US20130161296A1 - Method for electrically connecting a pair of circuit boards using a pair of board connectors and an interconnector - Google Patents
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- B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
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- H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
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- H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
- H01R12/72—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
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- H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
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- H01R12/55—Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures characterised by the terminals
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- the present invention relates to a method for electrically connecting circuit boards.
- circuit boards As electrical, electro-mechanical and electronic systems become more complex, the associated electronic circuitry may likewise increase in complexity. Moreover, packaging considerations may limit the space available for circuit boards and other electronic components. Thus, in some designs, it may be necessary to provide electronic circuitry on more than one circuit board. This may be dictated by, for example, the complexity of the design, or because a pair of smaller circuit boards working together fit better in the available package space. Soldering individual components onto circuit boards has become a largely automated process; however, electrically connecting two circuit boards to each other may still require hand soldering. Therefore, it would be desirable to provide a system and method for electrically connecting circuit boards that did not require soldering the circuit boards to each other.
- Embodiments of the present invention include a system for electrically connecting circuit boards.
- the system includes a pair of board connectors configured to be electrically connected to respective circuit boards.
- Each of the board connectors includes a plurality of electrical conductors and a housing configured to enclose at least a portion of the electrical conductors.
- An interconnector includes a plurality of electrical conductors, each of which is configured to electrically connect to a respective electrical conductor of the board connectors, thereby electrically connecting the circuit boards.
- An interconnector housing is configured to cooperate with the housings of the board conductors to at least partially enclose the electrical connections between the electrical conductors of the interconnector and the board connectors.
- Embodiments of the present invention also include a system for electrically connecting circuit boards, which includes a first board connector configured to be soldered to a first circuit board using an automated soldering process.
- the first board connector includes a first housing and a plurality of electrical terminals disposed at least partially within the first housing.
- a second board connector is configured to be soldered to a second circuit board using an automated soldering process and includes a second housing and a plurality of electrical terminals disposed at least partially within the second housing.
- An interconnector includes a plurality of interconnector electrical terminals configured to electrically connect corresponding electrical terminals of the first and second board connectors with a non-soldered connection to electrically connect the first and second circuit boards.
- Embodiments of the present invention further include a method for electrically connecting circuit boards, including the steps of soldering a first board connector to a first circuit board, soldering a second board connector to a second circuit board, and electrically connecting the first and second board connectors with a non-soldered connection such that the first and second circuit boards are electrically connected.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a system in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the system shown in FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the system shown in FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of a board connector from the system shown in FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the bottom side of the board connector shown in FIG. 4 ;
- FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of an interconnector from the system shown in FIGS. 1 ;
- FIG. 7 is a fragmentary view of a female terminal from the interconnector shown in FIG. 6 .
- FIG. 1 shows a system 10 for electrically connecting circuit boards 12 , 14 in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
- the system 10 includes a pair of board connectors, shown as a first board connector 16 and a second board connector 18 .
- the system 10 also includes an interconnector 20 , which, along with the board connectors 16 , 18 , electrically connects first and second printed circuit boards (PCB's) 12 , 14 .
- FIG. 2 shows a cross-sectional view of the system 10 and circuit boards 12 , 14 .
- the first board connector 16 includes a pair of electrical conductors 22 , 24 ; similarly, the second board connector 18 includes electrical conductors 26 , 28 .
- Each of the board connectors 16 , 18 also includes respective housings 30 , 32 , which enclose at least a portion of their respective electrical conductors 22 , 24 and 26 , 28 .
- the interconnector 20 also includes a pair of electrical conductors 34 , 36 , disposed within the housing 38 .
- the interconnector housing 38 cooperates with the first and second housings 30 , 32 of the first and second board connectors 16 , 18 to enclose the electrical connections between the electrical conductors 22 , 24 , 26 , 28 of the board connectors 16 , 18 and the electrical conductors 34 , 36 of the interconnector 20 .
- the electrical connections are completely enclosed by the respective housings 30 , 32 , 38 ; however, in some embodiments, the housings may not completely enclose the electrical connections—e.g., the housings may have one or more openings to provide heat dissipation or as a result of a molding process used to manufacture the housings.
- the board connectors 16 , 18 cooperate with the interconnector 20 to provide an electrical connection between the PCB's 12 , 14 .
- the first board connector 30 is mounted from a first or top side 40 of the PCB 12
- the interconnector 20 connects to the board connector 30 from a second or bottom side 42 of the PCB 12 .
- the second board connector 32 is mounted to the second PCB 14 from a first or top side 43 of the PCB 14
- the interconnector 20 connects to the second board connector 32 from a second or bottom side 45 of the PCB 14 .
- the respective top sides 40 , 43 of the PCB's 12 , 14 are those sides on which the electrical components are placed.
- some electrical components may be mounted to the top sides 40 , 43 using surface mount technology (SMT) or, as in the case of the board connectors 30 , 32 , may be inserted into the respective PCB's 12 , 14 from the top sides 40 , 43 , while being soldered from below—i.e., from the bottom sides 42 , 45 .
- SMT surface mount technology
- an automated soldering process is one that is generally performed by robotic or other automated equipment, and although some human intervention may be necessary—e.g., placement or adjustment of electrical components—the soldering is not done by hand.
- an electrical component may be considered to be “configured” to be soldered by an automated soldering process, if, for example, all of its elements on one side of a corresponding PCB can be soldered or masked so that the component can be wave soldered.
- an electrical component is “configured” for an automated soldering process is whether the component can withstand high temperatures that may be encountered, for example, during a reflow process such as pin-in-paste soldering. Thus, geometry, material properties, or some combination of these parameters can be evaluated to determine if an electrical component is “configured” to be soldered by an automated soldering process. Because embodiments of the present invention contemplate the use of board connectors, such as the board connectors 16 , 18 , which can be soldered to PCB's using an automated process, production assembly can be fast and efficient.
- FIG. 3 shows an exploded view of the system 10 , including blade terminals 23 , 25 , which are a part of electrical conductors 22 , 24 , and blade terminals 27 , 29 , which are a part of electrical conductors 26 , 28 .
- the electrical conductors 34 , 36 of the interconnector 20 are configured in this embodiment as female terminals, which are described in more detail below in conjunction with FIG. 7 .
- Each of the female terminals of the electrical conductors 34 , 36 are configured to cooperate with a respective one of the blade terminals 23 , 25 , 27 , 29 to provide a non-soldered connection between the interconnector 20 and the board connectors 16 , 18 .
- the housing 38 of the interconnector 20 is also shown in FIG. 3; the housing 38 of the interconnector 20 as a two-piece assembly 38 A, 38 B; the interaction of the electrical conductors 34 , 36 of the interconnector 20 with the interconnector housing 38 is described in more detail below in conjunction with FIG.
- FIG. 4 shows a bottom side 42 of the PCB 12 .
- the housing 30 includes an open end 44 which is disposed proximate to and cooperates with an aperture 46 in the PCB 12 .
- the housing 32 of the second board connector 18 cooperates with a similar aperture in the PCB 14 .
- blade terminals 23 , 25 do not extend out of the open end 44 of the housing 30 .
- the interconnector 20 is disposed through apertures, such as the aperture 46 , in each of the PCB's it is connecting. This helps to ensure that the housings 30 , 32 of the board connectors 16 , 18 , and the interconnector housing 38 , overlap each other and adequately enclose the electrical connections. This may be particularly important when the PCB's are part of a high-voltage circuit.
- the electrical conductors 22 , 24 of the first board connector 16 include a number of pins 48 , 50 , 52 , 54 , which are disposed in, and in this embodiment also extend through, corresponding apertures 56 , 58 , 60 , 62 in the PCB 12 . As shown in FIG. 5 , each of the apertures 56 - 62 is surrounded by a trace, which is part of an electrical circuit imprinted on the PCB 12 . With reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 , it is apparent that the pins 48 , 50 are part of the electrical conductor 24 , while the pins 52 , 54 are part of the electrical conductor 22 .
- FIG. 6 shows a cross-sectional view of the interconnector 20 .
- the interconnector housing 38 includes two ends 64 , 66 . It is apparent from the figure that the ends 64 , 66 are not completely “open”, such as in the case of the open end 44 of the board connector housing 30 shown in FIG. 5 . Rather, the end 64 of the interconnector housing 38 is referred to as “open” because of openings 68 , 70 , which are disposed adjacent the ends of electrical conductors 36 , 34 .
- the open end 66 includes two openings 72 , 74 adjacent the other ends of electrical conductors 34 , 36 .
- the openings 68 , 70 are configured to receive blade terminals, such as the blade terminals 25 , 23 of the electrical conductors 24 , 22 of the first board connector 16 .
- the openings 72 , 74 are configured to receive blade terminals 27 , 29 of the second board connector 18 .
- the electrical terminals 22 , 24 , 26 , 28 of the first and second board connectors 16 , 18 are configured to be slidably connected to the electrical terminals 34 , 36 of the interconnector 20 to complete a non-soldered connection.
- the male and female terminals can be reversed, such that blade terminals are disposed within an interconnector, and female terminals are disposed within the board connectors.
- other types of non-soldered connections between board connectors and an interconnector can also be used.
- FIG. 7 shows a fragmentary view of a portion of the electrical conductor 34 .
- the end of electrical conductor 34 is configured as a female electrical terminal having terminal legs 76 , 78 , 80 , 82 .
- the end of the electrical conductor 34 includes a clamp member 84 , which is arranged to apply the compressive force on the terminal legs 76 - 82 to secure a respective blade terminal therebetween.
- a clamp member such as the clamp member 84
- the legs 76 - 82 which will be in direct electrical contact with a blade terminal, to be made from a highly conductive material, such as C151 copper.
- a highly conductive material such as C151 copper.
- higher temperature applications such as high power applications where more than 70 amperes of current may be present—may require the legs 76 - 82 to be made from a copper alloy having better mechanical properties at higher temperatures, but poorer conductivity than the more pure copper material.
- embodiments of the present invention include the steps of soldering the first board connector 16 to the first PCB 12 , and soldering the second board connector 18 to the second PCB 14 .
- the soldering technique may conveniently be a wave or pin-in-paste soldering process, or it can be some other soldering process effective to achieve the desired result.
- the step of electrically connecting the first and second board connectors 16 , 18 to each other will electrically connect PCB's 12 , 14 , and may be accomplished, for example, using an interconnector such as the interconnector 20 .
- Embodiments of the present invention further include the steps of mounting the board connectors 16 , 18 to respective top sides 40 , 43 of PCB's 12 , 14 , and connecting the first and second board connectors 16 , 18 to each other with the interconnector 20 from respective bottom sides 42 , 45 of the PCB's 12 , 14 .
- one end 64 of the interconnector 20 is disposed through an aperture in the PCB 12 and into the housing 30 of the first board connector 16 .
- another and 66 of the interconnector 20 is disposed through an aperture in the PCB 14 and into the housing 32 of the second board connector 18 .
- connection between the board connectors 16 , 18 and the interconnector 20 can be made by a non-soldered connection, which, in at least some embodiments, can be made by sliding blade terminals from the board connectors 16 , 18 into female electrical terminals in the interconnector 20 .
- a non-soldered connection such as described above can reduce the complexity and cost of electrically connecting and assembling circuit boards.
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- This application is a division of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/301,833 filed 22 Nov. 2011, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein.
- The present invention relates to a method for electrically connecting circuit boards.
- As electrical, electro-mechanical and electronic systems become more complex, the associated electronic circuitry may likewise increase in complexity. Moreover, packaging considerations may limit the space available for circuit boards and other electronic components. Thus, in some designs, it may be necessary to provide electronic circuitry on more than one circuit board. This may be dictated by, for example, the complexity of the design, or because a pair of smaller circuit boards working together fit better in the available package space. Soldering individual components onto circuit boards has become a largely automated process; however, electrically connecting two circuit boards to each other may still require hand soldering. Therefore, it would be desirable to provide a system and method for electrically connecting circuit boards that did not require soldering the circuit boards to each other.
- Embodiments of the present invention include a system for electrically connecting circuit boards. The system includes a pair of board connectors configured to be electrically connected to respective circuit boards. Each of the board connectors includes a plurality of electrical conductors and a housing configured to enclose at least a portion of the electrical conductors. An interconnector includes a plurality of electrical conductors, each of which is configured to electrically connect to a respective electrical conductor of the board connectors, thereby electrically connecting the circuit boards. An interconnector housing is configured to cooperate with the housings of the board conductors to at least partially enclose the electrical connections between the electrical conductors of the interconnector and the board connectors.
- Embodiments of the present invention also include a system for electrically connecting circuit boards, which includes a first board connector configured to be soldered to a first circuit board using an automated soldering process. The first board connector includes a first housing and a plurality of electrical terminals disposed at least partially within the first housing. A second board connector is configured to be soldered to a second circuit board using an automated soldering process and includes a second housing and a plurality of electrical terminals disposed at least partially within the second housing. An interconnector includes a plurality of interconnector electrical terminals configured to electrically connect corresponding electrical terminals of the first and second board connectors with a non-soldered connection to electrically connect the first and second circuit boards.
- Embodiments of the present invention further include a method for electrically connecting circuit boards, including the steps of soldering a first board connector to a first circuit board, soldering a second board connector to a second circuit board, and electrically connecting the first and second board connectors with a non-soldered connection such that the first and second circuit boards are electrically connected.
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a system in accordance with embodiments of the present invention; -
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the system shown inFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the system shown inFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of a board connector from the system shown inFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the bottom side of the board connector shown inFIG. 4 ; -
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of an interconnector from the system shown inFIGS. 1 ; and -
FIG. 7 is a fragmentary view of a female terminal from the interconnector shown inFIG. 6 . - As required, detailed embodiments of the present invention are disclosed herein; however, it is to be understood that the disclosed embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention that may be embodied in various and alternative forms. The figures are not necessarily to scale; some features may be exaggerated or minimized to show details of particular components. Therefore, specific structural and functional details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting, but merely as a representative basis for teaching one skilled in the art to variously employ the present invention.
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FIG. 1 shows asystem 10 for electrically connectingcircuit boards system 10 includes a pair of board connectors, shown as afirst board connector 16 and asecond board connector 18. Thesystem 10 also includes aninterconnector 20, which, along with theboard connectors FIG. 2 shows a cross-sectional view of thesystem 10 andcircuit boards first board connector 16 includes a pair ofelectrical conductors second board connector 18 includeselectrical conductors board connectors respective housings electrical conductors - The
interconnector 20 also includes a pair ofelectrical conductors housing 38. As shown inFIG. 2 , the interconnector housing 38 cooperates with the first andsecond housings second board connectors electrical conductors board connectors electrical conductors interconnector 20. In the embodiment shown inFIGS. 1 and 2 , the electrical connections are completely enclosed by therespective housings - As explained in more detail below, the
board connectors interconnector 20 to provide an electrical connection between the PCB's 12, 14. As shown inFIG. 2 , thefirst board connector 30 is mounted from a first ortop side 40 of thePCB 12, while theinterconnector 20 connects to theboard connector 30 from a second orbottom side 42 of thePCB 12. Similarly, thesecond board connector 32 is mounted to thesecond PCB 14 from a first ortop side 43 of thePCB 14, while theinterconnector 20 connects to thesecond board connector 32 from a second orbottom side 45 of thePCB 14. Even though the orientation of the illustration inFIG. 2 shows thetop side 43 as being below thebottom side 45 of thePCB 14, the respectivetop sides top sides board connectors top sides bottom sides - As explained in more detail below, the configuration described above allows the
board connectors board connectors -
FIG. 3 shows an exploded view of thesystem 10, includingblade terminals electrical conductors blade terminals electrical conductors electrical conductors interconnector 20 are configured in this embodiment as female terminals, which are described in more detail below in conjunction withFIG. 7 . Each of the female terminals of theelectrical conductors blade terminals interconnector 20 and theboard connectors FIG. 3 is thehousing 38 of theinterconnector 20 as a two-piece assembly electrical conductors interconnector 20 with theinterconnector housing 38 is described in more detail below in conjunction withFIG. 6 . - As shown in
FIG. 4 , theboard connector 16 is mounted from and generally sits on thetop side 40 of thePCB 12; the same is true for thesecond board connector 18 with regard to thesecond PCB 14.FIG. 5 shows abottom side 42 of the PCB 12. In this view, it is readily seen that thehousing 30 includes anopen end 44 which is disposed proximate to and cooperates with anaperture 46 in the PCB 12. It is understood that thehousing 32 of thesecond board connector 18 cooperates with a similar aperture in the PCB 14. As shown inFIG. 4 ,blade terminals open end 44 of thehousing 30. In this configuration, theinterconnector 20 is disposed through apertures, such as theaperture 46, in each of the PCB's it is connecting. This helps to ensure that thehousings board connectors interconnector housing 38, overlap each other and adequately enclose the electrical connections. This may be particularly important when the PCB's are part of a high-voltage circuit. - In addition to the
blade terminals electrical conductors first board connector 16 include a number ofpins apertures PCB 12. As shown inFIG. 5 , each of the apertures 56-62 is surrounded by a trace, which is part of an electrical circuit imprinted on thePCB 12. With reference toFIGS. 3 and 4 , it is apparent that thepins electrical conductor 24, while thepins electrical conductor 22. With this configuration, it is possible to electrically connect theelectrical conductors board connector 16 to thePCB 12 using an automated soldering technique as applied to thebottom side 42 of thePCB 12. The same configuration and automated soldering process can be used to electrically connect theboard connector 18 to thePCB 14. - Because the
system 10 includes an interconnector, such as theinterconnector 20, to connect theboard connectors circuit boards FIG. 6 shows a cross-sectional view of theinterconnector 20. Theinterconnector housing 38 includes two ends 64, 66. It is apparent from the figure that the ends 64, 66 are not completely “open”, such as in the case of theopen end 44 of theboard connector housing 30 shown inFIG. 5 . Rather, theend 64 of theinterconnector housing 38 is referred to as “open” because ofopenings electrical conductors - Similarly, the
open end 66 includes twoopenings electrical conductors openings blade terminals electrical conductors first board connector 16. Theopenings blade terminals second board connector 18. In this way, theelectrical terminals second board connectors electrical terminals -
FIG. 7 shows a fragmentary view of a portion of theelectrical conductor 34. In particular, it shows that the end ofelectrical conductor 34 is configured as a female electrical terminal havingterminal legs electrical conductor 34 includes aclamp member 84, which is arranged to apply the compressive force on the terminal legs 76-82 to secure a respective blade terminal therebetween. This configuration for a female electrical terminal provides the advantage of allowing thesystem 10 to be used in high-voltage applications. For example, a clamp member, such as theclamp member 84, may be made from a material having low relaxation properties at elevated temperatures, for example, 301 stainless steel. This allows the legs 76-82, which will be in direct electrical contact with a blade terminal, to be made from a highly conductive material, such as C151 copper. Without the use of theclamp member 84, higher temperature applications—such as high power applications where more than 70 amperes of current may be present—may require the legs 76-82 to be made from a copper alloy having better mechanical properties at higher temperatures, but poorer conductivity than the more pure copper material. - Use of systems in accordance with embodiments of the present invention, such as the
system 10, described in detail above, facilitate an efficient and cost-effective method for electrically connecting circuit boards. With reference to thesystem 10 illustrated and described above, embodiments of the present invention include the steps of soldering thefirst board connector 16 to thefirst PCB 12, and soldering thesecond board connector 18 to thesecond PCB 14. As noted above, the soldering technique may conveniently be a wave or pin-in-paste soldering process, or it can be some other soldering process effective to achieve the desired result. The step of electrically connecting the first andsecond board connectors interconnector 20. - Embodiments of the present invention further include the steps of mounting the
board connectors top sides second board connectors end 64 of theinterconnector 20 is disposed through an aperture in thePCB 12 and into thehousing 30 of thefirst board connector 16. Similarly, another and 66 of theinterconnector 20 is disposed through an aperture in thePCB 14 and into thehousing 32 of thesecond board connector 18. As described in detail above, the connection between theboard connectors interconnector 20 can be made by a non-soldered connection, which, in at least some embodiments, can be made by sliding blade terminals from theboard connectors interconnector 20. Using a non-soldered connection, such as described above can reduce the complexity and cost of electrically connecting and assembling circuit boards. - While exemplary embodiments are described above, it is not intended that these embodiments describe all possible forms of the invention. Rather, the words used in the specification are words of description rather than limitation, and it is understood that various changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Additionally, the features of various implementing embodiments may be combined to form further embodiments of the invention.
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