Printed circuit board multipack structure having internal gold fingers and multipack and printed circuit board formed therefrom, and methods of manufacture thereof
First Claim
1. A printed circuit board multipack, comprising:
- a web of material of a printed circuit board substrate, the web having a periphery; and
at least a first printed circuit board structure, including a first region of said web, the first printed circuit board structure having an internal edge spaced from the periphery of the web, wherein the first printed circuit board structure includes electrically conductive fingers which extend in a direction toward said internal edge and terminate at said internal edge.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a printed circuit board multipack, having a plurality of printed circuit boards (for example, a plurality of PCI compliant cards) provided using a common web of substrate material for a printed circuit board. Also disclosed is printed circuit board multipack structure, from which the multipack is formed, and individual printed circuit boards formed from the multipack, and methods of manufacture of each. Printed circuit board structures of the multipack have an internal edge, spaced from the periphery of the web, that is bevelled, and have conductive fingers, e.g., with an electrodeposited gold uppermost layer, extending to the internal edge. The multipack structure includes a common bus bar running adjacent the inner boundary of the printed circuit board structures, and conductive extensions from a conductive base layer of the conductive fingers to the bus bar. Due to the conductive extensions and common bus bar, electrode-position of the gold for the conductive fingers can easily be performed. In forming the multipack from the multipack structure, the structure is bevelled at the inner boundary, using a circular bevelling blade, to both provide the bevelled inner edge and remove the common bus bar and conductive extensions. The bevelling thins the web at the inner edge. The printed circuit boards are separated by snapping an individual printed circuit board apart from a remainder of the web, at the thinned portion of the web.
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1. A printed circuit board multipack, comprising:
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a web of material of a printed circuit board substrate, the web having a periphery; and
at least a first printed circuit board structure, including a first region of said web, the first printed circuit board structure having an internal edge spaced from the periphery of the web, wherein the first printed circuit board structure includes electrically conductive fingers which extend in a direction toward said internal edge and terminate at said internal edge. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A printed circuit board multipack structure, comprising:
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a web of material of a printed circuit board substrate, the web having a periphery;
at least a first printed circuit board structure, which first printed circuit board structure includes a first region of the web;
a spacing region of the printed circuit board substrate adjacent the first region; and
an electrically conductive bus bar extending on the spacing region, wherein a first boundary is formed between the first region and the spacing region, the first boundary being spaced from the periphery of the web, and wherein the first printed circuit board structure includes electrically conductive fingers, extending from the first region to the first boundary and having electrically conductive extensions which are electrically connected from the electrically conductive fingers to the bus bar. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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