Patent ID: 6483713
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: H01J,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A folded flexible circuit board comprising:a lower rigid portion having a circuit pattern arranged thereon; at least one lower foldable strip having a circuit pattern thereon adapted at one end for connection to the circuit pattern of said lower rigid portion and electrically connected thereto; at least one intermediate portion having a circuit pattern arranged thereon which at a first end is electrically connected to an opposite end of said at least one lower foldable strip; at least one upper foldable strip having a circuit pattern arranged thereon which is electrically connected to said at least one intermediate rigid portion at a second end of said intermediate rigid portion; and a connector board electrically connected to an opposite end of said at least one upper foldable strip, said connector board adapted for receiving connectors to provide external attachment to said folded flexible circuit board; wherein said at least one lower foldable strip and said at least one upper foldable strip included diagonal folding lines arranged so that the lower and upper foldable strips fold in opposite directions of each other.