Deutsche Thomson-brandt Gmbh

Thomson Licensing S.a.

Hans-Otto Haller

Volker Strubel

Gerard Rilly

Thomas Riesle

Jose-I Rodriguez-Duran

Gunter Beitinger

Jos&eacute;-I Rodriguez-Duran

The invention relates to a method for the production of an MID device. Proceeding from a conductor track sheet, which comprises a support sheet as well as conductor tracks arranged thereon, a plastic body is injection-molded onto this conductor track sheet. The conductor tracks have a surface having numerous microscopically small projections and depressions and are designed so as to thereby produce a positively locking connection between the conductor tracks and the plastic body.

Method for the production of an electrotechnical device

The invention relates to an electromechanical component which is configured as a sandwich-type structure. In the interior of said structure, a support layer consisting of foamed plastic is arranged. Said support layer is placed between covering layers which consist of compact materials. All layers are produced from hardly inflammable plastic material, for example LCP or PEI plastics so that it is not necessary to add any flame-retardant additives. The component can be configured in the shape of a slab but it can also have a more complex three-dimensional structure and can optionally be provided with mechanical functional elements. Accordingly to an aspect of the invention, the support layer of the component can consist of silicone. The composition of the inventive component provides a means for simplifying recycling a product at the end of its lifetime.

Electromechanical component

The mains filter comprises coils with windings which are arranged on substrates, for example conventional thin printed circuit boards, as conductor tracks. A coil can comprise one or more substrates, which are in contact with one another in the case of a plurality of substrates. In the centre, the substrates have an opening through which a core is passed. With an appropriate number of windings, one substrate is sufficient for one winding, so that only one substrate per coil is required for the mains filter. The two substrates for the two coils can be of identical design, in particular, the input and the output for a coil being arranged on a substrate in the region of opposite corners. The core used can be a narrow E/E core or E/I core, so that the space requirement for the filter on a circuit board is very low.

Mains filter

Method of removing and/or applying conductive material

Transformer comprises a core (K1, K2), a primary winding (W1) and at least one secondary winding (W2), which are arranged as conductors on one or more layers of a flat carrier, and a coil former with a chamber system having chambers (C1, C2), which accommodate the layers with the windings (W1, W2). At least one of the chambers (C1, C2) is closed at least in regions, with the result that long distances for creepage paths are obtained. As a result of this, it is possible to adhere to existing safety regulations for the mains power supply isolation even with very compact dimensions and/or with full utilization of the width available for the conductor tracks. The chamber system can be formed from two or three plastic parts (P1, P2, P3) by mating. The layers with the conductor tracks are routed laterally out of the chamber system in order to make contact with terminals. In an advantageous refinement, webs with metallized slots are arranged on walls of the chamber system, in order to make contact with the conductor tracks (L). The slots are, for example, notched or trough-shaped depressions in which the carrier layers latch into place and are held thereby. The electrical contact afforded by the slots can be additionally supported by a solder-paste application with subsequent soldering. The lateral contacts mean that plated-through holes are avoided in the case of the carrier layers, with the result that the latter can be produced significantly more inexpensively. By virtue of the chamber system, it is possible for the openings in a core, for example an E/E or E/I core, to be utilized significantly better if the transformer has to comply with a sufficient insulation strength, such as in the case of mains power supply isolation, for example.

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Niedereschach, Germany

Hans-Otto Haller