Abstract:
A heat resistant multilayer circuit board used in the transportation environment in cars, boats, planes, etc, having two or more conductive layers, with at least two conductive layers electrically and mechanically connected by an interconnecting adhesive layer, at least one of the conductive layers being affixed to a heat resistant substrate. The interconnecting adhesive layer comprises a conductive adhesive material having a plurality of deformable, heat fusible metallic particles dispersed substantially throughout a non-conductive adhesive. The fabricated multilayer circuit boards have interconnections which are reliable, heat resistant, and capable of withstanding thermal cycling and typical circuit board finishing and assembly processes.
Abstract:
A printed circuit assembly includes a fine pitch flexible printed circuit overlay bonded to a normal pitch printed circuit board. The fine pitch flexible printed circuit overlay may provide increased packaging density, direct chip attachment and/or complex routing with a minimal cost impact on the overall printed circuit assembly.
Abstract:
A hybrid printed circuit board comprising two substrates having different thermal coefficients of expansion can be manufactured using automated surface mount techniques. A daughterboard is configured with a number of contact pads on the bottom. A motherboard is configured with an aligned set of contact pads on the top with solder compound stenciled on them. The daughterboard is attached to the motherboard using standard automated surface mount techniques.
Abstract:
A process for transferring a thin film wiring layer to a substrate in the construction of multilayer chip modules initially provides a sacrificial release layer formed on a surface of a carrier. Directly on the release layer there is formed in inverted fashion a plurality of multilevel thin film structures having at least one wiring path of metallic material exposed on the surface opposite the carrier. An electronic packaging substrate is provided, and solder or other joining material is applied to one or both of the exposed metallic surface of the multilevel thin film structure or the substrate. The multilevel thin film structure is then joined to the substrate so that the attached carrier is remote from the substrate. The release layer is subsequently contacted with an etchant for the release layer so as to remove the carrier from the multilevel thin film structure to produce a multilayer chip module.
Abstract:
A surface mount package for an electronic device has an array of solder shapes or structures projecting from the bottom surface of the package. The solder structures are cast in place on the package substrate using a wave solder process. The solder also fills via holes in the substrate at each solder structure site. An integrated circuit is bonded to the top surface of the substrate using a conventional tape automated bonding (TAB) process or other suitable bonding process. The preferred shape of the solder structure is a cone, but other shapes, including hemispheres, columns and pyramids can be produced using a mold with suitably shaped cavities. The mold is preferably as large as an entire substrate panel so that a large number of device sites can be processed simultaneously.
Abstract:
A multilayer circuit board having three or more conductive layers, with at least two conductive layers electrically and mechanically connected by an interconnecting adhesive layer, is disclosed. The interconnecting adhesive layer comprises a conductive adhesive material having a plurality of deformable, heat fusible metallic particles dispersed substantially throughout a non-conductive adhesive. The fabricated multilayer circuit boards have interconnections which are reliable, heat resistant, and capable of withstanding thermal cycling and typical circuit board finishing and assembly processes.
Abstract:
An electronic device (100) comprises a first substrate (102) having a first circuit pattern disposed thereon which is selectively processed to provide pretinned connection pads (108, 116, 124, 132, 140) for connection to at least one electronic component (142) and a second circuit pattern disposed on a second substrate (104). The second circuit pattern disposed on the second substrate (104) is selectively processed to further provide pretinned connection pads (110, 118, 126) for connection to the first circuit pattern, and the second substrate (104) further has relief provided within a portion thereof to position the at least one electronic component (142) with respect to the pretinned connection pads (108, 116, 124, 132, 140) on the first circuit pattern. The pretinned connection pads (108, 116, 124, 132, 140, 110, 118, 126) are processed using a low residue fluxing agent to enable processing of the first (102) and second (104) substrates and the at least one electronic component (142) in a single operation through an envelope heating device without a requirement for cleaning after reflow.
Abstract:
A method for constructing a feedthrough via connection and a corresponding apparatus includes a metallic plate (101), or rigidizer, preferably composed of an aluminum material. A solderable contact area (103), is located on the plate (101). This contact area (103) is preferable comprised of a copper material selectively disposed by a plasma spraying process. Next, an electrically insulating adhesive layer (105) is disposed onto the plate (101). This adhesive layer (105) has a feedthrough via (106) disposed therethrough aligned with the contact area (103). Then, a substrate (109), preferably composed of a flexible composite polyimide material, is disposed onto the adhesive layer (105). This flexible substrate (109) has a via (110) disposed therethrough with a solderable area (111) disposed thereon. Then, a quantity of solder (113) is disposed onto the solderable area (111), and the assembly (100) is heated so that the solder (113) flows into the vias (106) and (110), thereby providing an electrical connection including the solderable area (111) of the via (110), the solder (113), and the contact area (103). During this reflow step, the structure of the adhesive layer (105) acts as a soldermask preventing the solder (113) from flowing outside of an area defined by the via (106).
Abstract:
Shaped contacts (40, 42) for interconnecting circuits or for use in an integrated circuit test probe are electroplated as integral parts of circuit traces (34) upon a stainless steel mandrel (10). A shaped, hardened steel indentation tool (16, 18, 26, 28) makes indentations (24a, 24b) of predetermined shape in the surface of the mandrel (10), which is provided with a pattern of dielectric, such as Teflon (12), or photoresist. Areas of the steel mandrel, including the indentations (24a,24b), are electroplated with a pattern of conductive material (34, 36, 38), and a dielectric substrate (32) is laminated to the conductive material. The circuit features formed by the indentations define raised contacts of a conical (18) or pyramidal (28) shape, having free ends with a small area that allows higher pressures to be applied to a surface against which the contacts are pressed. This enables the contacts to penetrate foreign materials, such as oxides, that may form on the surface of the pads (56, 58), to which the contacts are to be connected to ensure a good contact without any need for wiping action. The projecting contacts can also be pressed into plated holes (82, 84) in a substrate, such as a printed wiring board, to which mateable/demateable electrical connection is to be made.
Abstract:
A multifunction card type electronic apparatus comprising a simple flat-shaped circuit board into which electronic components are mounted; a protective member that is disposed on at least the top surface of the circuit board except for a portion of the top surface of the circuit board on which external connection terminals are to be disposed; and a terminal board on the top surface of which the external connection terminals are disposed, the terminal board being placed and bonded onto the portion of the top surface of the circuit board by means of an electrically conductive material so that the external connection terminals are electrically connected to the circuit board, whereby the electronic apparatus is produced in a low cost, easy to produce and suited to a mass production.