Patent · US Expired

Surface mounting leadless components on conductor pattern supporting substrates

US4927697A · kind A · utility

23Cited by
2References
5Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateNov 28, 1988
Grant dateMay 22, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 28, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/24917
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Flux residue drawn by capillary action into the small gap between a conductor pattern support e.g. a printed circuit board, and a leadless electronic component surface mounted on the support is hard to remove and may corrode the conductor pattern. Herein the component is fixed to the support by a pad of adhesive elastomer so as to give a larger and hence more easily cleanable gap between component and support and the component connector pads are coupled to the conductor pattern by way of solder pillars formed by pre-loading the component connector pads and the pattern with precisely defined amounts of solder and, e.g. during a vapor phase re-flow, causing the pre-loads to merge and form the solder pillars.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.