Abstract:
A method and device for attaching a module having a ball grid array or column grid array of solder material thereon arranged in a given pattern or footprint to a substrate having an array of connector pads arranged in the same pattern is provided. A preformed alignment device has an array of through holes therein aligned in the same pattern or footprint as the ball grid array or column pattern on the module and the pattern of contact pads on the substrate. The through holes in the preform are filled with a solder material which can be either a solder paste or a solid solder or with a curable conductive adhesive. The solder preferably is a lead-tin eutectic, but in any event has a melting point of less than about 240.degree. C. and in the case of the conduction adhesive, will cure below about 240.degree. C. In the case of solid solder, thin films of flux material can be applied to opposite faces of the preform to prevent the solder from dislodging therefrom and to act as a flux when the solder is reflowed.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit (IC) device is mounted onto a printed circuit board (PCB) by inducing a magnetic field of a selected strength at the surface of the PCB to temporarily hold the IC device onto the PCB. The IC device is provided with magnetic material which is attracted by the magnetic field. The magnetic field is maintained while the IC device and PCB are tested, and then subsequently during soldering when the IC device is permanently bonded to the PCB.
Abstract:
An improved horizontal solder leveller for applying molten solder to boards while removing residual flux therefrom include a single pair of upper and lower solder sparge bars with outlet nozzles arranged so as to direct solder jets from one sparge bar toward the jets from the other sparge bar in the gap formed between the sparge bars. The gap between the sparge bars and the speed of the solder jets is sufficient to remove residual flux from a board passing therethrough as molten solder is applied to the board. An oil guide is included that directs oil to form curtains immediately upstream and downstream of the sparge bar gap to form a barrier to air flow in the gap. An oil trough upstream and downstream of the lower sparge bar limits the vertical extent of the oil curtains. Preferably a pair of castellated infeed rollers and outfeed rollers are used to move boards through the leveller.
Abstract:
Lead frames for integrated circuit packaging are partly fabricated using laser machining to form the very small diameter (0.005 to 0.010 diameter) holes in the lead frames which are later used for epoxy adhesive penetration. A high power Nd:YAG laser provides a laser beam which is moved and focused by a control unit onto the surface of a continuous stock strip in order is to drill the epoxy holes at the desired locations. A similar apparatus, but using a copper vapor laser, can trim very fine pitch (0.005 inch) leads for the lead frames. The remaining parts of the lead frames, which involve larger sized elements, are formed conventionally by using stamping or etching. By controlling the laser operating parameters in terms of laser power, pulse duration and pulse frequency and by control of the location of the laser beam by deflecting galvanometers, very precise cutting and drilling can be accomplished, with accuracy down to 0.00005 inch or less. Tooling costs are thereby reduced and in addition new types of lead frames with very closely spaced lead tips can be fabricated that cannot be fabricated using conventional processes.
Abstract:
A method of forming a solder film on a metallic surface such as a pad of a metallic circuit of a printed circuit board and a lead frame of electronic parts, which is capable of forming a precise and fine pattern and which comprises selectively imparting tackiness to only a predetermined part of the metallic surface by means of a tacky layer-forming solution, adhering a powdered solder to the resulting tacky part, and then melting the solder by heating to thereby form a solder film.
Abstract:
Two substrates are produced each with a planar, mirror-image matrix of metal contacts in a surface wiring layer. The substrates are positioned with the matrices in parallel confrontation which defines pairs of confronting contacts. A metal ball is positioned between each pair of contacts with a respective volume of joining material between the ball and each of the two respective contacts. The volumes of joining material are simultaneously melted to allow surface tension to align the substrates and to accurately center the balls between each respective pairs of contacts in a plane defines by the matrix of balls.
Abstract:
This invention provides a plate assembly to be used with a soldering device for changing screens of circuit boards by soldering. The plate assembly comprises a horizontal bottom plate having a number of cylindrical passages extending therethrough; a number of narrow horizontal top plates having a number of cylindrical passages extending therethrough; a number of pads with a number of cylindrical passages extending therethrough, with each of said number of pads being placed horizontally in between the horizontal bottom plate and one of the number of narrow horizontal top plates such that each of the number of cylindrical passages through the number of narrow horizontal top plates is aligned with one of the number of cylindrical passages in the number of pads and with one of the number of cylindrical passages in the horizontal bottom plate and with one of a number of screws passing through each of the number of aligned cylindrical passages of the number of narrow horizontal top plates, of the number of pads, and of the horizontal bottom plate; a number of fixture pins being erected tightly and vertically in one of the number of cylindrical passages through the horizontal bottom plate while protruding over and above the horizontal bottom plate; and a number of guiding pins erected vertically and tightly in one of the number of cylindrical passages through the horizontal bottom plate while protruding over and above the horizontal bottom plate. The soldering device comprises: a three-dimensional, polygonal heat head having a bottom surface which comes into contact with the screen, a top surface which runs parallel to the bottom surface and which is wider than the bottom surface, said top surface being connected to a shank, a number of cylindrical passages extending from the bottom surface to the top surface through the heat head, a first side wall, a second side wall, a first end wall and a second end wall, said first side wall and said second side wall joining the bottom surface to the top surface of the heat head; and a heating handle which secures said shank of the heat head.
Abstract:
A work table is provided for mounting a PCB substrate. A cutting tool for cutting the PCB substrates a pin dispenser for inserting a pin into a hole formed in the PCB substrate, and a solder applicator for applying solder on the PCB substrate are attached on a work head. X, Y and Z axes driving means are provided for moving the work head in a horizontal direction and in a vertical direction. A control unit responds to data signals for operating the cutting tool, pin dispenser and solder applicator for controlling operations of the X, Y and Z axes driving means, cutting tool, pin dispenser, and solder applicator. Thus, the PCB substrate is made into a printed circuit board.
Abstract:
A reflow soldering system includes a reflow station with one or more soldering containers. Each container includes a base and a cover reciprocable to either open or close the container. When open, the container receives a printed circuit board/electrical circuit component assembly for reflow soldering, or permits the exit of such assembly after soldering. When closed, the container provides a fluid-tight seal between the chamber inside and the immediate outside environment. Container opening and closure are synchronized with an input conveyor providing assemblies to the container and an output conveyor removing the soldered assemblies, both of which are operated by a control system at a controlled rate of speed. When the container is closed, its internal environment is precisely controlled through heating elements in the container and several conduits for supplying air (heated if desired), for supplying an inert gas, and for drawing a vacuum. Further embodiment soldering systems employ pluralities of the containers and guides for selectively diverting different assemblies to different containers for enhanced flexibility and throughput.
Abstract:
An artificial neural network is trained to recognize inputted thermal and physical features of a printed circuit board, for providing settings for a reflow oven for obtaining acceptable soldering of the printed circuit board.