Patent ID: 9338895
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: B23K,H05K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method for making an electrical circuit comprising the steps of: forming a rigid printed circuit board having a plurality of electrical contacts on a first surface of said rigid printed circuit board; forming a multilayer flexible circuit board having a first surface and a second surface, and further including a plurality of electrical components on at least one of said first and second surfaces of said multilayer flexible circuit board, and further having a bifurcated area along one edge thereof, where respective layers of said multilayer flexible circuit board may be spread apart from one another; forming electrode pads on selected surfaces of said bifurcated area of said multilayer flexible circuit board in such a pattern that each of said electrode pads is alignable respectively with one of each of said electrical contacts on said rigid printed circuit board when the two parts of said bifurcated area are spread apart from one another to form an angle of about 180°; after the forming electrode pads step, spreading apart said bifurcated area and aligning each of said electrode pads respectively with one of said electrical contacts; and after the spreading apart step, forming an electrical connection between said electrode pads and said electrical contacts.