Compact electronic equipment housing with lower metal-based printed wiring board and removably coupled

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a housing for a compact electronic equipment, which is constituted of a metal-base printed wiring board as a lower housing and a cover removably coupled to the lower housing. A metal base of the metal-base printed wiring board is exposed to the atmosphere, and a plurality of surface mounting devices are mounted on a surface of the metal base. As the metal-base printed wiring board is utilized as a part of the housing, it is not necessary to independently provide a printed wiring board for mounting electronic devices thereon, thereby realizing a compact construction of the electronic equipment. Furthermore, as the surface mounting devices are mounted on the metal-base printed wiring board forming a part of the housing, a radiation characteristic of the electronic equipment can be improved.

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