Abstract:
To achieve a large thickness of conductive metal-containing material in a feature of a product unit processed with a liquid-based etch process, the desired thickness of material is apportioned to the two opposing surfaces of a substrate to create a two-part feature. Conventional features are made by identically patterning two same-thickness metal-containing layers and electrically connecting the resulting patterned parts in any suitable manner. However, features may also be made that do not have identical parts on opposite sides of the substrate, the two parts being electrically connected but differing in thickness, in shape, or both. Moreover, having two metal-containing layers separated by an insulator is also useful for allowing different sections of the same feature or circuit to cross one another without shorting, or to overlap in whole or in part without shorting. A polymer substrate (1004), e.g. polyethlyene terepthalate, is covered on the top and bottom surfaces by a metal- containing layer, e.g. aluminium or copper foil, which are in turn covered by etch masks (1110, 1120, 1130, 1140, 1150, 1160, 1180), e.g. a resin formed by gravure printing or photoresist. The web is immersed in a bath or sprayed with an etchant, e.g. NaOH, to form the metal- containing web (1115, 1125, 1135, 1145, 1155, 1165, 1175, 1185).
Abstract:
There is provided a metal/ceramic circuit board capable of eliminating discrepancy during mounting of parts to improve the reliability of mounting of the parts. The metal/ceramic circuit board has a ceramic substrate 10, and a metal circuit plate (a copper plate 14) bonded to the ceramic substrate 10, the metal circuit plate having a thickness of 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm, and the metal circuit plate having a skirt spreading length (a dimensional difference between the bottom and top portion of the peripheral edge portion of the metal circuit plate) of less than 50 µm.
Abstract:
Mehrlagen-Leiterplatten-Verbundkörper (5) mit mindestens zwei flächig übereinander angeordneten Leiterplatten (9), welche jeweils aufweisen eine elektrisch isolierende Trägerplatte (10), elektrisch leitende Leiterbahnen (11), die auf mindestens einer Seite der Trägerplatte (10) vorgesehen sind und Ausnehmungen (12), die seitlich von den Leiterbahnen (11) und zur Trägerplatte (10) hin durch die Trägerplatte (10) begrenzt werden, und mit mindestens einer zwischen den Leiterplatten (9) angeordneten Verbundfolie (14) zum Verbinden der Leiterplatten (9), wobei die zwischen den Trägerplatten (10) der jeweiligen Leiterplatten (9) angeordneten Ausnehmungen (12) im wesentlichen vollständig mit einer Kunstharz-Masse (13) ausgefüllt sind und wobei die mindestens zwei Leiterplatten (9) und die mindestens eine Verbundfolie (14) miteinander verpreßt sind.
Abstract:
A method for forming low-impedance high density deposited-on-laminate (D/L) structures (10) having reduced stress features reducing metallization present on the laminate printed circuit board (12). In this manner, reduced is the force per unit area exerted on the dielectric material (30) disposed adjacent to the laminate material (16) which is typically present during thermal cycling of the structure.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a microstrip arrangement comprising a first and a second microstrip conductor. The two microstrip conductors have essentially the same dimensions in their longitudinal direction and transverse direction, and are galvanically interconnected by means of at least one connection. The two microstrip conductors also extend essentially parallel to one another on either side of a dielectric material. As a result of this design of the microstrip arrangement, the field losses and also other influences caused by the dielectric material will be very considerably reduced, and in practice a resultant microstrip arrangement is obtained, which, with regard to its electrical performance, appears to be suspended in the air. Preferred embodiments comprise a microstrip antenna, a circuit board and a conductor application.
Abstract:
An etched tri-metal-layer air bridge circuit board specially designed for fine-pitch applications, comprising:
an electrically insulative substrate surface (10), a plurality of tri-metal-layer bond pads (12) arranged in a generally straight row on the substrate surface (10) wherein the row defines a width direction therealong, and a circuit trace (20) arranged on the substrate surface (10), wherein the circuit trace (20) runs between two adjacent ones (22) of the plurality of tri-metal-layer bond pads (12). Each bond pad (12) comprises: (1) a bottom layer (14) attached to the substrate surface (10), the bottom layer (14) being made of a first metal and having an overall width W1 as measured along the width direction; (2) a top layer (18) disposed above and generally concentric with the bottom layer (14), the top layer (18) being made of the first metal and having an overall width W2 as measured along the width direction; and (3) a middle layer (16) made of a second metal connecting the bottom layer (14) and the top layer (18). The bond pads (12) are specially shaped such that W2 > W1 for at least the two adjacent bond pads (12), thus enabling the circuit trace (20) to be spaced closely to the bottom layers (14) of the two adjacent bond pads (12), while allowing the top layers (18) of the pads (12) to be made much larger so as to avoid delamination thereof from their associated middle layers (16).
Abstract:
A multilayer printed wiring board is formed with a plurality of conductor layers laminated as a whole with insulating layers interposed, a non-penetrating via hole provided in the insulating layer as bottomed by the conductor layer exposed, a plated layer provided inside the via hole for electric connection between the conductor layers, the via hole being formed to be of a concave curved surface of a radius in a range of 20 to 100 µm in axially sectioned view at continuing zone of inner periphery to bottom surface of the via hole, whereby the equipotential surfaces occurring upon plating the plated layer are curved along the continuing zone to unify the density of current for rendering the plated layer uniform in the thickness without being thinned at the continuing zone.
Abstract:
Un circuit imprimé de puissance (10) amélioré est formé à base d'un substrat diélectrique (11) sur lequel est obtenu un ensemble de pistes conductrices (12) en cuivre comme conséquence d'une attaque chimique prévue dans les zones non recouvertes d'une couche de cuivre disposée sur ce substrat diélectrique, caractérisés par le fait que la distance "c" entre les centres des pistes (12) seront de 1,27mm lorsque la distance "d" d'inter-piste entre les points inférieurs des plans (12b) est de 0,5mm et la distance "b" entre les points supérieurs de (12b) est de 0,65mm.
Abstract:
A paste of active metallic brazing material is applied to the entire surface of each side of aluminum nitride or alumina ceramic substrate 1; circuit forming copper plate 3 having a thickness of 0.3 mm is placed in contact with one surface of the substrate and a heat dissipating copper plate 4 having a thickness of 0.25 mm placed in contact with the other surface; the individual members are compressed together and heated at 850°C in a vacuum furnace to form a joint; an etching resist is applied to the circuit forming copper plate and etching is performed with an iron chloride solution to form a circuit pattern and the unwanted brazing material is removed from the marginal portions; a second resist layer is applied and etched with an iron chloride solution to form a second marginal step; a third resist layer is similarly applied and etched to form a third marginal step; the completed circuit board having three marginal steps of which the lowest one is solely or partly made of the brazing material can withstand 1,500 heat cycles, which is the result that has ben unattainable by the prior art. Having such high heat cycle characteristics, the circuit board is suitable for use as semiconductor substrate in automobiles, electric trains and other applications that require high output power.