Patent Application
20210161013
This application relates to the field of electronic communications technologies, and in particular, to a printed circuit board, a power supply, and a power supply system.
A printed circuit board (PCB) usually includes a gold finger area and a soldering area. Electronic parts and components may be soldered to the soldering area, and a gold finger (gold finger) may be disposed in the gold finger area. The gold finger is formed by arranging a plurality of conductive contact sheets, and an outer surface of each conductive contact sheet may be gold-plated. The gold finger may be inserted into a slot of a female socket connector to implement signal transfer or energy transfer between the PCB board and the female socket connector.
In a related technology, resistance of the PCB board is usually reduced by increasing a thickness and an area of a copper foil on the PCB board, so as to reduce resistance of the gold finger area, and improve the through-current capability of the gold finger area.
However, after the thickness and the area of the copper foil are increased, the copper foil absorbs a large amount of heat when a component is soldered to a soldering area on the PCB board. Consequently, this causes a relatively low soldering temperature and a poor soldering effect of the electronic parts and components.
This application provides a printed circuit board, a power supply, and a power supply system, to resolve a related-technology problem of a relatively low soldering temperature and a poor soldering effect of the electronic parts and components.
According to an aspect, a printed circuit board is provided. The printed circuit board may include a first outer conducting layer, a second outer conducting layer, and at least one insulation medium layer sandwiched between the first outer conducting layer and the second outer conducting layer; and the printed circuit board may include a gold finger area and a soldering area, where a total thickness of all conducting layers in the gold finger area may be greater than a total thickness of all conducting layers in the soldering area.
The total thickness of all conducting layers in the gold finger area is set to be relatively thick, so that resistance of the gold finger area can be reduced, and a through-current capability of the gold finger area is improved. In addition, the total thickness of all conducting layers in the soldering area is set to be relatively thin, so that a sufficient soldering temperature and a good soldering effect can be ensured when electronic parts and components are soldered to the soldering area.
Optionally, on the printed circuit board, a total thickness of the gold finger area may be equal to a total thickness of the soldering area. That is, an overall thickness of the printed circuit board may be consistent. In this way, smoothness of a surface of the printed circuit board can be ensured, so that smoothness of a gold finger disposed on the printed circuit board can be ensured, to ensure that the gold finger can be inserted into a female socket connector, thereby implementing an insertion and extraction function.
Optionally, there may be at least one target outer conducting layer in the first outer conducting layer and the second outer conducting layer, where a thickness of a part, of the gold finger area, in which the target outer conducting layer is located may be greater than a thickness of a part, of the soldering area, in which the target outer conducting layer is located. The thickness of the part, of the gold finger area, in which the target outer conducting layer is located is set to be relatively thick, so that the resistance of the gold finger area on the printed circuit board can be reduced, and the through-current capability of the gold finger area is improved.
Optionally, the thickness of the part, of the gold finger area, in which the target outer conducting layer is located may range from 4 oz to 20 oz; and the thickness of the part, of the soldering area, in which the target outer conducting layer located may range from ⅓ oz to 3 oz. For example, the thickness of the part, of the gold finger area, in which the target outer conducting layer is located may be 10 oz; and the thickness of the part, of the soldering area, in which the target outer conducting layer is located may be 2 oz.
Optionally, the printed circuit board may further include N inner conducting layers sandwiched between the first outer conducting layer and the second outer conducting layer, where N may be a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; one insulation medium layer is sandwiched between each outer conducting layer and an adjacent inner conducting layer; and one insulation medium layer is sandwiched between two adjacent inner conducting layers. That is, a total quantity of insulation medium layers that are disposed on the printed circuit board may be N+1.
Optionally, there may be at least one target inner conducting layer in the N inner conducting layers, where a thickness of a part, of the gold finger area, in which the target inner conducting layer is located may be greater than a thickness of a part, of the soldering area, in which the target inner conducting layer is located. The thickness of the part, of the gold finger area, in which the target inner conducting layer is located is set to be relatively thick, so that the resistance of the gold finger area on the printed circuit board may be further reduced, and the through-current capability of the gold finger area is improved.
Optionally, the thickness of the part, of the gold finger area, in which the target inner conducting layer is located may range from 4 oz to 20 oz; and the thickness of the part, of the soldering area, in which the target inner conducting layer located may range from ⅓ oz to 3 oz. For example, the thickness of the part, of the gold finger area, in which the target inner conducting layer is located may be 10 oz, and the thickness of the part, of the soldering area, in which the target inner conducting layer is located may be 2 oz.
Optionally, N may be an even number. That is, the printed circuit board may include an even-numbered quantity of inner layers. The even-numbered quantity of inner conducting layers are disposed on the printed circuit board, so that symmetry of the printed circuit board can be ensured. In addition, the printed circuit board with the even-numbered quantity of inner layers does not require an additional core structure process and a foil coating process, so that processing costs are relatively low.
Optionally, at least one via of a blind via hole and a buried via hole may be disposed in the gold finger area, where the blind via hole may penetrate one outer conducting layer and at least one inner conducting layer; and the buried via hole may penetrate at least two inner conducting layers. At least one via of the blind via hole and the buried via hole is disposed, so that a heat dissipation capability of the printed circuit board can be improved. Therefore, this reduces a temperature of the gold finger area, reduces the resistance of the gold finger area, and improves the through-current capability of the gold finger area.
Optionally, a conducting material layer may be disposed on a side wall of the via. The conducting material layer is disposed on the side wall of the via, so that the resistance of the gold finger area may be further reduced, and the through-current capability of the gold finger area is improved.
Optionally, a plating through hole may be further disposed in the gold finger area, where the plating through hole may penetrate the first outer conducting layer and the second outer conducting layer. The plating through hole is disposed in the gold finger area, so that the heat dissipation capability of the printed circuit board can be improved. Therefore, this reduces the temperature of the gold finger area, reduces the resistance of the gold finger area, and improves the through-current capability of the gold finger area.
Optionally, a conducting material layer may be disposed on a side wall of the plating through hole. The conducting material layer is disposed on the side wall of the via, so that the resistance of the gold finger area may be further reduced, and the through-current capability of the gold finger area is improved.
Optionally, the printed circuit board may further include M inner-layer conducting blocks that are disposed in the gold finger area and sandwiched between the first outer conducting layer and the second outer conducting layer, where M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; and at least one of the M inner-layer conducting blocks is electrically connected to one inner conducting layer. The inner-layer conducting block is connected to one inner conducting layer, so that the through-current capability of the gold finger area can be further improved.
Optionally, the printed circuit board may further include at least one outer-layer conducting block of a first outer-layer conducting block and a second outer-layer conducting block that are disposed in the gold finger area, where an end face of the first outer-layer conducting block is in contact with an end face of the first outer conducting layer, and a surface that is of the first outer-layer conducting block and that is spaced apart from the second outer conducting layer is coplanar with a surface that is of the first outer conducting layer and that is spaced apart from the second outer conducting layer; and an end face of the second outer-layer conducting block is in contact with an end face of the second outer conducting layer, and a surface that is of the second outer-layer conducting block and that is spaced apart from the first outer conducting layer is coplanar with a surface that is of the second outer conducting layer and that is spaced apart from the first outer conducting layer, where the end face is parallel to a thickness direction of the printed circuit board. The first outer-layer conducting block and the second outer-layer conducting block are conducting blocks located on the surface of the printed circuit board. The outer-layer conducting is disposed on the surface of the printed circuit board, so that the heat dissipation capability of the printed circuit board can be effectively improved, the resistance of the gold finger area on the printed circuit board is reduced, and the through-current capability of the gold finger area is improved.
Optionally, the printed circuit board may further include a conducting side wall, where the conducting side wall is connected to end faces of all conducting layers in the gold finger area, where the end face is parallel to the thickness direction of the printed circuit board. All the conducting layers in the gold finger area may be electrically connected by disposing the conducting side wall, so that the through-current capability of the gold finger area is further improved.
According to another aspect, a power supply is provided. The power supply may include electronic parts and components and the printed circuit board in the foregoing aspect. The electronic parts and components are soldered to a soldering area on the printed circuit board.
According to still another aspect, a power supply system is provided. The power supply system may include the power supply in the foregoing aspect and a female socket connector. In the power supply, a gold finger on a printed circuit board may be inserted into the female socket connector. The female socket connector may be a power connector.
Beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions provided in this application may include at least the following.
This application provides the printed circuit board, the power supply, and the power supply system. On the printed circuit board, the total thickness of all conducting layers in the gold finger area is greater than the total thickness of all conducting layers in the soldering area. Because the total thickness of all conducting layers in the gold finger area is set to be relatively thick, the resistance of the gold finger area can be reduced, and the through-current capability of the gold finger area is improved. In addition, the total thickness of all conducting layers in the soldering area is set to be relatively thin, so that a sufficient soldering temperature and a good soldering effect can be ensured when electronic parts and components are soldered to the soldering area.
To make objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of this application clearer, the following further describes implementations of this application in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
A printed circuit board (PCB) usually includes a gold finger area and a soldering area. A gold finger may be disposed in the gold finger area, and the gold finger may be inserted into a slot of a female socket connector, to implement signal transfer or energy transfer between the gold finger area and the female socket connector. The gold finger area is a medium and a critical path for through current between a power supply and a load. Electronic parts and components may be soldered to the soldering area. The electronic parts and components may be soldered to the soldering area on the PCB board through reflow soldering or wave soldering, and the electronic parts and components may be connected to a conducting layer by using layout of the PCB board.
In a related technology, to improve a through-current capability of a gold finger area, a conducting layer on a PCB board is usually set to be relatively thick. However, the relatively thick conducting layer absorbs a large amount of heat, and consequently a soldering temperature is not high enough, and a soldering effect is relatively poor when electronic parts and components are soldered to a soldering area on the PCB board. Therefore, in consideration of the soldering effect, a thickness of the conducting layer on the PCB board cannot be set to be excessively thick. Otherwise, a contradiction that the soldering effect is poor although the through-current capability is improved may occur.
To resolve the related-technology problem that the soldering effect is relatively poor when a copper foil on the PCB board is relatively thick, an embodiment of this application provides a PCB board. Referring to
In this embodiment of this application, the PCB board 00 may include a gold finger area 00a and a soldering area 00b. A gold finger (not shown in
For example, on the PCB board 00 shown in
In conclusion, this embodiment of this application provides the PCB board. On the PCB board, the total thickness of all conducting layers in the gold finger area is greater than the total thickness of all conducting layers in the soldering area. Because the total thickness of all conducting layers in the gold finger area is set to be relatively thick, resistance of the gold finger area can be reduced, and a through-current capability of the gold finger area is improved. In addition, the total thickness of all conducting layers in the soldering area is set to be relatively thin, so that a sufficient soldering temperature and a good soldering effect can be ensured when electronic parts and components are soldered to the soldering area.
Optionally, both the first outer conducting layer 001 and the second outer conducting layer 002 may be copper foils, and the insulation medium layer 003 may be an epoxy resin sheet.
Optionally, on the PCB board 00, a total thickness of the gold finger area 00a may be equal to a total thickness of the soldering area 00b. That is, an overall thickness of the PCB board 00 may be consistent. Referring to
In this embodiment of this application, there may be at least one target outer conducting layer in the first outer conducting layer 001 and the second outer conducting layer 002, where a thickness of a part, of the gold finger area 00a, in which the target outer conducting layer is located may be greater than a thickness of a part, of the soldering area 00b, in which the target outer conducting layer is located. A thickness of a part, of the gold finger area 00a, in which an outer conducting layer other than the target outer conducting layer is located may be equal to a thickness of a part, of the soldering area 00b, in which the outer conducting layer is located, for example, may be equal to a thickness of a part, of the soldering area 00b, in which the target outer conducting layer is located.
For example, referring to
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Optionally, the thickness of the part, of the gold finger area 00a, in which the target outer conducting layer is located may range from 4 oz to 20 oz. The thickness of the part, of the soldering area 00b, in which the target outer conducting layer is located may range from ⅓ oz to 3 oz. The thickness of the part, of the gold finger area 00a, in which an outer conducting layer other than the target outer conducting layer is located and the thickness of the part, of the soldering area 00b, in which the outer conducting layer is located may both range from ⅓ oz to 3 oz.
For example, referring to
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For example, on the PCB board 00 shown in
In this embodiment of this application, N may be an even number. That is, the PCB board 00 may include an even-numbered quantity of inner conducting layers. For example, the PCB board 00 may include two inner conducting layers or four inner conducting layers. The even-numbered quantity of inner conducting layers are disposed on the PCB board 00, so that symmetry of the PCB board 00 can be ensured. In addition, the PCB board 00 with the even-numbered quantity of inner layers does not require an additional core structure process and a foil coating process, so that processing costs are relatively low.
Optionally, there may be at least one target inner conducting layer in the N inner conducting layers 004, where a thickness of a part, of a gold finger area 00a, in which the target inner conducting layer is located may be greater than a thickness of a part, of a soldering area 00b, in which the target inner conducting layer is located. A thickness of a part, of the gold finger area 00a, in which an inner conducting layer other than the target inner conducting layer is located may be equal to a thickness of a part, of the soldering area 00b, in which the inner conducting layer is located, for example, may be equal to a thickness of a part, of the soldering area 00b, in which the target inner conducting layer is located.
For example,
Alternatively, both the first outer conducting layer 001 and the second outer conducting layer 002 may target inner conducting layers. Referring to
Optionally, a thickness of a part, of the gold finger area 00a, in which the target inner conducting layer is located may range from 4 oz to 20 oz. A thickness of a part, of the soldering area 00b, in which the target inner conducting layer is located may range from ⅓ oz to 3 oz. A thickness of a part, of the gold finger area 00a, in which an inner conducting layer other than the target inner conducting layer is located and a thickness of a part, of the soldering area 00b, in which the inner conducting layer is located may both range from ⅓ oz to 3 oz.
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It should be noted that, when the thickness of the part, of the gold finger area 00a, in which the inner conducting layer is located is greater than the thickness of the part, of the soldering area, in which the inner conducting layer is located, the part, of the gold finger area 00a, in which the inner conducting layer is located may protrude in a direction close to the first outer conducting layer 001, or may protrude in a direction close to the second outer conducting layer 002. This is not limited in this embodiment of this application.
In this embodiment of this application, to effectively increase a total thickness of all conducting layers in the gold finger area 00a and improve a through-current capability of the gold finger area 00a, referring to
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In this embodiment of this application, at least one via of the blind via hole 00a1, the buried via hole 00a2, and the plating through hole 00a3 is disposed to increase a heat dissipation capability of the PCB board 00. This reduces a temperature of the gold finger area 00a, reduces resistance of the gold finger area 00a, and improves the through-current capability of the gold finger area.
Optionally, a conducting material layer may be disposed on all side walls of the blind via hole 00a1, the buried via hole 00a2, and the plating through hole 00a3, so that conducting layers that are penetrated by the various types of vias are electrically connected. The conducting material layer may be a copper layer. The conducting material layer is disposed on the side wall of the via, so that the resistance of the gold finger area may be further reduced, and the through-current capability of the gold finger area is improved.
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At least one of the M inner-layer conducting blocks 005 may be electrically connected to one inner conducting layer 004. For example, referring to
In this embodiment of this application, the PCB board 00 may further include at least one outer-layer conducting block disposed in the gold finger area 00a. The at least one outer-layer conducting block may include at least one of a first outer-layer conducting block 006 and a second outer-layer conducting block 007.
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It can be learned from the foregoing descriptions that the first outer-layer conducting block 006 and the second outer-layer conducting block 007 are conducting blocks that are located on a surface of the PCB board 00. The outer conductive block is disposed on the surface of the PCB board 00, so that the heat dissipation capability of the PCB board 00 can be effectively improved, the resistance of the gold finger area 00a on the PCB board 00 is reduced, and the through-current capability of the gold finger area 00a is improved.
For example, referring to
Optionally, in this embodiment of this application, each inner-layer conducting block 005 and each outer-layer conducting block may be copper blocks.
It should be noted that, for at least one structure (for example, the structure shown in
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In this embodiment of this application, referring to
Optionally, the conducting side wall 008 may be a layer of conductive metal. When the conducting side wall 008 is formed, the end surfaces of all the conducting layers may be polished first, and then the conducting side wall 008 may be formed on the end surfaces of all the conducting layers by using a chemical plating or electroplating method. All the conducting layers in the gold finger area 00a may be electrically connected by disposing the conducting side wall 008, so that the through-current capability of the gold finger area 00a is further improved.
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According to the PCB board provided in this embodiment of this application, when at least one of the first outer-layer conducting block 006 and the second outer-layer conducting block 007 is used, the heat dissipation capability of the gold finger area 00a on the PCB board can be effectively improved. Under a same condition, when the PCB board provided in this embodiment of this application is working, a temperature rise (that is, an amplitude of the temperature rise) of the gold finger area may be 10 degrees to 20 degrees lower than a temperature rise of a gold finger area on the PCB board in a related technology. Therefore, this can reduce the resistance of the gold finger area and improve the through-current capability of the gold finger area. For example, the PCB board provided in this embodiment of this application may allow a current greater than 250 A (ampere) to pass through.
In conclusion, the embodiments of this application provide the PCB board. On the PCB board, the total thickness of all conducting layers in the gold finger area is greater than the total thickness of all conducting layers in the soldering area. Because the total thickness of all conducting layers in the gold finger area is set to be relatively thick, the resistance of the gold finger area can be reduced, and the through-current capability of the gold finger area is improved. In addition, the total thickness of all conducting layers in the soldering area is set to be relatively thin, so that the sufficient soldering temperature and the good soldering effect can be ensured when electronic parts and components are soldered to the soldering area.
An embodiment of this application further provides a power supply. The power supply may include electronic parts and components and the PCB board shown in any one of
An embodiment of this application further provides a power supply system. The power supply system may include the foregoing power supply and a female socket connector. A gold finger on a PCB board of the power supply may be inserted into the female socket connector. The female socket connector may be a power connector.
The foregoing descriptions are merely optional embodiments of this application, but are not intended to limit this application. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement that are made without departing from the spirit and principle of this application should fall within protection scope of this application.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201920121024.0 | Jan 2019 | CN | national |
This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/CN2019/116393, filed on Nov. 7, 2019, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201920121024.0, filed on Jan. 23, 2019, the disclosures of the aforementioned applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | PCT/CN2019/116393 | Nov 2019 | US |
| Child | 17166134 | US |
