Electrical circuit and method for producing an electrical circuit
AssigneeZF Friedrichshafen AG
InventorMathias Häuslmann
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Abstract
One general aspect of the present disclosure includes an electrical circuit with a circuit carrier, at least one electrical component arranged on the circuit carrier, and at least one data transmission device with an antenna section. The data transmission device may be configured for wireless transmission of data and may include a housing, where the at least one electrical component, the at least one data transmission device, and at least one section of the circuit carrier are at least partially enclosed by the housing. At least the antenna section of the data transmission device may be arranged in a transmission range inside the housing and the transmission range may be spaced at a distance from the circuit carrier.
Claims16
An electrical circuit comprising:
- a housing formed with a molded material;
- a circuit carrier located at least partially within the molded material forming the housing;
- at least one electrical component arranged on the circuit carrier;
- and
- at least one data transmission device with an antenna section,
- wherein the data transmission device is configured for wireless transmission of data,
- wherein the at least one electrical component, the at least one data transmission device, and at least one section of the circuit carrier are at least partially enclosed by the housing,
- wherein at least the antenna section of the data transmission device is located in the molded material forming the housing and is arranged in a transmission range inside the housing, and
- wherein the transmission range is spaced at a distance from the circuit carrier,
- wherein the housing is a first housing, the electrical circuit further comprising a second housing, wherein at least the antenna section of the at least one data transmission device is enclosed in the second housing, and wherein the second housing is enclosed in the first housing.
A method for producing an electrical circuit, the method comprising the following steps:
- arranging at least one electrical component on a circuit carrier;
- enclosing of the at least one electrical component, at least one data transmission device, and at least one partial section of the circuit carrier in a housing, the housing being formed with a molded material,
- wherein the at least one data transmission device is configured for wireless transmission of data and includes an antenna section,
- wherein at least the antenna section of the at least one data transmission device is located in the molded material forming the housing and is arranged in a transmission range of the electrical circuit within the housing, and
- wherein the transmission range is spaced at a distance from the circuit carrier;
- and
- arranging at least the antenna section of the at least one data transmission device within a second housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.