Abstract:
Methods of creating fine featured circuits by printing a circuit trace onto polymer shrink films or other biaxially-oriented polymer films are disclosed. The shrink films are heated and shrunk after printing, annealing the circuit trace to form conductive features. Compositions suitable for printing onto the films and articles made using the method and composition are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing membranes after having defined the button key position circuit and matrix layout under the conditions of without jumping and without generating ghost keys includes the steps of: heating and pre-shrinking the PET of a membrane, printing a circuit made from silver paste on the membrane, printing an insulation layer on the printed silver paste circuit or printing carbon powders, folding the membrane and welding the membrane by supersonic wave, and finally punching structural holes on the membrane to complete the membrane production.
Abstract:
An apparatus to retain an assembled component on one side of a double-sided printed circuit board during reflow of other components subsequently positioned on an opposite side of the double-sided printed circuit board and methods for manufacturing and using the same. The retainer includes a heat-shrinkable member and a retaining member. Being formed from a heat-shrinkable material, the heat-shrinkable member is configured to receive a post extending through an opening formed in a double-sided printed circuit board from a component previously assembled on one side thereof. The retaining member is coupled with the heat-shrinkable member, and the double-sided printed circuit board is disposed substantially between the retaining member and the component. The heat-shrinkable member is configured to shrinkably engage the post when an opposite side of the double-sided printed circuit board is populated and reflowed, retaining the inverted component on the double-sided printed circuit board.
Abstract:
A method for surface mounting electrical components to a substrate, such as a printed circuitboard, involves use of an anisotropically conductive adhesive or Z-Axis adhesive between facing conductive surface areas on the component and substrate. Pressure is applied to the conductive adhesive by a nonconducting adhesive that is first cured between oppositely facing nonconductive surface areas of the component and substrate. This fixes the thickness of each layer of the conductive adhesive at a dimension no greater than its design conductive thickness. In a first submethod, the nonconducting adhesive is a fast setting adhesive subjected to mechanical pressure only as it is assembled on the substrate prior to the subsequent curing of the conductive adhesive. In a second submethod, it is a high shrinkage adhesive that applies compressive force between the component and substrate as it cures and shrinks dimensionally while at a temperature below the subsequent curing temperature of the conductive adhesive.
Abstract:
The present invention aims to obtain a flexible printed wiring board with good flatness. According to the present invention, a copper-clad film 3 is formed by applying a polyamic acid solution on one surface of a copper foil 2 and thermally contracting the polyamic acid layer la so that the other surface of the copper foil 2 may form a convex surface of a curling surface to form a polyimide film 1. A polyamic acid solution is applied on the other surface of the copper foil 2 of the copper-clad film 3, and then the polyamic acid layer 5a is thermally contracted to form a protective film 5, whereby a flexible printed wiring board 10 is obtained.
Abstract:
An electronic circuit element capable of positively and stably accomplishing its provisional fixing on a printed circuit board substantially free of any trouble and being readily taken out or extracted for the mounting on a printed circuit board, irrespective of a manner of holding of the circuit element prior to the extraction. The electronic circuit element includes an element body and an adhesive or polymeric layer deposited on the element body. The polymeric layer is arranged on a surface of the element body opposite to a printed circuit board on which the circuit element is to be mounted. The polymeric layer is formed of a material exhibiting adhesion when it is heated to a temperature of about 80.degree. C.
Abstract:
A photoflash device circuit board assembly including a dielectric substrate, switching element, and conductive member. The switching element and conductive member are pressed (e.g., die-stamped) within the substrate. The substrate is provided with a flexure means to permit it to flex during pressing such that the switching element will not be severed. A photoflash device including the circuit board assembly and a light-transmitting housing and an electrically activated flashlamp is also described.
Abstract:
A photoflash lamp array comprising a plurality of low voltage filament-type flashlamps mounted on a printed circuit board containing circuitry for sequentially igniting the flashlamps in response to successive low voltage firing pulses applied thereto. A plurality of reflectors respectively associated with the flashlamps are disposed between the lamps and the circuit board, with each reflector having an aperture in alignment with a corresponding aperture in the circuit board. The lamps are divided into upper and lower groups, with the circuit board having an upper connector coupled to the lower group of lamps and a lower connector coupled to the upper group of lamps, whereby one group of lamps functions as an extender for the other group to reduce the "red-eye" photographic effect. Connected in series with each but the first lamp of each group is a radiant-energy-activated quick-connect switch comprising a patch of heat shrinkable polymeric material attached to the circuit board and extending across a respective one of the apertures therein, a fixed contact attached to a first portion of the circuitry, and a resilient movable contact, such as a segment of spring wire, connected at one end to a second portion of the circuitry and having a bent segment at the other end which contacts the polymeric material in alignment with the respective aperture. The movable contact overlies the fixed contact and is held in a preenergized spaced apart relationship therefrom by the bent segment bearing against the polymeric material. Upon ignition of a flashlamp aligned with the respective aperture, the resulting radiant output rapidly melts away the heat shrinkable material from the aperture and thereby releases the movable contact to resiliently engage the fixed contact as the bent segment enters the circuit board aperture.
Abstract:
A light emitting device module is provided comprising a light emitting device package, a printed circuit board on which the light emitting device package is arranged and a sealing member that surrounds the light emitting device package and the printed circuit board, wherein a predetermined space is formed between the light emitting device package and the printed circuit board and the sealing member.
Abstract:
A method for fabricating printed electronics and optical components includes printing a trace of electrically conductive, semiconductive or insulating material on a substrate and shrinking the substrate to a target size. The material can include an ink, solution, dispersion, powder, slurry, paste or the like. The step of shrinking can include heating the substrate at a predetermined temperature based on properties of the substrate. The step of shrinking can also include heating the substrate for a predetermined duration based on properties of the substrate. The step of shrinking can also include releasing an external electrical potential used to stretch the substrate during printing. For example, the substrate may decrease in area by at least fifty percent during heating.