Patent · US Expired

Digital application of protective soldermask to printed circuit boards

US7451699B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 3, 2003
Grant dateNov 18, 2008
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Expiry dateMar 21, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K2203/1509
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for applying ink, according to a soldermask pattern, to a printed circuit board having elevated pads defining pad edges, the method including flooding the printed circuit board with ink such that the ink advances to the pad edges and is stopped thereby and thereat, without climbing onto the elevated pads.

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