Shielded flexible ribbon cable

A method for producing a shielded flexible ribbon cable having a first length and a first width, comprising:

• providing at least two electrically insulating carrier layers of equal length and width, wherein at least one conductor has been applied to a surface of each of the at least two carrier layers, and
• placing the at least two carrier layers with the conductors applied thereto one above the other in a congruent manner and mechanically connecting them,
• applying an insulating layer to the at least one conductor of the uppermost carrier layer, wherein the insulating layer extends over a second length, which is shorter than the first length, and wherein the ends of the insulating layer are spaced apart from the respective ends of the carrier layer, so that the at least one conductor is accessible at the respective ends for electrical contacting,
• wherein the method further comprises:
• applying a closed first shielding surface to the uppermost insulating layer, which first shielding surface extends in the direction of the width of the ribbon cable at least over all the conductors and which first shielding surface extends in the direction of the length of the ribbon cable over a third length, which is shorter than the first length,
• applying a closed second shielding surface beneath the bottommost carrier layer, which second shielding surface extends in the direction of the width of the ribbon cable at least over all the conductors and which extends in the direction of the length of the ribbon cable over a fourth length, which is not longer than the first length,
• wherein either the first shielding surface and the insulating layer located beneath it are so oriented relative to the carrier layers that conductors are electrically contactable at both ends of the carrier layers, or wherein the first shielding surface and the insulating surface located beneath it are so oriented relative to the carrier layers that one or more conductors are electrically contactable at one end of the carrier layers, and the second shielding surface is so oriented relative to the other end of the carrier layers that one or more conductors are electrically contactable at the other end of the carrier layers, so that the one or more conductors of the at least two carrier layers are not simultaneously covered by both shielding surfaces at either end of the ribbon cable.