Electronic unit with a PCB and two housing parts

• US 9,668,388 B2
• Filed: 03/01/2012
• Issued: 05/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arriver Software AB (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Autoliv AB (Autoliv Incorporated)
• Inventors: Caclard, Laurent
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson, Adrian S
• Application Number:
  US14/381,640
• Publication Number:
  US 20150009642A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,916 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/0215 Grounding of printed circuits by connection to external grounding means
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/0218 by printed shielding conductors, ground planes or power plane H05K1/0236 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/0723 provided by an inner layer of PCB
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/0919 Exposing inner circuit layers or metal planes at the side edge of the PCB or at the walls of large holes shielding provided by an inner layer of PCB H05K2201/0723
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10015 Non-printed capacitor
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/1003 Non-printed inductor
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10371 Shields or metal cases
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10507 Involving several components
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0047 having a two-part housing enclosing a PCB
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1427 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 9/0039 Galvanic coupling of ground layer on printed circuit board [PCB] to conductive casing printed shielding conductors, ground planes or power planes for reduction of cross-talk or noise in printed circuits H05K1/0218

Abstract

An electronic unit (1) having a circuit board, PCB, (2) arranged to be mounted in a main housing (6, 7 and having a first housing part (6) and a second housing part (7), where the first housing part (6) is at least partly electrically conducting. The PCB (2) having a first outer layer (3), a second outer layer (4), and a ground plane (5). The first outer layer (3) faces the first housing part (6) and the second outer layer (4) faces the second housing part (7) The ground plane (5) is in electrical contact with the first housing part (6) forming a first chamber (29), facing the first outer layer (3), and a second chamber (30), facing the second outer layer (4). The chambers (29, 30) are separated by the ground plane (5), providing electromagnetic shielding between the chambers (29, 30).

Claims

1. An electronic unit comprising:

a circuit board, arranged to be mounted in a main housing, which main housing having a first housing part and a second housing part,

the circuit board having a first outer layer, a second outer layer, and an internal ground plane, where the outer layers are separated from the internal ground plane by at least a dielectric material,

where the first outer layer faces the first housing part and the second outer layer faces the second housing part,

wherein the ground plane is arranged to make electrical contact with the first housing part such that a first chamber facing the first outer layer, and a second chamber, facing the second outer layer, are formed,

where the first and second chambers are separated by means of the ground plane, such that an electromagnetic shielding is created between the first and second chambers, and

a connector arranged for establishing electrical contact between the electronic unit and parts outside the electronic unit, the connector having a number of connector pins and at least partly being positioned in the second chamber.

2. The electronic unit according to claim 1, further comprising wherein that where surfaces of the first housing part that face the circuit board are electrically conducting.

3. The electronic unit according to claim 1 further comprising in that the first housing part is made of a metal material.

4. The electronic unit according to claim 1, further comprising wherein that an electromagnetic interference filter arrangement is positioned at the connector pins.

5. The electronic unit according to claim 4, further comprising in that the electromagnetic interference filter arrangement having at least one capacitor.

6. The electronic unit according to claim 1, in that the connector is press-fitted between the first housing part and the second housing part.

7. The electronic unit according to claim 1 further comprising in that a first plurality of components is mounted on the first outer layer and a second plurality of components is mounted on the second outer layer, where all of the first plurality or the second plurality of components are mounted in a re-flow process and at least one component on the other of the first plurality or the second plurality of components is mounted by means of another process.

8. The electronic unit according to claim 7, further comprising in that said other process is one of press-fit, gluing, or bonding.

9. The electronic unit according to claim 7 further comprising in that one of the first or the second plurality of components includes components dedicated to power supply and digital processes, and that the other of the first or the second plurality of components includes a power reserve component.

10. The electronic unit according to claim 9, further comprising in that the components dedicated to power supply and digital processes include at least one inductor and at least one clock signal circuit, and that the power reserve component includes a capacitor.

11. The electronic unit according to claim 1 further comprising in that the first housing part is mounted to a part of a vehicle.

12. The electronic unit according to claim 1 further comprising in that the second housing part is made in a plastic material.