Abstract:
A ceramic filled fluoropolymer composite coaxial cable insulation (14) and the coaxial cable (10) made therefrom is presented. In accordance with the present invention, the coaxial cable insulation is comprised of 60-25 % fluoropolymer that is fibrillatable, 40-75 % ceramic filler and a void content which is effective to provide a dielectric constant of approximately less than 2.30. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the coaxial cable insulative composite comprises approximately 40 weight percent PTFE, 60 weight percent fused amorphus silica and a void volume percent of between 30 and 60. Also in certain preferred embodiments, the composite may include 1-4 % by weight of microfiberglass filler and the ceramic filler may be coated with a silane coating. The provision of the void volume is an important feature of the present invention and acts to substantially lower the overall dielectric constant of the insulative composite. Still another important feature of this invention is the provision of an effective amount of ceramic filler (silica) so as to reduce the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) to a CTE approximating that of copper. This results in a coaxial cable having electrical properties which are more temperature stable than the prior art; and coaxial cable assemblies having improved thermomechanical stability relative to the prior art.
Abstract:
The temperature characteristics of each of the layers (20, 22, and 24) in a multilayer ceramic capacitor are adjusted (through chemical doping of the basic dielectric material) to thereby stagger the temperature characteristics (e.g. curie points). As a result, the composite temperature characteristic of the multilayer structure will be much more stable than that of any individual layer. The temperature characteristics of the individual layers will combine in an additive manner thereby achieving the objective of high capacitance and uniform temperature stability for materials which have high dielectric constant but poor temperature stability. Thus, by properly formulating the composition of the layers of a multilayer ceramic chip capacitor, relative temperature stability of capacitance and high volumetric capacitance efficiency will be achieved.
Abstract:
A multilayer through-hole contacted flexible circuit and method of manufacture thereof is presented having a laminar construction which is strictly symmetrical in the bending area; and which has no exposed adhesive. The method comprises the formation of a diclad laminate comprised of an adhesiveless flex circuit (e.g. conductive foil directly on non-conductive flexible carrier film) which is adhered to a second conductive layer using a suitable adhesive. Next, through-holes (58) are formed in the laminate followed by electroless deposition of metal (60) on the through-hole sidewalls. The laminate then undergoes conventional etching processing using photo resist followed by lamination thereof to an adhesive coated polymeric cover film (66, 68) over exposed conductive areas so as to define a dynamic flex region in the area between the through-holes (58).
Abstract:
An electrical connector arrangement of the solderless type has first and second planar arrays (14, 40) of pad-type contact terminals in face-to-face engagement to provide engaged pairs of contact terminals. Each pad-type contact terminal (112) has a planar contact surface (114) and one pad-type contact terminal of each engaged pair has a series of scraping edges (122) spaced along the length of its planar contact for surface. The connector arrangement further provides for lateral movement of one array of contact terminals relative to the other array in a direction transverse to the scraping edges to cause the plurality of spaced scraping edges of one contact terminal of each pair to engage the planar surface of the other contact terminal of the respective pair in a contact-wiping action for removing surface contamination.
Abstract:
A new and improved laminated microwave circuit material (10) comprises a non-woven glass web (5 to 20 vol. %) impregnated with a cyanate ester resin (35 to 68 vol. %) and filled with a low dielectric constant (e.g., silica), high dielectric constant (e.g., titania) filler or other suitable ceramic particulate filler (25-55 vol. %). Intermediate values of dielectric constant may be achieved by filler mixtures of silica, titania and other suitable fillers. Preferably, the filler is coated with a material which renders the filler hydrophobic such as silane, titanate or zirconate coatings. This microwave circuit material (10) of the present invention is preferably formulated to be flame retardant and has many features and advantages relative to prior art and microwave materials including prior art cyanate ester/woven glass materials. For example, the combination of resin, non-woven glass web and filler provides a low dissipation factor (Df) of less than 0.008 thereby permitting the material of the present invention to be used in rellatively demanding consumer and commercial applications (and some less demanding military applications).
Abstract:
A process for forming a contact bump (18) in an electrically conductive contact pad (15) having top and bottom surfaces supported on a dielectric substrate (12) that includes the steps of removing a portion of the substrate (12) underlying the contact pad to form an aperture (20) and expose a portion of the bottom surface of the pad; upwardly deforming the pad (16) by applying force to its exposed bottom surface to form the bump (18); and filling the aperture behind the bump with a supporting substance (26).
Abstract:
A multilayer capacitor is presented which provides high capacitance and low inductance. The capacitor comprises a plurality of conductive layers (28, 30) each separated from the other and sandwiching therebetween a high capacitance flexible dielectric sheet material. The dielectric sheet material is comprised of a monolayer of multilayer or single layer high dielectric (e.g. ceramic) chips or pellets (12) of relatively small area and thickness which are arranged in a planar array. These high dielectric constant chips are spaced apart by a small distance. The spaces between the chips are then filled with a flexible polymer/adhesive (14) to define a cohesive sheet with the polymer binding the array of high dielectric (e.g. ceramic) chips together. Next, the opposite planar surfaces of the array (including the polymer) are electroless plated or electroded by vacuum metal deposition, or sputtering, to define opposed metallized surfaces.
Abstract:
An electroluminescent lamp (10) including a phosphor layer (14) disposed between corresponding lamp electrodes (16, 18) that are adapted to apply an excitation potential to cause the phosphor layer (14) to emit light, the front lamp electrode (18) being light-transmissive to radiation from the phosphor layer (14), has an improved front lamp electrode (18) consisting of a thin layer of light-transmissive binder containing a distribution of discrete gallium-doped zinc oxide particles. A method of forming the lamp is also described.
Abstract:
A decoupling capacitor is presented which is particularly useful in conjunction with either pin grid array type IC packages or with plastic leaded chip carrier IC packages. In accordance with the present invention, the multiplicity of elongated conductors of prior art decoupling capacitors are replaced with flat, wide conductive strips (40, 42) termed herein as skirts. These skirts extend outwardly from the top and bottom conductors of the decoupling capacitor and include small leads (44, 46) extending therefrom which are solely for the purpose of either insertion into the circuit board or for connection with a surface pad on the circuit board. Thus, rather than the multiplicity of elongated leads found in the prior art, the present invention utilizes flat strips or skirts having very small leads extending therefrom. This skirt construction provides far lower inductance relative to the elongated leads of the prior art.
Abstract:
A method and design for packaging electronic chip devices, especially devices intended for radio frequency (RF) and microwave frequencies above 900 MHz is disclosed. An array of metal leads (100) are bonded between two layers of a sheet polymer composite that have been cut to form frames (40, 130) in such a way that the metal leads (100) extend from outside to inside of the single frame shape formed by a pressure and heat bonding step. The polymer composite frame serves the dual purpose of holding the leads in a desired configuration for later assembly and testing steps both inside and outside of its area, and of providing a microwave quality, low insertion loss, low permittivity and electrical insulation function between leads and ground planes. This dual purpose is provided in a uniquely cost-effective way that makes it of particular value for packaging high frequency electronic components intended for the growing consumer and commercial applications market.