Patent ID: 7672142
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: G06F,H05K

Abstract:
1. An electronic device, comprising: an electrical component; a circuit board; a flexible printed circuit coupled between the electrical component and the circuit board, wherein the flexible printed circuit has a first end coupled to the electrical component and a second end coupled to the circuit board; wherein the flexible printed circuit is formed from flexible polymer films, wherein the flexible printed circuit includes a ground conductor trace that has a length and includes a signal conductor trace, and wherein the ground conductor trace and the signal conductor trace are formed from metal traces surrounded by the flexible polymer films of the flexible printed circuit; a conductive housing that encloses the electronic device and that forms a ground plane; and at least one grounding element electrically coupled between the ground conductor trace and the conductive housing, wherein the grounding element is electrically coupled to the ground conductor trace at least one point along the length of the ground conductor trace between the first and second ends of the flexible printed circuit and wherein the flexible polymer films have at least one hole through which the grounding element passes to electrically couple the ground conductor trace that is surrounded by the flexible polymer films to the conductive housing.