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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2000
Toshifumi Nakano, Sagamihara, JP;
Kuniko Morisaki, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To keep a flexible printed substrate planar when the substrate is set in a mounter for mounting parts and to miniaturize the substrate, the present invention proposes an electric substrate, for example, a flexible printed substrate on which electronic parts are mounted, the electric substrate having a first area a part mounting area) formed therein, a second area ( part mounting area) formed therein, and a third area ( a separable area) that joins the first and second areas like a “bridge” and that can be removed when the substrate is assembled into predetermined equipment, the third area having a positioning hole (one of a set of positioning holes) for use in mounting electric parts on the substrate.