PATENT DOCUMENT

Publication Number: US-10238018-B1
Application Number: US-201715836424-A
Country: US
Kind Code: B1

Title: Shield structures with reduced spacing between adjacent insulation components and systems and methods for making the same

Abstract:
Shield structures with reduced spacing between adjacent insulation components and systems and methods for making the same are provided. In some embodiments, different insulation components of different layers of a stack may be attached to the same surface of a shield component during a single attachment (e.g., lamination) operation to attenuate the spacing between the different insulation components attached to the shield component. Limiting the size of a spacing between adjacent insulation components along a shield component of a shield structure may limit the size of an exposed portion of the shield component, which may limit the opportunity for that exposed shield component portion to be shorted to another structure (e.g., a support structure of an electronic device that includes the shield structure).

Claims:
What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method of forming an insulated shield structure for an electronic device using a shield component and a stack that comprises a plurality of components, wherein the plurality of components comprises a first insulation component and a second insulation component that is stacked above the first insulation component, the method comprising:
 creating a cut through at least two components of the plurality of components of the stack, wherein:
 the cut separates a first portion of the first insulation component from a second portion of the first insulation component; 
 the cut separates a first portion of the second insulation component from a second portion of the second insulation component; 
 the first portion of the second insulation component is stacked above the first portion of the first insulation component; and 
 the second portion of the second insulation component is stacked above the second portion of the first insulation component; 
 
 removing a first portion of the stack from a second portion of the stack, wherein the first portion of the stack comprises the second portion of the first insulation component; and 
 attaching a surface of the shield component to an exposed portion of the second portion of the stack, wherein the exposed portion of the second portion of the stack comprises:
 the first portion of the first insulation component; and 
 the second portion of the second insulation component. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , wherein, after the attaching, a spacing between an exposed side surface of the first portion of the first insulation component and an exposed side surface of the second portion of the second insulation component is less than 80 micrometers. 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 1 , wherein, after the attaching, a spacing between an exposed side surface of the first portion of the first insulation component and an exposed side surface of the second portion of the second insulation component is less than 50 micrometers. 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 1 , wherein, after the attaching, a spacing between an exposed side surface of the first portion of the first insulation component and an exposed side surface of the second portion of the second insulation component is less than 30 micrometers. 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the attaching comprises:
 pressing a first portion of the surface of the shield component against the first portion of the first insulation component of the exposed portion of the second portion of the stack; and 
 pressing a second portion of the surface of the shield component against the second portion of the second insulation component of the exposed portion of the second portion of the stack. 
 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 5 , wherein the attaching is a single laminating operation. 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the attaching is a single laminating operation. 
     
     
       8. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of components of the stack further comprises a buffer component that is stacked between the first insulation component and the second insulation component. 
     
     
       9. The method of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the first insulation component comprises a pressure sensitive adhesive; and 
 the second insulation component comprises a polyimide adhesive. 
 
     
     
       10. The method of  claim 9 , wherein:
 the plurality of components of the stack further comprises a buffer component that is stacked between the first insulation component and the second insulation component; 
 the buffer component comprises:
 a substrate layer; 
 a releasing agent layer along a first surface of the substrate layer that faces the second insulation component in the stack; and 
 an adhesive layer along a second surface of the substrate layer that faces the first insulation component in the stack. 
 
 
     
     
       11. A method of forming a multi-component structure using a base component and a stack that comprises a plurality of stack components, wherein the plurality of stack components comprises a first stack component and a second stack component that is stacked above the first stack component, the method comprising:
 creating a cut through at least a portion of the stack, wherein:
 the cut separates a first portion of the first stack component from a second portion of the first stack component; 
 the cut separates a first portion of the second stack component from a second portion of the second stack component; 
 the first portion of the second stack component is stacked above the first portion of the first stack component; and 
 the second portion of the second stack component is stacked above the second portion of the first stack component; and 
 
 joining a surface of the base component to:
 the first portion of the first stack component; and 
 the second portion of the second stack component. 
 
 
     
     
       12. The method of  claim 11 , wherein, after the joining, a spacing between an exposed surface of the first portion of the first stack component and an exposed surface of the second portion of the second stack component is less than 50 micrometers. 
     
     
       13. The method of  claim 11 , wherein the joining is a single lamination operation.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S) 
     This application claims the benefit of prior filed U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/556,441, filed Sep. 10, 2017, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. 
    
    
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     This disclosure relates to shield structures and, more particularly, to shield structures with reduced spacing between adjacent insulation components and systems and methods for making the same. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     A conventional shield structure may include a shield component and two or more insulation components along a surface of the shield component for insulating that shield component surface from another structure. However, the spacing between such insulation components along the shield component surface is often too large to meet certain functional requirements of the shield structure. 
     SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     Shield structures with reduced spacing between adjacent insulation components and systems and methods for making the same are provided. 
     As an example, a method is provided for forming an insulated shield structure for an electronic device using a shield component and a stack that includes a plurality of components, wherein the plurality of components includes a first insulation component and a second insulation component that is stacked above the first insulation component, the method including creating a cut through at least two components of the plurality of components of the stack, wherein the cut separates a first portion of the first insulation component from a second portion of the first insulation component, the cut separates a first portion of the second insulation component from a second portion of the second insulation component, the first portion of the second insulation component is stacked above the first portion of the first insulation component, and the second portion of the second insulation component is stacked above the second portion of the first insulation component, the method also including removing a first portion of the stack from a second portion of the stack, wherein the first portion of the stack includes the second portion of the first insulation component, and attaching a surface of the shield component to an exposed portion of the second portion of the stack, wherein the exposed portion of the second portion of the stack includes the first portion of the first insulation component and the second portion of the second insulation component. 
     As another example, an electronic device is provided that includes an electronic component and an insulated shield structure operative to shield the electronic component, wherein the insulated shield structure includes a shield component including a first shield component surface and a second shield component surface, a first insulation component attached to the first shield component surface, and a second insulation component attached to the first shield component surface, wherein a distance between a surface of the first insulation component and a surface of the second insulation component is less than 80 micrometers. 
     As yet another example, a method is provided for forming a multi-component structure using a base component and a stack that includes a plurality of stack components, wherein the plurality of stack components includes a first stack component and a second stack component that is stacked above the first stack component, the method including creating a cut through at least a portion of the stack, wherein the cut separates a first portion of the first stack component from a second portion of the first stack component, the cut separates a first portion of the second stack component from a second portion of the second stack component, the first portion of the second stack component is stacked above the first portion of the first stack component, and the second portion of the second stack component is stacked above the second portion of the first stack component, and the method also including joining a surface of the base component to the first portion of the first stack component and the second portion of the second stack component. 
     This Summary is provided only to present some example embodiments, so as to provide a basic understanding of some aspects of the subject matter described in this document. Accordingly, it will be appreciated that the features described in this Summary are only examples and should not be construed to narrow the scope or spirit of the subject matter described herein in any way. Unless otherwise stated, features described in the context of one example may be combined or used with features described in the context of one or more other examples. Other features, aspects, and advantages of the subject matter described herein will become apparent from the following Detailed Description, Figures, and Claims. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The discussion below makes reference to the following drawings, in which like reference characters may refer to like parts throughout, and in which: 
         FIG. 1  is a cross-sectional view of an illustrative assembly that includes a shield structure with reduced spacing between adjacent insulation components; 
         FIG. 2  is a cross-sectional view, similar to  FIG. 1 , of a portion of a material stack in a first stage of assembly of the shield structure of the assembly of  FIG. 1 , taken from line II-II of  FIG. 2A ; 
         FIG. 2A  is a top view of a portion of the material stack of  FIG. 2 , taken from line IIA-IIA of  FIG. 2 ; 
         FIG. 3  is a cross-sectional view, similar to  FIGS. 1 and 2 , of a portion of the material stack of  FIGS. 2 and 2A , in a second stage of assembly of the shield structure of the assembly of  FIG. 1 , taken from line of  FIG. 3A ; 
         FIG. 3A  is a top view, similar to  FIG. 2A , of a portion of the material stack of  FIGS. 2, 2A, and 3 , taken from line IILA-IIIA of  FIG. 2 ; 
         FIG. 4  is a cross-sectional view, similar to  FIGS. 1, 2, and 3 , of a portion of the material stack of  FIGS. 2-3A , in a third stage of assembly of the shield structure of the assembly of  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 5  is a cross-sectional view, similar to  FIGS. 1, 2, 3, and 4 , of a portion of the material stack of  FIGS. 2-4 , in a fourth stage of assembly of the shield structure of the assembly of  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 6  is a cross-sectional view, similar to  FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 , of a portion of the material stack of  FIGS. 2-5 , in a fifth stage of assembly of the shield structure of the assembly of  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 7  is a cross-sectional view, similar to  FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 , of a portion of the material stack of  FIGS. 2-6 , in a sixth stage of assembly of the shield structure of the assembly of  FIG. 1 , taken from line VII-VII of  FIG. 7A ; 
         FIG. 7A  is a top view, similar to  FIGS. 2A and 3A , of a portion of the material stack of  FIGS. 2-7 , taken from line VIIA-VIIA of  FIG. 7 ; and 
         FIGS. 8 and 9  are flowcharts of illustrative processes for manufacturing a shield structure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     Shield structures with reduced spacing between adjacent insulation components and systems and methods for making the same are provided and described with reference to  FIGS. 1-9 . 
     Different insulation components of different layers of a stack may be attached to the same surface of a shield component during a single attachment (e.g., lamination) operation to attenuate the spacing between the different insulation components attached to the shield component. Limiting the size of a spacing between adjacent insulation components along a shield component of a shield structure may limit the size of an exposed portion of the shield component, which may limit the opportunity for that exposed shield component portion to be shorted to another structure (e.g., a support structure of an electronic device that includes the shield structure). The different insulation components may have different characteristics for enabling different functionalities of the shield structure. For example, a first insulation component (e.g., a pressure sensitive adhesive made from polyethylene terephthalate) may be better suited for adhering the shield structure to a support structure, while a second insulation component (e.g., a polyimide substrate) may be better suited for enabling a thermo-bonding process with the shield component of the shield structure. 
     A shield structure with reduced spacing between adjacent insulation components may be provided as part of any suitable electronic assembly. For example, as shown in  FIG. 1 , an electronic device assembly  100  may include an electronic component  170  and a shield structure  102  that may be operative to shield electronic component  170 . Electronic component  170  may be any suitable component or collection of components that may generate and/or be susceptible to any electromagnetic fields (e.g., radio frequency (“RF”) electromagnetic radiation and/or any other suitable electromagnetic interference (“EMI”)), such as any suitable electronic sensor subassembly or circuit board or the like, while shield structure  102  may be any suitable component or collection of components that may be operative to create at least a portion of a barrier for blocking EMI from traveling towards or away from electronic component  170 . 
     Shield structure  102  may include a shield component  140  positioned above and extending along at least a portion of a top surface  171  of electronic component  170 , where shield component  140  may be any suitable component or combination of components that may be operative to create an EMI barrier, such as a conductive metal sheet (e.g., aluminum foil). Additionally, as shown, shield structure  102  may include a lower insulation component  150  positioned between and extending along at least a portion of a bottom surface  149  of shield component  140  and at least a portion of top surface  171  of electronic component  170 , where lower insulation component  150  may be any suitable component or combination of components that may be operative to insulate shield component  140  from electronic component  170 , such as a polyester core. Lower insulation component  150  may also include an adhesive layer along a top surface  151  for adhering lower insulation component  150  to bottom surface  149  of shield component  140  and/or an adhesive layer along a bottom surface  159  for adhering lower insulation component  150  to top surface  171  of electronic component  170 . 
     Additionally or alternatively, as shown, shield structure  102  may include a first upper insulation component  120  positioned between and extending along a first portion of a top surface  141  of shield component  140  and a first portion of a bottom surface  119  of an assembly structure  110  opposite a top surface  111  of assembly structure  110  (e.g., any suitable support plate, such as a stainless steel mid plate or housing structure of an electronic device assembly  100 ), where upper insulation component  120  may be any suitable component or combination of components that may be operative to insulate shield component  140  from assembly structure  110 , such as a polyester core. Upper insulation component  120  may also include an adhesive layer along a top surface  121  for adhering upper insulation component  120  to bottom surface  119  of assembly structure  110  and/or an adhesive layer along a bottom surface  129  for adhering upper insulation component  120  to top surface  141  of shield component  140 . Shield structure  102  may also include a second upper insulation component  130  positioned between and extending along a second portion of top surface  141  of shield component  140  and a second portion of bottom surface  119  of assembly structure  110 , where upper insulation component  130  may be any suitable component or combination of components that may be operative to insulate shield component  140  from assembly structure  110 , such as a polyimide substrate. Upper insulation component  130  may also include an adhesive layer along a top surface  131  for adhering upper insulation component  130  to bottom surface  119  of assembly structure  110  and/or an adhesive layer along a bottom surface  139  for adhering upper insulation component  130  to top surface  141  of shield component  140 . First and second insulation components  120  and  130  may have different characteristics for enabling different functionalities of shield structure  102 . For example, first insulation component  120  (e.g., a pressure sensitive adhesive including a core made from polyethylene terephthalate) may be better suited for adhering shield structure  102  to assembly structure  110 , while second insulation component  130  (e.g., a black polyimide tape including a polyimide core) may be better suited for enabling a thermo-bonding process with a portion of shield component  140  below second insulation component  130  (e.g., for grounding an interconnect component  160  that may be positioned between a portion of electronic component  170  and the portion of shield component  140  below second insulation component  130 ). In some embodiments, component  160  may be any suitable conductive component, such as any suitable conductive adhesive, that may be operative to form a conductive (e.g., grounding) path between electronic component  170  and shield component  140 . 
     Additionally, as also shown in  FIG. 1 , assembly  100  may also include another shield structure  108  that may include a shield component  190 , which may be positioned below and extending along at least a portion of a bottom surface  179  of electronic component  170 , and an insulation component  180  that positioned between and extending along at least a portion of a top surface  191  of shield component  190  and at least a portion of bottom surface  179  of electronic component  170 , where insulation component  180  may be any suitable component or combination of components that may be operative to insulate shield component  190  from electronic component  170 , such as a polyester core. Insulation component  180  may also include an adhesive layer along a top surface  181  for adhering insulation component  180  to bottom surface  179  of electronic component  170  and/or an adhesive layer along a bottom surface  189  for adhering insulation component  180  to top surface  191  of shield component  190 . An interconnect component  166  may be positioned between a portion of electronic component  170  and a portion of shield component  190 . In some embodiments, component  166  may be any suitable conductive component, such as any suitable conductive adhesive, that may be operative to form a conductive (e.g., grounding) path between electronic component  170  and shield component  190 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 1 , a spacing  201  of a magnitude SX (e.g., along an X-axis dimension) may exist between a side surface  124  of first insulation component  120  and a side surface  136  of second insulation component  130  when components  120  and  130  are positioned adjacent to one another on top surface  141  of shield component  140  of shield structure  102 , where spacing  201  may expose a portion of top surface  141  of shield component  140  for potential shorting or other unfavorable electrical communication with bottom surface  119  of assembly structure  110 . Therefore, in order to limit the possibility of such communication, magnitude SX of spacing  201  must be limited to a magnitude less than a particular magnitude (e.g., less than 80 micrometers, or less than 50 micrometers, or less than 30 micrometers, or less than 20 micrometers, or less than 10 micrometers). In some embodiments, first insulation component  120  of a desired geometry may be obtained and attached (e.g., laminated) to top surface  141  of shield component  140 , and then second insulation component  130  of a desired geometry may be obtained and attached (e.g., laminated) to top surface  141  of shield component  140  at a position adjacent to first insulation component  120  that may result in an appropriately sized spacing  201 . However, such an approach may expose magnitude SX of spacing  201  to various controlling dimensions (e.g., the cutting of the shape of component  120 , the placement of component  120 , the cutting of the shape of component  130 , the placement of component  130 , etc.) that may unfavorably increase the tolerance accumulation of magnitude SX beyond an acceptable magnitude. Therefore, other approaches may be more reliable for limiting the spacing between adjacent components on a base component, such as by attaching different insulation components from different stacked layers of a stack onto the same surface of a shield component, for example, in a single attachment operation (e.g., a single lamination operation). 
     As shown in  FIGS. 2-7A , for example, a material stack  200  may be used in conjunction with shield component  140  to form at least a portion of shield structure  102  with reduced spacing between insulation component  120  and insulation component  130  along surface  141  of shield component  140 . Although  FIGS. 2-7A  may be described with respect to a process for adjacently attaching two stacked insulation components on a shield component for forming an insulated shield structure, it is to be understood that such  FIGS. 2-7A  and such a process may be with respect to attaching any two stacked components in an adjacent manner on a surface of any base component for forming any suitable multi-component structure. 
       FIGS. 2 and 2A  show stack  200  in a first stage of assembly of shield structure  102  (i.e., in a stage  200 - 1 ). Stack  200  may include any suitable number of any suitable stack components arranged in any suitable stacking order that includes at least first insulation component  120  and second insulation component  130 . For example, as shown, stage  200 - 1  of stack  200  may include a carrier component  220 , a buffer component  240 , second insulation component  130  stacked in between a portion of a bottom surface  229  of carrier component  220  and a portion of a top surface  241  of buffer component  240 , first insulation component  120 , a first liner (e.g., heavy liner) component  260  stacked in between a bottom surface  249  of buffer component  240  and top surface  121  of first insulation component  120 , and a second liner (e.g., light liner) component  280  stacked below first insulation component  120 . 
     Second liner component  280  may be provided by any suitable material layer or combination of any suitable stacked material layers of any suitable height  280 H between a top surface  281  and a bottom surface  289  in order to provide any suitable release liner that may be operative to protect but be harmlessly removed from an adhesive layer of component  120  (e.g., an adhesive layer  123 ) that may be positioned to extend above and along top surface  281  of liner component  280 . For example, as shown, liner component  280  may include any suitable substrate layer  287  of any suitable height  287 H that may define and extend upwards from bottom surface  289  and that may be made of any suitable material, such as a plastic (e.g., polyester (e.g., polyethylene terephthalate (“PET”))) or paper based substrate, in order to protect bottom surface  129  of component  120 . Additionally, as shown, liner component  280  may include any suitable releasing agent layer  283  of any suitable height  283 H that may define and extend downwards from top surface  281  and that may be made of any suitable material, such as a silicone, olephene, and/or acrylate releasing agent, in order to enable release of liner component  280  from an adhesive layer of component  120  (e.g., adhesive layer  123 ). Height  280 H may be about 25 micrometers or may be in any suitable range, such as between 2 micrometers and 55 micrometers, while height  287 H may be about 24 micrometers or may be in any suitable range, such as between 2 micrometers and 50 micrometers, while height  283 H may be about 1 micrometer or may be in any suitable range, such as between 0.2 micrometers and 5.0 micrometers. 
     First insulation component  120  may be provided by any suitable material layer or combination of any suitable stacked material layers of any suitable height  120 H between top surface  121  and bottom surface  129  in order to provide any suitable insulation that may be operative to insulate (e.g., from assembly structure  110 ) a portion of a shield component  140  that may be positioned to extend below and along bottom surface  129  of component  120  and/or to provide any suitable adhesion between bottom surface  129  of insulation component  120  and top surface  141  of shield component  140  and/or to provide any suitable adhesion between top surface  121  of insulation component  120  and bottom surface  119  of assembly structure  110  (e.g., a pressure sensitive adhesive). For example, as shown, insulation component  120  may include any suitable lower adhesive layer  127  of any suitable height  127 H that may define and extend upwards from bottom surface  129  and that may be made of any suitable adhesive material, such as acrylate, polyurethane, silicone, or rubber-based pressure sensitive adhesive, in order to eventually adhere to top surface  141  of shield component  140 . Additionally, as shown, insulation component  120  may include any suitable upper adhesive layer  123  of any suitable height  123 H that may define and extend downwards from top surface  121  and that may be made of any suitable adhesive material, such as acrylate, polyurethane, silicone, or rubber-based pressure sensitive adhesive, in order to eventually adhere to bottom surface  119  of assembly structure  110 . Additionally, as shown, insulation component  120  may include any suitable core layer  125  of any suitable height  125 H that may extend between adhesive layers  123  and  127  and that may be made of any suitable core material, such as a polyester (e.g., PET) and/or paper-based and/or fabric and/or foam and/or metal foil based core, in order to eventually insulate (e.g., from assembly structure  110 ) a portion of a shield component  140 . Height  120 H may be about 25 micrometers or may be in any suitable range, such as between 1 micrometer and 800 micrometers or between 2 micrometers and 54 micrometers, while height  127 H may be about 12 micrometers or may be in any suitable range, such as between 1 micrometer and 300 micrometers or between 1 micrometer and 25 micrometers, while height  125 H may be about 1 micrometer or may be in any suitable range, such as between 1 micrometer and 200 micrometers or between 1 micrometer and 4 micrometers, and while height  123 H may be about 12 micrometers or may be in any suitable range, such as between 1 micrometer and 300 micrometers or between 1 micrometer and 25 micrometers. 
     First liner component  260  may be provided by any suitable material layer or combination of any suitable stacked material layers of any suitable height  260 H between a top surface  261  and a bottom surface  269  in order to provide any suitable release liner that may be operative to protect but be harmlessly removed from an adhesive layer of component  120  (e.g., adhesive layer  123 ) that may be positioned to extend below and along bottom surface  269  of liner component  260 . For example, as shown, liner component  260  may include any suitable substrate layer  263  of any suitable height  263 H that may define and extend downwards from top surface  261  and that may be made of any suitable material, such as a plastic (e.g., polyester (e.g., PET)) or paper based substrate, in order to protect top surface  121  of component  120 . Additionally, as shown, liner component  260  may include any suitable releasing agent layer  267  of any suitable height  267 H that may define and extend upwards from bottom surface  269  and that may be made of any suitable material, such as a silicone, olephene, and/or acrylate releasing agent, in order to enable release of liner component  260  from an adhesive layer of component  120  (e.g., adhesive layer  123 ). Height  260 H may be about 25 micrometers or may be in any suitable range, such as between 2 micrometers and 55 micrometers, while height  263 H may be about 24 micrometers or may be in any suitable range, such as between 2 micrometers and 50 micrometers, while height  267 H may be about 1 micrometer or may be in any suitable range, such as between 0.2 micrometers and 5.0 micrometers. Alternatively, height  260 H may be about 75 micrometers. 
     Buffer component  240  may be provided by any suitable material layer or combination of any suitable stacked material layers of any suitable height  240 H between a top surface  241  and bottom surface  249  in order to provide any suitable adhesion between bottom surface  249  of buffer component  240  and top surface  261  of liner component  260  and/or to provide any suitable release liner that may be operative to protect but be harmlessly removed from an adhesive layer of component  130  (e.g., an adhesive layer  137 ) that may be positioned to extend above and along a portion of top surface  241  of buffer component  240  and/or to provide any suitable release liner that may be operative to protect but be harmlessly removed from an adhesive layer of carrier component  220  (e.g., an adhesive layer  227 ) that may be positioned to extend above and along another portion of top surface  241  of buffer component  240 . For example, as shown, buffer component  240  may include any suitable lower adhesive layer  247  of any suitable height  247 H that may define and extend upwards from bottom surface  249  and that may be made of any suitable adhesive material, such as acrylate, polyurethane, silicone, or rubber-based pressure sensitive adhesive or foam based adhesive, in order to adhere to top surface  261  of substrate layer  263  of liner component  260 . Additionally, as shown, buffer component  240  may include any suitable releasing agent layer  243  of any suitable height  243 H that may define and extend downwards from top surface  241  and that may be made of any suitable material, such as a silicone, olephene, and/or acrylate releasing agent, in order to enable release of buffer component  240  from an adhesive layer of component  130  (e.g., an adhesive layer  137 ) and/or in order to enable release of buffer component  240  from an adhesive layer of carrier component  220  (e.g., adhesive layer  227 ). Additionally, as shown, buffer component  240  may include any suitable substrate layer  245  of any suitable height  245 H that may extend between adhesive layer  247  and releasing agent layer  243  and that may be made of any suitable material, such as a plastic (e.g., polyester (e.g., PET)) or paper based substrate, in order to provide any suitable robust structure to buffer component  240 . Height  240 H may be about 50 micrometers or may be in any suitable range, such as between 3 micrometers and 85 micrometers or between 4 micrometers and 14 micrometers, while height  247 H may be about 30 micrometers or may be in any suitable range, such as between 1 micrometer and 30 micrometers or between 1 micrometer and 8 micrometers, while height  245 H may be about 50 micrometers or may be in any suitable range, such as between 2 micrometers and 60 micrometers or between 3 micrometers and 10 micrometers, and while height  243 H may be about 5 micrometers or may be in any suitable range, such as between 0.2 micrometers and 5.0 micrometers or between 0.5 micrometers and 2.0 micrometers. 
     Second insulation component  130  may be provided by any suitable material layer or combination of any suitable stacked material layers of any suitable height  130 H between top surface  131  and bottom surface  139  in order to provide any suitable insulation that may be operative to insulate (e.g., from assembly structure  110 ) a portion of shield component  140  that may be positioned to extend below and along bottom surface  139  of component  130  and/or to enable any suitable thermo-bonding process with a portion of shield component  140  below component  130  (e.g., for grounding interconnect component  160  that may be positioned between a portion of electronic component  170  and the portion of shield component  140  below second insulation component  130 ). For example, as shown, insulation component  130  may include any suitable lower adhesive layer  137  of any suitable height  137 H that may define and extend upwards from bottom surface  139  and that may be made of any suitable adhesive material, such as acrylate, polyurethane, silicone, or rubber-based pressure sensitive adhesive, in order to eventually adhere to top surface  141  of shield component  140 . Additionally, as shown, insulation component  130  may include any suitable substrate layer  133  of any suitable height  133 H that may extend downwards from top surface  131  and that may be made of any suitable substrate material, such as a polyimide substrate, in order to eventually insulate (e.g., from assembly structure  110 ) a portion of shield component  140  (e.g., as a black polyimide tape including a polyimide core). Height  130 H may be about 20 micrometers or may be in any suitable range, such as between 6 micrometers and 200 micrometers or between 6 micrometers and 45 micrometers, while height  137 H may be about 12 micrometers or may be in any suitable range, such as between 4 micrometers and 150 micrometers or between 4 micrometers and 30 micrometers, while height  133 H may be about 8 micrometers or may be in any suitable range, such as between 2 micrometers and 50 micrometers or between 2 micrometers and 15 micrometers. 
     Carrier component  220  may be provided by any suitable material layer or combination of any suitable stacked material layers of any suitable height  220 H between a top surface  221  and a bottom surface  229  in order to provide any suitable carrier structure that may be operative to carry some or all of the other components of stack  200  that may be positioned to extend below and along bottom surface  229  of carrier component  220  during the various stages of assembly of stack  200  (e.g., for forming shield structure  102 ), such as by adhering to insulation component  130  that may be positioned to extend below and along a portion of bottom surface  229  of carrier component  220  and/or by adhering to a portion of buffer component  240  that may be positioned to extend below and along another portion of bottom surface  229  of carrier component  220 . For example, as shown, carrier component  220  may include any suitable lower adhesive layer  227  of any suitable height  227 H that may define and extend upwards from bottom surface  229  and that may be made of any suitable adhesive material, such as acrylate, polyurethane, silicone, or rubber-based pressure sensitive adhesive and/or foam adhesive, in order to adhere to top surface  131  of insulation component  130  and/or in order to adhere to a portion of top surface  241  of buffer component  240 . Additionally, as shown, carrier component  220  may include any suitable substrate layer  223  of any suitable height  223 H that may extend downwards from top surface  221  and that may be made of any suitable substrate material, such as a polyester (e.g., PET) and/or a paper-based substrate, in order to eventually provide structure to one or more other portions of stack  200  during one or more stages of assembly (e.g., as a carrier film). Height  220 H may be about 60 micrometers or may be in any suitable range, such as between 27 micrometers and 250 micrometers or between 53 micrometers and 85 micrometers, while height  227 H may be about 55 micrometers or may be in any suitable range, such as between 25 micrometers and 200 micrometers or between 50 micrometers and 75 micrometers, while height  223 H may be about 5 micrometers or may be in any suitable range, such as between 2 micrometers and 50 micrometers or between 3 micrometers and 10 micrometers. 
     One, some, or each of components  220 ,  240 ,  260 ,  120 , and  280  of at least stage  200 - 1  of stack  200  may be provided to extend along any suitable length in the X-axis direction (e.g., a length including length portion LP of stack  200 ), while component  130  may only extend along a portion of that length (e.g., between surfaces  132  and  138 , as shown in  FIG. 2A  in broken line under a transparently illustrated portion of component  220 ). Such a length may enable stack  200  to be used in any suitable conversion processing system, such as a roll-to-roll processing system or web processing system or reel-to-reel processing system or the like (e.g., in a +X rolling direction or in a −X rolling direction). As shown in  FIG. 2A , two or more second insulation stack components, such as second insulation stack component  130  extending between surfaces  138  and  132 , as well as another second insulation stack component  130   a  extending between surface  138   a  and another surface (not shown), such that a single stack  200  may be used to generate multiple shield structures. It is to be appreciated that various elements of assembly  100  and/or stack  200  may not be illustrated to scale and/or to exact geometry in one or more of  FIGS. 1-7A  in order to clearly show certain features thereof in a more efficient manner. 
     Once material stack  200  has been formed in any suitable manner to be made available in its first stage of assembly  200 - 1 , a cut may be created through at least a portion of stack  200 , such as through at least two stack components, including, for example, through at least first insulation component  120  and second insulation component  130 .  FIGS. 3 and 3A  show stack  200  in a second stage of assembly of shield structure  102  (i.e., in a stage  200 - 2 ), which may be the same as stage  200 - 1  of stack  200  but after a cut  209  has been made through at least a portion of stack  200  by a cutting mechanism  300 . For example, cutting mechanism  300  may include a blade with a pierce cutting angle  301  (e.g., an angle of 10° or less than 5° or less than 10° or less than 15°) that may create cut  209  (e.g., in about or less than 0.2 seconds) or a laser that may create cut  209  (e.g., in about or less than 0.2 microseconds), where cut  209  may be a die cut or a kiss cut or any other suitable cut type in various embodiments. Cutting mechanism  300  may be operative to create cut  209  without removing any material from stack  200  (e.g., while a controlled tension is provided across stack  200  (e.g., along the X-axis direction)). Cut  209  may be made by introducing a blade or laser or any other suitable cutting feature of cutting mechanism  300  upwards through stack  200  in an upwards cutting direction of arrow C, which may be substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface of stack  200  and/or to the bottom surface of one or more material layers of stack  200  (e.g., in the +Z direction, where the stacking of stacked components of stack  200  may be along the Z-axis), and then through removal of the cutting feature from stack  200  in a downwards removal direction of arrow R, although it is to be understood that the cutting direction and/or removal direction may form any other suitable angle with respect to stack  200 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 3 , cut  209  may be provided through liner component  280 , through insulation component  120 , through liner component  260 , through buffer component  240 , and through insulation component  130 , but not through carrier component  220  (e.g., such that carrier component  220  may maintain its ability to carry stack  200  through future stages of assembly). Cut  209  may be provided through the entirety of liner component  280  between bottom surface  289  and top surface  281  for separating liner component  280  into a first liner component portion  280   a , which may include an exposed side surface  284 , and a second liner component portion  280   b , which may include an exposed side surface  286  that may face exposed side surface  284  on an opposing side of cut  209 . Cut  209  may be provided through the entirety of insulation component  120  between bottom surface  129  and top surface  121  for separating insulation component  120  into a first insulation component portion  120   a , which may include an exposed side surface  124 , and a second insulation component portion  120   b , which may include an exposed side surface  126  that may face exposed side surface  124  on an opposing side of cut  209 . Cut  209  may be provided through the entirety of liner component  260  between bottom surface  269  and top surface  261  for separating liner component  260  into a first liner component portion  260   a , which may include an exposed side surface  264 , and a second liner component portion  260   b , which may include an exposed side surface  266  that may face exposed side surface  264  on an opposing side of cut  209 . Cut  209  may be provided through the entirety of buffer component  240  between bottom surface  249  and top surface  241  for separating buffer component  240  into a first buffer component portion  240   a , which may include an exposed side surface  244 , and a second buffer component portion  240   b , which may include an exposed side surface  246  that may face exposed side surface  244  on an opposing side of cut  209 . Cut  209  may also be provided through the entirety of insulation component  130  between bottom surface  139  and top surface  131  for separating insulation component  130  into a first insulation component portion  130   a , which may include an exposed side surface  134 , and a second insulation component portion  130   b , which may include an exposed side surface  136  that may face exposed side surface  134  on an opposing side of cut  209 . As shown, first component portion  130   a  may be stacked above first component portion  240   a , which may be stacked above first component portion  260   a , which may be stacked above first component portion  120   a , which may be stacked above first component portion  280   a , while second component portion  130   b  may be stacked above second component portion  240   b , which may be stacked above second component portion  260   b , which may be stacked above second component portion  120   b , which may be stacked above second component portion  280   b.    
     Cut  209  may be created to define any suitable cut shape about a portion of stack  200 . For example, as shown in  FIG. 3A  (e.g., in broken line under a transparently illustrated portion of component  220 ), a horizontal cross-section cut shape  209   s  of cut  209  through stack  200  below carrier component  220  (e.g., through component  280  and/or component  120  and/or component  260  and/or component  240  and/or component  130 ) may be rectangular, although any other suitable shape  209   s  may be provided by cut  209 . As shown in  FIG. 3A  by cut shape  209   s , only a portion of cut  209  may be provided through component  130 , while another portion of cut  209  may be provided through a portion of stack  200  that does not include component  130 . Alternatively, in other embodiments, the entirety of cut shape  209   s  of cut  209  may be provided within the bounds of component  130  within stack  200 . Alternatively, in some embodiments, cut shape  209   s  may not be a closed shape, but instead cut  209  may extend to an edge of stack  200  (e.g., all the way to the −Y edge  215  of stack  200 ). 
     Once material stack  200  has been cut to be made available in its second stage of assembly  200 - 2 , a portion of stack  200  that may be at least partially defined by or bound by the cut, which may include a portion of insulation component  120 , may be removed from the stack.  FIG. 4  shows stack  200  in a third stage of assembly of shield structure  102  (i.e., in a stage  200 - 3 ), which may be the same as stage  200 - 2  of stack  200  but after a portion of stack  200  has been removed from another portion of stack  200  through any suitable removal process. For example, as shown, a first portion of stack  200  of stage  200 - 2 , which may include second component portion  240   b  and second component portion  260   b  and second component portion  120   b  and second component portion  280   b , may be removed (e.g., in the removal direction of arrow R) from a second portion of stack  200  of stage  200 - 2 , which may include carrier component  220  and first component portion  130   a  and second component portion  130   b  and first component portion  240   a  and first component portion  260   a  and first component portion  120   a  and first component portion  280   a , such that stack  200  of stage  200 - 3  may only include that remaining second portion of stack  200 . Therefore, in some embodiments, the stack portion removed from stack  200  to provide stage  200 - 3  may be the portion of the stack separated from another portion of the stack by cut  209 , except for the separated portions of insulation component  130 . 
     The stack portion removal process for providing stage  200 - 3  may be accomplished using any suitable technique(s), including any suitable scraping process. Removal of the stack portion may be accomplished without affecting the geometry of the remaining stack portion. Stack  200  may be configured such that the release force required (e.g., in the direction of arrow R) to remove buffer component  240  from insulation component  130  may be less than the release force required (e.g., in the direction of arrow R) to remove insulation component  130  from carrier component  220 , such that second component portion  130   b  may remain as a portion of stack  200  of stage  200 - 3  despite that second component portion  130   b  being stacked above the stack portion that was removed from stack  200  (e.g., the release force that may be required to release adhesive layer  227  of bottom surface  229  of carrier component  220  from substrate layer  133  of top surface  131  of insulation component  130  may be greater (e.g., 20-100 times greater) than the release force that may be required to release releasing agent layer  243  of top surface  241  of buffer component  240  from adhesive layer  137  of bottom surface  139  of insulation component  130 ). 
     Once a stack portion has been removed from material stack  200  to provide stack  200  in its third stage of assembly  200 - 3 , another portion of stack  200  may be removed from the stack in order to prepare the stack for attachment to a shield component.  FIG. 5  shows stack  200  in a fourth stage of assembly of shield structure  102  (i.e., in a stage  200 - 4 ), which may be the same as stage  200 - 3  of stack  200  but after another portion of stack  200  has been removed through any suitable removal process. For example, as shown, first component portion  280   a  of liner component  280  may be removed (e.g., in the removal direction of arrow R) from the remainder of stack  200  of stage  200 - 3 , such that adhesive layer  127  of bottom surface  129  of insulation component  120  may be exposed. The stack portion removal process for providing stage  200 - 4  may be accomplished using any suitable technique(s), including any suitable scraping process. Removal of first component portion  280   a  of liner component  280  may be accomplished without affecting the geometry of the remaining stack portion. Stack  200  may be configured such that the release force required (e.g., in the direction of arrow R) to remove first component portion  280   a  of liner component  280  from first component portion  120   a  of insulation component  120  may be less than the release force required (e.g., in the direction of arrow R) to remove first component portion  120   a  of insulation component  120  from first component portion  260   a  of liner component  260 , such that first component portion  120   a  may remain as a portion of stack  200  of stage  200 - 4  despite that first component portion  120   a  being stacked above the stack portion that was removed from stack  200  (e.g., the release force that may be required to release adhesive layer  123  of top surface  121  of first component portion  120   a  of insulation component  120  from releasing agent layer  267  of bottom surface  269  of first component portion  260   a  of liner component  260  may be greater (e.g., 2-5 times greater) than the release force that may be required to release adhesive layer  127  of bottom surface  129  of first component portion  120   a  of insulation component  120  from releasing agent layer  283  of top surface  281  of first component portion  280   a  of liner component  280 ). 
     Once each appropriate stack portion has been removed from material stack  200  to provide stack  200  in its fourth stage of assembly  200 - 4 , a surface of a base component, such as top surface  141  of shield component  140 , may be positioned under stack  200  (e.g., as shown in  FIG. 5 ) and then an exposed portion of stack  200  may be attached to the base component.  FIG. 6  shows stack  200  in a fifth stage of assembly of shield structure  102  (i.e., in a stage  200 - 5 ), which may be the same as stage  200 - 4  of stack  200  but after top surface  141  of shield component  140  has been attached to stack  200 . Shield component  140  may be provided by any suitable material layer or combination of any suitable stacked material layers of any suitable height  140 H between top surface  141  and bottom surface  149  in order to provide any suitable base structure that may be operative to be insulated by insulation components  120  and  130  and that may be operative to create an EMI barrier (e.g., between assembly structure  110  and electronic component  170  of assembly  100 ). For example, as shown, shield component  140  may include any suitable lower layer  147  of any suitable height  147 H that may define and extend upwards from bottom surface  149  and that may be made of any suitable shield material, such as an aluminum foil, in order to eventually shield electronic component  170 . Additionally, as shown, shield component  140  may include any suitable top layer  143  of any suitable height  143 H that may define and/or extend downwards from top surface  141  and that may be made of any suitable substrate material, such as a PET film or polyimide film (e.g., by direct coating or lamination on layer  147 ). Height  140 H may be about 20 micrometers or may be in any suitable range, such as between 8 micrometers and 150 micrometers or between 12 micrometers and 35 micrometers, while height  147 H may be about 16 micrometers or may be in any suitable range, such as between 8 micrometers and 100 micrometers or between 12 micrometers and 25 micrometers, while height  143 H may be about 4 micrometers or may be in any suitable range, such as between 0 micrometers and 50 micrometers or between 0 micrometers and 10 micrometers. 
     As shown in  FIG. 6 , top surface  141  of shield component  140  may be attached to an exposed (e.g., bottom) portion of stage  200 - 4  of stack  200  to provide stage  200 - 5  of stack  200 , where such an exposed portion of stack  200  may include first portion  120   a  of insulation component  120  (e.g., bottom surface  129  of lower adhesive layer  127  of first portion  120   a  of insulation component  120 ) and second portion  130   b  of insulation component  130  (e.g., bottom surface  139  of adhesive layer  137  of second portion  130   b  of insulation component  130 ). The attachment process for providing stage  200 - 5  may be accomplished using any suitable technique(s), including any suitable laminating process. For example, a first portion of top surface  141  of shield component  140  may be pressed against bottom surface  129  of lower adhesive layer  127  of first portion  120   a  of insulation component  120  while a second portion of top surface  141  of shield component  140  may be pressed against bottom surface  139  of adhesive layer  137  of second portion  130   b  of insulation component  130 , for example, by using set of rollers that may be heated or otherwise for joining stage  200 - 4  of stack  200  to top surface  141  of shield component  140  for providing stage  200 - 5  of stack  200 . The attachment of stack  200  to shield component  140  may be accomplished during a single attachment operation (e.g., a single lamination operation (e.g., a single pass through of stack  200  and shield component  140  between a set of rollers)). As just one example, each roller may be a rubber roller (e.g., with a durometer of 70 Shore A) and the rollers may apply any suitable pressure (e.g., a pressure in a range of 0.3 megapascals to 2.0 megapascals or about 0.65 megapascals) on stack  200  and shield component  140  (e.g., on top surface  221  of carrier component  220  (e.g., in the direction of arrow R) and bottom surface  149  of shield component  140  (e.g., in the direction of arrow C)) to provide stage  200 - 5  of stack  200 . A deformable (e.g., rubber) roller may be provided to roll along top surface  221  of carrier component  220  (e.g., along the +X-direction) to constantly push stage  200 - 4  of stack  200  against shield component  140  for providing stage  200 - 5  of stack  200 . Carrier component  220  may be operative to stretch (e.g., in the −Z direction) during the attachment process to press bottom surface  139  of adhesive layer  137  of second portion  130   b  of insulation component  130  against top surface  141  of shield component  140 . 
     Once a base component (e.g., shield component  140 ) has been attached to stack  200  in fourth stage  200 - 4  to provide fifth stage  200 - 5  of stack  200 , another portion of stack  200  may be removed from the stack in order to prepare the stack for use within assembly  100  as a shield structure.  FIGS. 7 and 7A  show stack  200  in a sixth stage of assembly of shield structure  102  (i.e., in a stage  200 - 6 ), which may be the same as stage  200 - 5  of stack  200  but after another portion of stack  200  has been removed through any suitable removal process. For example, as shown, carrier component  220  and first component portion  130   a  of insulation component  130  and first component portion  240   a  of buffer component  240  and first component portion  260   a  of liner component  260  may be removed (e.g., in the removal direction of arrow C) from the remainder of stack  200  of stage  200 - 5 , such that adhesive layer  123  of top surface  121  of first component portion  120   a  of insulation component  120  may be exposed and such that substrate layer  133  of top surface  131  of second component portion  130   b  of insulation component  130  may be exposed. The stack portion removal process for providing stage  200 - 6  may be accomplished using any suitable technique(s), including any suitable scraping process. Removal of carrier component  220  and first component portion  130   a  of insulation component  130  and first component portion  240   a  of buffer component  240  and first component portion  260   a  of liner component  260  may be accomplished without affecting the geometry of the remaining stack portion. Stack  200  may be configured such that the release force required (e.g., in the direction of arrow C) to remove first component portion  260   a  of liner component  260  from first component portion  120   a  of insulation component  120  may be less than the release force required (e.g., in the direction of arrow C) to remove first component portion  120   a  of insulation component  120  from shield component  140 , such that first component portion  120   a  of insulation component  120  may remain as a portion of stack  200  of stage  200 - 6  despite that first component portion  120   a  being stacked below the stack portion that was removed from stack  200  (e.g., the release force that may be required to release adhesive layer  127  of bottom surface  129  of first component portion  120   a  of insulation component  120  from top surface  141  of shield component  140  may be greater than the release force that may be required to release releasing agent layer  267  of bottom surface  269  of first component portion  260   a  of liner component  260  from adhesive layer  123  of top surface  121  of first component portion  120   a  of insulation component  120 ). Additionally, stack  200  may be configured such that the release force required (e.g., in the direction of arrow C) to remove carrier component  220  from second component portion  130   b  of insulation component  130  may be less than the release force required (e.g., in the direction of arrow C) to remove second component portion  130   b  of insulation component  130  from shield component  140 , such that second component portion  130   b  of insulation component  130  may remain as a portion of stack  200  of stage  200 - 6  despite that second component portion  130   b  being stacked below the stack portion that was removed from stack  200  (e.g., the release force that may be required to release adhesive layer  137  of bottom surface  139  of second component portion  130   b  of insulation component  130  from top surface  141  of shield component  140  may be greater than the release force that may be required to release adhesive layer  227  of bottom surface  229  of carrier component  220  from substrate layer  133  of top surface  131  of second component portion  130   b  of insulation component  130 ). Carrier component  220  may be configured such that adhesive layer  227  may be permanently adhered to substrate layer  223  or at least have a very strong adhesion to substrate layer  223  (e.g., by cleaning and activating a bottom surface of substrate layer  223  before coating that bottom surface with a proper formulation of adhesive layer  227  to maximize such adhesion), while adhesive layer  227  may be configured to weakly adhere to substrate layer  133  of insulation component  130  (e.g., an adhesion weaker than the adhesion of adhesive layer  227  to substrate layer  223 ), where such adhesion may be stable along heat soak aging. The remaining structure of stage  200 - 6  may provide spacing  201  of magnitude SX between exposed side surface  124  of first component portion  120   a  of first insulation component  120  and exposed side surface  136  of second component portion  130   b  of second insulation component  130 , where magnitude SX may be less than a particular magnitude (e.g., less than 80 micrometers, or less than 50 micrometers, or less than 30 micrometers, or less than 20 micrometers, or less than 10 micrometers). 
     As shown in  FIG. 7A , horizontal cross-section cut shape  209   s  of cut  209  may provide a structure of stage  200 - 6  of stack  200  that may expose not only top surface  121  of first component portion  120   a  of insulation component  120  and top surface  131  of second component portion  130   b  of insulation component  130 , but also a portion of top surface  141  of shield component  140 . While the exposed portion of top surface  141  of shield component  140  may be limited to magnitude SX of spacing  201  between exposed side surface  124  of first component portion  120   a  of first insulation component  120  and exposed side surface  136  of second component portion  130   b  of second insulation component  130  (e.g., surfaces extending in Y-Z planes), and to a similar magnitude SY of a spacing  203  between other exposed side surfaces of first insulation component  120  and second insulation component  130  (e.g., surfaces extending in X-Z planes), an additional exposed portion of top surface  141  of shield component  140  may be exposed by the portion of cut shape  209   s  that may have been provided through a portion of stack  200  that does not include component  130  (if such a result is desired). Nevertheless, stage  200 - 6  of stack  200  may provide the reduced spacing between adjacent insulation components  120  and  130  along top surface  141  of shield component  140 . Stage  200 - 6  of stack  200  may then be provided within assembly  100  of  FIG. 1  for providing at least a portion of insulated shield structure  102 . In some embodiments, a top surface of substrate layer  133  may be provided with an adhesive for adhering insulation component  130  to bottom surface  119  of assembly structure  110  within assembly  100 . In other embodiments, the top surface of substrate layer  133  may not include an adhesive and/or component  130  may not be adhered to assembly structure  110  within assembly  100 . 
       FIG. 8  is a flowchart of an illustrative process  800  for forming an insulated shield structure (e.g., shield structure  102  or stage  200 - 6  of stack  200 ) for an electronic device (e.g., assembly  100 ) using a shield component (e.g., shield component  140 ) and a stack (e.g., stage  200 - 1  of stack  200 ) that includes a number of components including a first insulation component (e.g., insulation component  120 ) and a second insulation component (e.g., insulation component  130 ) that is stacked above the first insulation component. At operation  802  of process  800 , a cut (e.g., cut  209 ) may be created through at least two components of the stack (e.g., stage  200 - 1  of stack  200 ), wherein the cut separates a first portion of the first insulation component (e.g., first component portion  120   a ) from a second portion of the first insulation component (e.g., second component portion  120   b ), wherein the cut separates a first portion of the second insulation component (e.g., first component portion  130   a ) from a second portion of the second insulation component (e.g., second component portion  130   b ), wherein the first portion of the second insulation component (e.g., first component portion  130   a ) is stacked above the first portion of the first insulation component (e.g., first component portion  120   a ), and wherein the second portion of the second insulation component (e.g., second component portion  130   b ) is stacked above the second portion of the first insulation component (e.g., second component portion  120   b ). At operation  804  of process  800 , a first portion of the stack may be removed from a second portion of the stack, wherein the first portion of the stack includes the second portion of the first insulation component (e.g., second component portion  120   b ). At operation  806  of process  800 , a surface of the shield component (e.g., top surface  141  of shield component  140 ) may be attached to an exposed portion of the second portion of the stack, wherein the exposed portion of the second portion of the stack includes the first portion of the first insulation component (e.g., first component portion  120   a ) and the second portion of the second insulation component (e.g., second component portion  130   b ). 
     It is understood that the operations shown in process  800  of  FIG. 8  are only illustrative and that existing operations may be modified or omitted, additional operations may be added, and the order of certain operations may be altered. 
       FIG. 9  is a flowchart of an illustrative process  900  for forming a multi-component structure (e.g., structure  102  or stage  200 - 6  of stack  200 ) using a base component (e.g., component  140 ) and a stack (e.g., stage  200 - 1  of stack  200 ) that includes a number of stack components including a first stack component (e.g., component  120 ) and a second stack component (e.g., component  130 ) that is stacked above the first stack component. At operation  902  of process  900 , a cut (e.g., cut  209 ) may be created through at least a portion of the stack (e.g., stage  200 - 1  of stack  200 ), wherein the cut separates a first portion of the first stack component (e.g., first component portion  120   a ) from a second portion of the first stack component (e.g., second component portion  120   b ), wherein the cut separates a first portion of the second stack component (e.g., first component portion  130   a ) from a second portion of the second stack component (e.g., second component portion  130   b ), wherein the first portion of the second stack component (e.g., first component portion  130   a ) is stacked above the first portion of the first stack component (e.g., first component portion  120   a ), and wherein the second portion of the second stack component (e.g., second component portion  130   b ) is stacked above the second portion of the first stack component (e.g., second component portion  120   b ). At operation  904  of process  900 , a surface of the base component (e.g., surface  141  of component  140 ) may be joined to the first portion of the first stack component (e.g., first component portion  120   a ) and to the second portion of the second stack component (e.g., second component portion  130   b ). 
     It is understood that the operations shown in process  900  of  FIG. 9  are only illustrative and that existing operations may be modified or omitted, additional operations may be added, and the order of certain operations may be altered. 
     While there have been described shield structures with reduced spacing between adjacent insulation components and systems and methods for making the same, it is to be understood that many changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the subject matter described herein in any way. Insubstantial changes from the claimed subject matter as viewed by a person with ordinary skill in the art, now known or later devised, are expressly contemplated as being equivalently within the scope of the claims. Therefore, obvious substitutions now or later known to one with ordinary skill in the art are defined to be within the scope of the defined elements. It is also to be understood that various directional and orientational terms, such as “up” and “down,” “front” and “back,” “top” and “bottom” and “side,” “above” and “below,” “length” and “width” and “thickness” and “diameter” and “cross-section” and “longitudinal,” “X-” and “Y-” and “Z-,” and the like, may be used herein only for convenience, and that no fixed or absolute directional or orientational limitations are intended by the use of these terms. For example, the components of the shield structure can have any desired orientation. If reoriented, different directional or orientational terms may need to be used in their description, but that will not alter their fundamental nature as within the scope and spirit of the invention. 
     Therefore, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the invention can be practiced by other than the described embodiments, which are presented for purposes of illustration rather than of limitation.

Metadata:
Filing Date: 20171208
Publication Date: 20190319
Grant Date: 20190319
Priority Date: 20170910
Inventors: LIN, WEI
GUPTA, NATHAN K.
ZHONG, JOHN Z.
Assignee: APPLE INC
CPC Classifications: [{"code": "H05K7/04", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04M1/026", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H05K9/0088", "inventive": true, "first": true, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H05K9/0024", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H05K9/0024", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H05K9/0088", "inventive": true, "first": true, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H05K7/04", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04M1/026", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}]
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