Patent ID: 6178318
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: H01L,H05K,Y10S

Abstract:
A shielding housing for electrically shielding at least one component on a printed circuit board, the housing comprising a layer of a non-shielding material having at least one cavity for receiving said at least one component, and an elastic gasket provided on the rim of said at least one cavity, the elastic gasket having an inner surface facing the cavity and an outer surface facing the outside of the housing, wherein a continuous layer of an electrically shielding material covers the inner and outer surfaces of the gasket as well as one or both surfaces of said layer of a nonshielding material, the shielding housing being pressed with the elastic gasket, covered by said layer of an electrically shielding material, against a conductor located on the printed circuit board, around said at least one component to be shielded.