Abstract:
A contact tail for an electronic component useful for attachment of components using conductive adhesive, which may be lead (Pb)-free. The contact tail is stamped, providing a relatively low manufacturing cost and high precision. The contact tail has a distal portion with a large surface area per unit length. The distal portion shapes conductive adhesive into a joint, holding the adhesive adjacent the lead for a more secure joint. Additionally, the distal portion holds adhesive to the contact tail before a joint is formed, facilitating the use of an adhesive transfer process to dispense adhesive. To further aid in the transfer of adhesive, the contact tail may be formed with concave portions, which increase the volume of adhesive adhering to the contact tail. By adhering an increased but controlled amount of adhesive to the contact tail, arrays of contact tails may be simply and reliably attached to printed circuit boards and other substrates.
Abstract:
A device and method employing an electrically conductive adhesive for electrically and mechanically connecting an electrical component to a board substrate. The electrical component can includes an integrated circuit and the board may include a printed circuit board. The possible adhesives include a silver conducting RTV, silver-conducting adhesive, as well as silver conducting epoxy.
Abstract:
An electronic part is tacked to a circuit board, leads of the electronic part being made into contact with cream solder built up on the circuit board, and thereafter, the circuit board is heated up so as to melt the cream solder in order to solder the electronic part to the circuit board. In this procedure, the melting temperature of a hardener in the tacking bond, that is, the hardening temperature of the tacking bond--is higher than that of the cream solder, thereby making it possible to prevent hindrance to sinking of the lead terminal of the electronic part into the melted cream solder.
Abstract:
Component leads are bonded to pads disposed on a non-rigid substrate by the application of a combination of laser energy and ultrasonic energy. The pads preferably are bare copper pads, without a noble metal coating or a chemical pretreatment, and the non-rigid substrate is preferably an epoxy printed circuit board.
Abstract:
In this mounting structure and method for a surface mounted type electronic component, the component has at least one terminal which protrudes from its bottom surface and which terminates in a foot portion for being soldered to a printed circuit board. Also, a projection extends from this bottom surface of the electronic component for a distance somewhat less than the amounty by which the terminal projects from it. This projection is provisionally secured by adhesive to the printed circuit board with the foot portion of the terminal overlaying that circuit portion to which it is to be soldered, and then subsequently this terminal foot portion is soldered to this circuit portion. Thereby, during the soldering process, there is no risk of the terminal foot portion becoming displaced from the circuit portion and thus badly soldered thereto, because of the locating action of the adhered projection. The projection may extend from a central portion of the bottom surface of the component, or may be provided in plurality as extending from central portions of edges of said bottom surface. And the end of the projection may be roughened.
Abstract:
A welding method and means is disclosed utilizing a conductive foil disposed between or adjacent members to be welded together with the foil serving as one electrode and one or both of the members serving as another electrode of the welding circuit and with the members being forced together or with the foil being forced against the members by a separate electrode.