LIQUID METAL (LM) DISPENSING APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DESIGN AND OPERATION OF SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20230415253A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-28

    申请号:US17851968

    申请日:2022-06-28

    CPC classification number: B23K3/0638 B23K2101/40

    Abstract: A liquid metal (LM) dispensing apparatus and method for design and fabrication thereof. Components of the LM dispensing apparatus are designed and tooled based on a target pinout (e.g., a number of, arrangement of, and dimensions of, holes in a substrate to have LM injected therein) and desired LM material. Embodiments employ detachably attached needles using a locking means to provide leak-free interchangeability of the needles. The flexibility with needles makes replacing damaged needles more perfunctory. Embodiments contour the LM reservoir to enhance uniform LM flow to the needles and dispense or inject LM from multiple detachably attached needles concurrently.

    Method of assembling an electronic component using a probe having a fluid thereon

    公开(公告)号:US10278318B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-30

    申请号:US14974113

    申请日:2015-12-18

    Abstract: A method of assembly comprising providing an assembly probe, the assembly probe having an end coupling face; providing a droplet of fluid on the end coupling face of the assembly probe; coupling an electronic component to the end coupling face of the assembly probe with the fluid droplet, the electronic component having a peripheral dimension equal to or less than 2 mm in each of length, width and height; placing the electronic component on a substrate with the assembly probe; decoupling the electronic component from the end coupling face of the assembly probe; and assembling the electronic component to the substrate.

    SELF-DIFFUSING LIQUID METAL INTERCONNECT ARCHITECTURES ENABLING SNAP-ON ROOM TEMPERATURE ASSEMBLY

    公开(公告)号:US20250112190A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-03

    申请号:US18477966

    申请日:2023-09-29

    Abstract: In one embodiment, an integrated circuit device includes a substrate and a component coupled to the substrate. The substrate includes first reservoirs comprising Gallium-based liquid metal (LM), second reservoirs, first channels between the first reservoirs, and second channels between the second reservoirs and respective first reservoirs. The component includes circuitry and conductive contacts connected to the circuitry. Each contact defines a cavity and a portion of each conductive contact is within a respective first reservoir of the substrate such that it is in contact with the LM in the first reservoir. The component further includes dielectric lines between the conductive contacts, and each dielectric line is at least partially within a respective first channel of the substrate.

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