Oscillator and an oscillator characteristic adjustment method
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsJun Shintani, Terukazu Otsuki
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Abstract
An oscillator including a circuit board having a dielectric layer therein; an oscillator circuit comprising its components and an inductor element, the components being mounted on a front surface of the circuit board and at least a part of the inductor element being internally disposed in the dielectric layer; and a back conductor provided on a back surface of the circuit board; wherein the back conductor has two or more slits or pinholes through which a laser beam is passed for partially cutting the dielectric layer together with the internally disposed inductor element at plural sites for adjustment of an oscillation characteristic.
Claims11
An oscillator comprising:
- a circuit board having a dielectric layer therein;
- an oscillator circuit comprising its components and an inductor element, the components being mounted on a front surface of the circuit board and at least a part of the inductor element being internally disposed in the dielectric layer;
- and
- a back conductor provided on a back surface of the circuit board;
- wherein the back conductor has two or more slits or pinholes through which a laser beam is passed for partially cutting the dielectric layer together with the internally disposed inductor element at plural sites for adjustment of an oscillation characteristic and
- wherein the inductor element comprises an internally disposed strip line including a detour path and a short path for shorting both ends of the detour path, the short path being cut by the laser beam in at least one site of the plural sites.
An oscillator comprising:
- a circuit board having a dielectric layer therein;
- an oscillator circuit comprising its components and an inductor element, the components being mounted on a front surface of the circuit board and at least a part of the inductor element being internally disposed in the dielectric layer;
- and
- a back conductor provided on a back surface of the circuit board;
- wherein the back conductor has two or more slits or pinholes through which a laser beam is passed for partially cutting the dielectric layer together with the internally disposed inductor element at plural sites for adjustment of an oscillation characteristic,
- the inductor element comprises an internally disposed strip line including a detour path and a short path for shorting both ends of the detour path, and
- the short path is cut by the laser beam passing through the slits or pinholes to adjust the oscillation characteristic.
A method for adjusting an oscillation characteristic of an oscillator comprising a circuit board having a dielectric layer therein;
- an oscillator circuit comprising its components and an inductor element, the components being mounted on a front surface of the circuit board and at least a part of the inductor element being internally disposed in the dielectric layer;
- and a back conductor being provided on a back surface of the circuit board,
- wherein the oscillation characteristic is adjusted by partially cutting the dielectric layer and the internally disposed part of the inductor element at plural sites with a laser beam passing through two or more slits or pinholes formed on the back conductor and
- wherein an internally disposed strip line including a detour path and a short path for shorting both ends of the detour path is provided as the inductor element, and the oscillation characteristic is adjusted by cutting the short path with the laser beam in at least one site of the plural sites.
A method for adjusting an oscillation characteristic of an oscillator comprising a circuit board having a dielectric layer therein;
- an oscillator circuit comprising its components and an inductor element, the components being mounted on a front surface of the circuit board and at least a part of the inductor element being internally disposed in the dielectric layer;
- and a back conductor being provided on a back surface of the circuit board,
- wherein an internally disposed inductor element including a detour path and a short path for shorting both ends of the detour path is provided as the inductor element and the oscillation characteristic is adjusted by cutting the dielectric layer and the short path with a laser beam passing through two or more slits or pinholes formed on the back conductor.
A method for adjusting an oscillation characteristic of an oscillator comprising a circuit board having a dielectric layer therein;
- an oscillator circuit comprising its components and an inductor element, the components being mounted on a front surface of the circuit board and at least a part of the inductor element being internally disposed in the dielectric layer;
- and a back conductor being provided on a back surface of the circuit board,
- wherein the oscillation characteristic is adjusted by partially cutting the internally disposed inductor element with a laser beam scanning repeatedly through two or more slits or pinholes formed in the back conductor while shifting it by a distance smaller than a spot diameter of the laser beam in a substantially perpendicular direction to the scanning direction.
A method for adjusting an oscillation characteristic of an oscillator comprising a circuit board having a dielectric layer therein;
- an oscillator circuit comprising its components and an inductor element, the components being mounted on a front surface of the circuit board and at least a part of the inductor element being internally disposed in the dielectric layer;
- and a back conductor being provided on a back surface of the circuit board,
- wherein the oscillation characteristic is adjusted by cutting the dielectric layer with a first laser beam and then cutting at least a part of the internally disposed inductor element with a second laser beam, the first and second laser beam passing through two or more slits or pinholes formed on the back conductor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.