Patent ID: 7995351

Claim:
A printed circuit board, comprising: a heat-conductive inlay extending within the plane of the printed circuit board with the thickness of the printed circuit board for conducting heat through the printed circuit board; at least one single electrical surface-mount device (SMD) component arranged on a side of the printed circuit board above the inlay which heats up during operation, with associated connection pins; a heating area arranged between pins; a cooling body arranged on an opposite side of the printed circuit board from the at least one SMD component; an additional layer arranged above the inlay and simultaneously below the at least one SMD component, wherein the extent of the inlay is greater than that of the heating area enclosed by the associated connecting pins of the at least one SMD component arranged above the inlay, wherein the additional layer embodied in such a way as to electrically isolate the at least one SMD component arranged on the additional layer above the inlay from the inlay arranged below the least one SMD component and to electrically connect the connection pins, and wherein the additional layer further embodied in such a way that, below the heating area of the SMD component arranged above the inlay including where possible the entire heating area of a relevant SMD component, thermal provisions are provided within the additional layer through which the heat is conducted from the heating areas of the SMD component to the inlay.