Abstract:
A continuous process for producing reinforced resin laminates comprising the steps of impregnating a fibrous substrate with a liquid resin which is free of volatile solvent and is capable of curing without generating liquid and gaseous byproducts, laminating a plurality of the resin-impregnated substrates into a unitary member, sandwiching the laminate between a pair of covering sheets, and curing the laminate between said pair of covering sheets without applying appreciable pressure. The improvement comprises adjusting the final resin content in said resin impregnated substrate at 10 to 90% by weight based on the total weight of said impregnated substrate.
Abstract:
A flame retardant electrical laminate prepared by impregnating a base material with a halogen-containing unsaturated polyester resin which is prepared by dissolving a halogen-containing unsaturated polyester into a polymerizable monomer; and then curing the halogen-containing unsaturated polyester resin; wherein the halogen-containing unsaturated polyester has a molecular weight per 1 mole of unsaturated group of 350 to 1,000, and the cured halogen-containing unsaturated polyester resin has a glass transition temperature of 30.degree. to 90.degree. C.Such electrical laminates not only have excellent flame redardancy but also excellent puching quality at wide temperature range including room temperature.
Abstract:
An ultraviolet reactive ink is applied to a translucent substrate in the desired circuit image and partially cured to a tacky state with ultraviolet radiation. A resist material is then applied to the substrate in the negative circuit image and metallic particles are deposited on the ink by vacuum deposition. The ink is then further cured to a hardened state with ultraviolet radiation applied from both above and beneath the substrate to counteract the tendency of the metal to reflect radiation applied only from above the substrate. Finally, the resist material is removed from the substrate leaving the fully formed circuit board comprising the substrate, the fully cured ink circuit image bonded thereto, and a metallic conductive layer on the ink.
Abstract:
A process is described for improving the quality of images which have been formed by screen printing a liquid photo curable photopolymer. Images formed by screen printing, especially heavy coatings such as solder masks on printed wiring boards, inherently have indistinct boundaries, and may have feathered edges and photopolymer smears. These indistinct boundaries are removed and the resolution improved by a process which utilizes the oxygen inhibition effect characteristic of selected photopolymers. Thus, a screen printed image can be 0.001 inches thick at the center of a line, tapering off to 0.0001 inch thick smears, and these smears may be eliminated by irradiating the entire image with a moderate amount light energy, which cures the thick image portion and leaves a liquid boundary layer on the order of 0.0001 inch thick due to the oxygen effect. When washed with a mild solvent the liquid layer is removed, including the smears, leaving the thick image portion undisturbed. In a preferred embodiment a phototransparency is interposed over and out of contact with the images and then irradiated with non-collimated UV light so as to harden the thicker image sections while indistinct boundary areas are shielded by opaque phototransparency areas. Light undercutting due to the use of non-collimated light does not polymerize the smears because of the oxygen-inhibition effect and the thinness of the smears, and thus only the undersirable smears will be inhibited and left in the liquid state for removal to improve the resolution.
Abstract:
Production of multi-layered electrical circuit boards which have closely spaced circuit elements is accomplished by applying a solder-resistant lacquer coating to the outside surfaces of a plurality of conductor plates affixed together in juxtaposed relationship, producing bores through the plurality of circuit boards in a predetermined relationship to their circuitry placed thereon, depositing a first copper layer by currentless means upon the bore wall and the solder-resistant lacquer coated surface, applying a galvanic-proof coating to the copper metal layer in predetermined areas leaving soldering eyes free of the galvanic-proof coating, galvanically coating the bores inclusive of the soldering eyes with a second copper reinforcing layer, applying an etch-proof metal layer on the surface of said copper reinforcing layer, removing the galvanic-proof lacquer layer and the first copper layer by etching on the places not covered by the etch-proof metal layer.