Connection structure of flexible substrate

Abstract

In the case of connecting a flexible substrate to a counterpart substrate by soldering, the area of a dead space on the counterpart substrate due to being covered with the flexible substrate is reduced to reduce the outside dimension of the counterpart substrate. Solder lands 61 and 62 on the flexible substrate 5 are soldered to solder lands 21 and 22 on the counterpart substrate 1. The flexible substrate 5 is divided into two branching pieces 71 and 72 by an incision 7 or a slit 8 formed in such a manner as to extend from an intermediate part in the arrangement direction R of circuit patterns to the leading end of the flexible substrate. The space between the solder lands 61 and 62 on the respective pieces 71 and 72 is made equal to the space between the two spaced-apart solder lands 21 and 22 on the counterpart substrate 1 by placing the pieces 71 and 72 formed by dividing the flexible substrate 5 on one another.

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