CUSTOM BOARD LEVEL SHIELDING

Board Level Shield (BLS) Types

One-piece Board Level Shield Labyrinth / multi-compartment Board Level Shield

Custom one-piece BLS with half-etched

bend lines and ‘Quiet’ construction features
A multi-compartmental BLS is an effective
offer outstanding attenuation combined with
alternative to multiple BLS. It is cost effective to
excellent coplanarity for ease of assembly.
produce and offers significant savings in terms
These can be shipped fully formed or flat pack
of initial cost, assembly time and real estate
for self-assembly, either manually or with soft
management. A matrix of walls, all folding easily
tooling. They can be virtually any size and can
from a single sheet and complemented with a
incorporate a wide variety of design features to
separate lid, provides an efficient enclosure with
enhance performance and ease of use.
enhanced accessibility for rework or the tuning
Seam soldering is also available for complete of devices.
can integrity, if required.
EMI/RFI Shielding Thermal Management Board
Two-piece Board Level Shield Level Shield

Custom circuit board shielding BLS with

MAJR Shield is an EMI/RFI Board Level
removable lids are designed to protect sensitive
Shield that allows significant heat dissipation
components from noise while giving access for
of electronic components. Thermally, MAJR
rework and adjustments. Removable fingered
Shield incorporates either straight honeycomb
lids provide easy access to the enclosure
with standoff fence mounting for convection
contents and high attenuation in service.
“Chimney effect” heat dissipation or angled
honeycomb for forced air applications – both
configurations provide high EMI/RFI shielding
performance and heat dissipation for today’s
high frequency and compact circuits.

Phone: (814) 763-3211 • Fax: (814) 763-2952 • e-mail: sales@majr.com

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Design features
for attachment / assembly
■ Location pins for ■ Mech Mount
through hole attachment Several solderless through hole attachment designs
during wave soldering whereby the pins maintain constant electrical contact
and securing the BLS with PTH (plated through holes). This enables BLS
for manual soldering. If to attached or be removed and replaced a limited
necessary, these pins number of times, without the need for a further
can be given a ‘rounded’ thermal excursion.
profile by post etching.

■ SMT feet are effectively

Design features
small pads for solder for attenuation and noise reduction
attach to an earth circuit or ‘Quiet’ Venting
ground plane in a multi-
As devices carry more power, they generate more
layer construction by way
heat and require ever more cooling. The addition of a
of micro vias.
shielding may raise the operating temperature of the
device past the critical limit.
■ Serrated base edge
Surface mount BLS Perforations have been made in BLS for many years,
requiring solder attach the maximum permissible dimension being a function
along an entire wall can of the device frequency and the level of attenuation
have base serrations desired. Contact MAJR for optimization.
incorporated to enable Quiet venting can increase the open area of a BLS for
the molten solder to flow optimum cooling by perforating a pattern of very small
through the wall and holes, effectively a mesh, into both the walls and tops
equalize the solder fillet for optimum strength. of BLS. This process also reduces the ‘maximum linear
dimension’ to improve attenuation performance and
■ SAM line SAM is a does not add significantly to the part cost of the BLS.
Solder Anti-Migration To perforate the walls of a ‘drawn’ BLS requires multi-
feature, essentially a stage tooling which can be costly.
partially etched lateral line Quiet venting also has the additional benefit of
on the walls of a shielding enabling some vision systems to ‘look’ inside the BLS
BLS that discourages to check component existence and correct placement.
‘wicking’ of the solder up
the walls of the BLS that
‘Quiet’ Finger-clip Lids
might scavenge material from the joint area.
The new ‘quiet’ design
■ Pick and place lands for securing lids in two-
can be provided, even on piece and labyrinth BLS
two-piece BLS, to enable types provides positive
automatic handling and engagement of the lid with
placement. Typically on an etch line in the BLS
a one-piece ventilated wall. The design gives maximum conductivity and a
BLS, an area on the top snap-fit that makes disassembly just as easy. This
is left without perforations design offers excellent anti-rattle performance.
to enable vacuum manipulation. In a two-piece BLS
a special land is designed into the BLS body. It can
be easily removed with a simple twist after assembly
and before the lid is finally positioned.

Phone: (814) 763-3211 • Fax: (814) 763-2952 • e-mail: sales@majr.com

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