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Method and apparatus for achieving reduced component failure during soldering

US4648547A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 26, 1985
Grant dateMar 10, 1987
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Expiry dateJun 26, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K2203/081
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Failure of an electronic component (18) during soldering of leads (16--16) thereof to a substrate (12) can be reduced by directing a gas such as air across the top surface (13) of the substrate against the leads. The gas directed against the leads serves to drive off corrosive flux vapors which would otherwise migrate upwardly along the leads causing corrosion thereto and failure of the component.

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