Abstract:
A method of printing an image on a substrate by applying to the substrate a film which is chemically activated by heat, and scanning the film by a beam of radiation according to the image to be printed, to chemically activate the film by heat and thereby to produce a pattern in the film according to the image scanned. The film includes a reagent capable of undergoing a redox reaction when heated in the presence of another reagent present with the film when scanned by the beam, to produce the redox reaction between the two reagents.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an electrical interconnect device with power and ground lines interwoven about signal line layers and capacitive vias between signal layers so as to make efficient use of otherwise undedicated area between signal lines and signal layers and to reduce or eliminate the need for separate power and ground layers while providing decoupling capacitance within the wiring structure.
Abstract:
A thick resist layer is formed on a thin metal film and the resist layer is dry-etched by using an SiO.sub.2 mask formed selectively on the resist layer, and a thick wiring metal layer is formed by plating method with using the dry-etched resist layer, which has perpendicular side walls as a mask, thereby to form a low resistance and fine-patterned wiring metal layer.
Abstract:
A process for the production of printed circuit boards having first zones of a wiring pattern for receiving solder and second sub-zones provided with solder rejecting properties so that they do not receive solder, characterized by galvanically applying a solderable etch-resistant metal layer on the first sub-zones of each conductive metal layer, by photo printing a mask of etch-resistant material on the second sub-zones, etching to remove the exposed portions of the conductive metal layer, removing the mask from the second sub-zones and providing the exposed second sub-zones with a solder rejecting property with the aid of passivation without impairing the solderability of the etch-resistant metal layers of the first sub-zones.
Abstract:
A process is described for putting down patterned chromate films on metal substrates. The procedure involves first forming a chromate film on the metal surface and then forming the patterned chromate film. The pattern is formed by sputtering the substrate through a suitable shadow mask. This procedure yields patterned chromate films with high dimensional tolerance limits. Such patterns are particularly useful in the fabrication of electronic artifacts, as for example, a mask in gold plating processes.
Abstract:
A method for the production of films having the desired geometrical form (configuration) comprising depositing an electromagnetic radiation-sensitive system, which consists of a metal layer and an inorganic compound layer capable of reacting with said metal layer and forming interaction products under the effect of electromagnetic radiation, onto a film made from a material which does not react, on being irradiated, with the layer of said system that adjoins said film; subjecting said system to selective irradiation in conformity to the desired configuration, followed by carrying out the selective etching of the irradiated system so as to obtain the requisite configuration, and thereafter using said etched system as a mask for etching selectively said film in order to impart thereto the sought-for geometrical form.
Abstract:
PRINTED CIRCUIT CONDUCTORS ARE SELECTIVELY COATED WITH A CHROMATE CONVERSION FILM TO CONFINE MOLTEN SOLDER TO SELECTED AREAS DURING REFLOW AND THEREBY PREVENT WICKING METHODS OF APPLICATION ALLOW IMMERSION COATING OF THE CHROMATE, EITHER WITH OR WITHOUT SOLIDIFIED, SOLDER PRESENT IN THE SELECTIVE AREAS. WITH SOLDER PRESENT, A PASSIVATION LAYER IS FORMED ON THE SOLDER TO PREVENT CHROMATING DEPOSITION, AND WITHOUT THE PRESENCE OF SOLDER A REMOVABLE PROTECTIVE RESIST IS APPLIED TO PREVENT CHROMATING ON THE SELECTED AREAS. THE CHROMATE CONVERSION COATING WITHSTANDS SUCCESSIVE FLUX APPLICATIONS AND REHATING FOR REPETITIVE ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY OF THE SOLDER JOINTS WITHOUT ALLOWING SOLDER RUNBACK.
Abstract:
A METHOD OF ETCHING A METAL WORKPIECE IS DESCRIBED, WHICH CARRIES A TIN RESIST (OR A TIN-COATED SOLDER RESIST), A CHROMATE COATING IS PROVIDED OVER THE RESIST, AND THE METAL WORKPIECE IS ETCHED WITH AN AQUEOUS ETCHANT SUCH AS A PEROXYSULFATE CONTAINING PHOSPHORIC ACID OR A SODIUM CHLORITE-AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTION OR A CHROMIC-SULFURIC ACID BATH TO DISSOLVE THE METAL FREE OF RESIST, THUS PRODUCING BRIGHT, SMOOTH AND ELECTRICALLY CLEAN RELIEFS HAVING SHARP PATTERN DEFINITION ON THE METAL WORKPIECE.
Abstract:
A rotation sensor, including: (i) a substrate having a top surface and an interior bottom surface; (ii) an electrode module positioned on the top surface of the substrate and including a first set of electrodes configured to generate a bulk acoustic wave directly into the substrate, wherein at least a portion of the bulk acoustic wave is transduced into a shear wave upon reflection on the interior bottom surface of the substrate without use of a reflector, and a second set of electrodes configured to detect the shear wave; and (iii) a controller in communication with the first set and second set of electrodes and configured to determine, based on the detected shear wave, an effect of Coriolis force on the sensor.