conductive adhesive substance being newly applied to said surfaces and the at least one cover being re-attached to the frame.

8. A printed circuit board with an electromagnetic shielding screen for shielding an electronic circuit supported by said printed circuit board, said shielding screen comprising:

a frame and at least one cover for covering the frame,

the frame and the at least one cover at least partly being made of an electrically conductive material and forming a sub-assembly for attachment to the printed circuit board so as to electromagnetically shield the electronic circuit, a shape of the at least one cover corresponding to a shape of the frame, and the frame and the at least one cover having opposite surfaces for fastening the at least one cover to the frame by adhesion with a conductive adhesive substance applied to said surfaces, after detaching the at least one cover from the frame, the conductive adhesive substance being newly applied to said surfaces and the at least one cover being re-attached to the frame.