Flexible substrate and electronic device
Abstract
A flexible substrate inserted in a hinge electrically connects circuit substrates, which are housed in a first casing and a second casing, respectively, to each other. The substrate has a power supply line and signal lines which are formed from a wiring conductor. Slits are opened in border portions of the power supply line in a cranked portion. The slits opened in the border portions of the power supply line make the rigidity of the border portions lower than in prior art. This means that a base is prevented from squashing the wiring conductor (power supply line) when the substrate is bent and that stress concentration on the border portions can accordingly be avoided. As a result, cracks in the border portions are prevented and the power supply line (wiring conductor) is protected against wire breakage.

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| EP1009073A1 | Cites | European Patent Office (EPO) | X | Search report | 1,13,16 |
| EP1104049A1 | Cites | European Patent Office (EPO) | X | Search report | 1,13,16 |
| US2002187803A1 | Cites | United States of America | A | Search report | 1,2,13,14,16-19 |
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| 2003279396 | Japan | – | |
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| US2005018409A1 | United States of America | A1 | |
| CN1578586A | China | A | |
| JP2005057259A | Japan | A | |
| EP1501340A3This record | European Patent Office (EPO) | A3 | |
| EP1501340B1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | B1 | |
| DE602004002529D1 | Germany | D1 | |
| DE602004002529T2 | Germany | T2 | |
| JP3990389B2 | Japan | B2 | |
| DE602004002529T8 | Germany | T8 | |
| CN100433948C | China | C | |
| US7531752B2 | United States of America | B2 |
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Numbers
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- Application
- 40902892
Titles3
- German
- Flexibler Träger und elektronische Vorrichtung
- English
- Flexible substrate and electronic device
- French
- Substrat flexible et dispositif électronique
Classification
- CPC, 3
- H05K1/028
- H05K2201/0969
- H05K2201/09727
- IPC, 1
- H05K1 00
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- Contracting states, 28
- Austria
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- France
- United Kingdom
- Greece
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- Ireland
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- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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- Extension states, 5
- Albania
- Croatia
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