Shielded PC board for magnetically sensitive integrated circuits
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1. A printed circuit board for supporting integrated circuits sensitive to external magnetic fields, said printed circuit board comprising:
- a support body having at least one surface containing locations for supporting at least one magnetic memory structure of said integrated circuits; and
a magnetically shielding structure coupled to said support body for shielding at least one surface of said integrated circuits supported on said support body, wherein said magnetically shielding structure comprises one or more separate layers of electrically non-conductive magnetic material, each of said layers coupled to a surface of said support body, said one or more separate layers forming a discontinuous shield of integrated circuits.
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Abstract
A method and packaging device which provide a magnetically permeable shield for integrated circuits containing magnetic field sensitive circuit elements are disclosed. One or more magnetic shields are provided on, or embedded within, a printed circuit board and additional shielding elements are provided over the printed circuit board.
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1. A printed circuit board for supporting integrated circuits sensitive to external magnetic fields, said printed circuit board comprising:
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a support body having at least one surface containing locations for supporting at least one magnetic memory structure of said integrated circuits; and
a magnetically shielding structure coupled to said support body for shielding at least one surface of said integrated circuits supported on said support body, wherein said magnetically shielding structure comprises one or more separate layers of electrically non-conductive magnetic material, each of said layers coupled to a surface of said support body, said one or more separate layers forming a discontinuous shield of integrated circuits. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A printed circuit board for supporting integrated circuits sensitive to magnetic fields, said printed circuit board comprising:
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a support body for supporting at least one magnetic random access memory structure of said integrated circuits; and
a magnetically shielding structure coupled to said support body for shielding at least one surface of said integrated circuits supported on said support body, wherein said magnetically shielding structure comprises one or more separate layers of electrically non-conductive magnetic material, each of said layers coupled to a surface of said support body, said one or more separate layers forming a discontinuous shield for said integrated circuits. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of packaging a semiconductor device comprising:
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electrically coupling at least one integrated circuit sensitive to magnetic fields to a printed circuit board, said printed circuit board having at least one surface containing locations for supporting said integrated circuit;
contacting at least one surface of said printed circuit board with a magnetically shielding material formed of one or more separate layers of electrically non-conductive material said one or more separate layers forming a discontinuous shield for said integrated circuit, said magnetically shielding material shielding at least one surface of said integrated circuit from external magnetic fields;
forming at least one layer of said magnetically shielding material embedded within said printed circuit board; and
mounting an integrated circuit chip of said integrated circuit on said printed circuit board, said integrated circuit chip containing a magnetic memory structure which may be affected by external magnetic fields. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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