Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

Bjorn T Kassman

Stig C Ernolf

Rolf T Olsson

Karl-Gustaf Olsson

Karl Gustaf Olsson

Torbjorn R Olsson

Per-Ove Nilsson

Lars H Widoff

Rolf I Kjellsson

Arrangement for holding a printed circuit board fixed to a frame

The invention relates to a pin (21) for connecting an electrical conductor (2) to a PCB (4). The pin has a first part (24) thrust into a hole in the PCB and a second part (26), to which the electrical conductor (2) is connected by a sliding contact (8). The cross-sectional dimension (d2) of the second part (26) is greater than the cross-sectional dimension (d1) of the first part (24), and between these parts the pin (21) has a shoulder (27) with sharp edges. The hole in the circuit board is coated with a metal which is connected via tabs (22) to electrical conductors (3) of the PCB(4). The pin (21) is soldered in the hole with the aid of soldering metal (25) and flux. When the flux is heated it creeps along the surface of the pin. During soldering, the shoulder (27) with the edges prevents the flux reaching the second part (26) of the pin (21 ), the second part having contact surfaces (29) on the pin (21) against the sliding contact (8) and where the flux would be a contact resistance. The pin (21) has the advantage that its first part (24) is narrow and that the tabs (22) can have a small outside diameter. There is thus created room for a large number of conductors (3) between two adjacent pins (21).

Pin fastened to a printed circuit board by soldering

The present invention relates to a printed circuit board provided with electrical contact devices (7) and intended to be mounted in the back plane of a card frame (2) such as to form a magazine (1) in which printed circuit cards (6) having electrical contact devices (8) corresponding to the contact devices (7) on the board can be inserted at right angles to the back plane. The circuit board (3) forms an electrical connecting unit for the circuit cards in the back plane of the magazine. In accordance with the invention, the circuit board is configured to provide a self-supporting and stiffening structure in the form of a sandwich element (10).

Printed circuit board for mounting in a backplane

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Haninge, Sweden

Bjorn T Kassman