Patent ID: 9674948
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: H01L,H05K

Claim:
1. A rigid-flex electronic module, comprising an insulator layer having a first surface and a second surface; a first rigid zone, at least one second rigid zone and at least one flexible zone between the first rigid zone and at least one second rigid zone defined in the electronic module, the at least one flexible zone having a higher flexibility than the first and second rigid zones and the electronic module comprising a flexible membrane extending at least over the flexible zone; a layer of conductors running on the first surface of the insulator layer, a first portion of the layer of conductors being in the first rigid zone, a second portion of the layer of conductors extending further over the flexible zone, the flexible membrane supporting said second portion of the layer of conductors, and a third portion of the layer of conductors being in the at least one second rigid zone; at least one first component having on a first surface contact terminals, the at least one first component located inside the insulator layer in the first rigid zone such that the contact terminals face towards the conductors on the first surface of the insulator layer; at least one second component having on a first surface contact terminals, the at least one second component located inside the insulator layer in the at least one second rigid zone such that the contact terminals face towards the conductors on the first surface of the insulator layer; and contact elements between the contact terminals of each of the components and the respective conductors on the first surface of the insulator layer, the contact elements being unified metal pieces formed by at least one layer of metal grown by at least one of: a chemical growing method and an electrochemical growing method, wherein the at least one flexible zone is folded.