Abstract:
A method for making thick-film conductor line patterns having conductor linewidths and spacings which are each less than about 5 mils. The method is especially useful in manufacturing fine-line hybrid circuits. The method involves forming a conductor line circuit pattern of thick-film material on a principle surface of a substrate. The principle surface of the substrate is masked so that selected portions of the conductor line circuit pattern are exposed. The exposed portions of the pattern are then removed from the substrate to reduce the conductor linewidths and spacings of the pattern to less than about 5 mils.
Abstract:
A method is provided for etching and removing extraneous molybdenum or debris on ceramic substrates such as semiconductor devices and also for molybdenum etching in the fabrication of molybdenum photomasks. The method employs a multi-step process using an acidic aqueous solution of a ferric salt to remove (etch) the molybdenum debris followed by contacting the treated substrate with an organic quaternary ammonium hydroxide to remove any molybdenum black oxides which may have formed on the exposed surface of treated molybdenum features in ceramic substrates. The method is environmentally safe and the waste solutions may be easily waste treated for example by precipitating the ferric salts as ferric hydroxide and removing anions such as sulfate by precipitation with lime. The method replaces the currently used method of employing ferricyanide salts which create serious hazardous waste disposal and environmental problems.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing printed circuit boards is disclosed wherein metallic conductive structures are produced in a desired pattern on a carrier board of isolating material. The method begins with the provision of a carrier board having a metal foil laminated to its surface and thereafter forming conductive traces on the carrier board, deactivating the carrier board to remove substantially all substances deposited on the carrier board other than the conductive traces and forming final conductive structures by electroless chemical metal deposition on the pattern of conductive traces. Circuit boards manufactured in accordance with such a method will have final conductor structures with base layer portions of the original laminated metal foil. In a preferred embodiment, the step of deactivating the carrier board involves rinsing the carrier board with hydrochloric acid. The method can be used for manufacturing single-layer or multilayer printed circuit boards with or without through-holes and permits the formation of conductor structures in the range of 50 micrometers or less.
Abstract:
After the etching away of copper to selectively expose surface areas of insulating resin material in a printed circuit process based upon metal-clad insulating substrate material, the exposed surface areas of insulating material are contacted with a liquid treatment composition effective to soften or swell the resin material such that residual metal species otherwise associated with the surface area are removed or, at the least, become entrapped or encapsulated below a surface of resin, such that the surface insulation resistance afforded by the insulating surface areas of the printed circuit is improved.
Abstract:
A method of making a printed circuit board is disclosed wherein metallic seed particles are applied to a surface of the substrate. An image of the desired conductor pattern is defined by a maskant layer to permit the subsequent electroless deposition of the conductor material upon the exposed seeded areas of the substrate. Then, the substrate surface is subjected to a plasma discharge to facilitate removal of the seed particles.
Abstract:
Provided are an electronic device including: a wiring board having a mounting surface; a ground electrode that defines a ground region on the mounting surface; an electronic component that is located on the mounting surface and is disposed in the ground region; a conductive component that is disposed adjacent to an outer edge of the ground electrode; an internal insulating protective layer that is disposed in the ground region and covers the electronic component; an external insulating protective layer that is disposed outside the ground region and covers the conductive component; and an electromagnetic wave shielding layer that is provided to extend over the internal insulating protective layer and the ground electrode and that covers the internal insulating protective layer and is electrically connected to the ground electrode, the electromagnetic wave shielding layer being a solidified product of an ink for forming an electromagnetic wave shielding layer, and a manufacturing method thereof.
Abstract:
A case includes a header with a first isolation barrier, a cover with a second isolation barrier, and a printed circuit board (PCB) including a slot in which the first isolation barrier or the second isolation barrier is located and a primary-circuit side and a secondary-circuit side located on opposites sides of the slot.
Abstract:
A colored thin covering film is provided, including an upper detached layer, a colored ink film, a low dielectric glue layer, and a lower detached layer. The color ink layer is formed between the upper detached layer and the low dielectric glue layer. The low dielectric glue layer is formed between the colored ink layer and the lower detached layer. The thickness of the colored ink layer is between 1 to 10 μm, and the thickness of the low dielectric glue layer is between 3 to 25 μm, such that a total thickness of the colored ink layer and the low dielectric glue layer is allowed to be between 4 to 35 μm. The colored thin covering film has an extremely low dielectric constant and loss, extremely low ion migration, good adhesion, heat dissipation, high flexibility, and low resilience, and can be processed in a low temperature.
Abstract:
A wiring board includes a first resin insulating layer, conductor pads on the first insulating layer including first and second conductor pads, a second resin insulating layer on the first insulating layer covering the first and second pads, an outermost conductor layer on the second insulating layer including first and second outermost wiring layers, via conductors through the second insulating layer including a first via conductor connecting the first wiring layer and first pad and a second via conductor connecting the second wiring layer and second pad, and a solder resist layer on the second insulating layer such that the solder resist layer is covering the first wiring layer and has one or more openings exposing the second wiring layer. The first wiring layer includes first main metal, and the second wiring layer includes second main metal which is different from the first metal of the first wiring layer.
Abstract:
Semiconductor switch modules have positive and negative electrical input connections which must be spaced adequately to prevent a short circuit flashover between the polarities. This terminal spacing is defined by the strike distance through air or creepage distance through air along an insulating surface between the two input connections given the operating voltage per regulatory agency requirements. The inductance of the switch connections is ultimately limited by this terminal spacing. A novel conformal solid insulation scheme between the bus structure and switch module eliminates the strike or creepage paths through air and allows for reduced terminal spacing and lower inductance while meeting regulatory agency requirements.