摘要:
Certain organic polymeric materials are capable of reversibly accepting or donating electrons from a reducing entity. The redox sites in the polymer accept electrons and, as a result, a change in the properties of the polymer occurs. This change is useful in modifying or etching the polymeric material. The material can be modified by incorporation of metallic seeds into the material at a controlled depth. The seeds are incorporated by interaction of cations of the metals with the redox sites in the polymer, which cause the reduction of the cations to form the neutral metallic seeds. Subsequent exposure of the polymeric material containing the seeds to an electroless bath causes further deposition of metal having the desirable characteristic of good adhesion to the polymeric material. Etching of the polymeric material can be carried out as a result of an increase in solubility of the polymer in aprotic solvents when its redox sites have accepted electrons. The increased solubility allows openings to be etched in certain areas of the polymeric material that have been reduced, leaving other areas unchanged.
摘要:
A heat exchanger 36 for cooling an array of electric circuit chips 22 disposed on a common substrate 24 is formed as a flexible sheet 38 of thermally conducting material with upstanding fins 40 for transference of heat from the chips to a coolant flowing through the fins. The sheet may be provided with corrugations 44 set between sites of the chips for improved flexibility to accommodate individual orientations of the chips. The sheet is sufficiently large to cover an array of chips and is secured adheringly, as by use of a thermally conductive grease, to the chips. The sheet hermetically seals the chips from contamination by the coolant. The heat exchanger may be fabricated of copper with a nickel coating, wherein the copper provides the heat conduction and the nickel protects the copper from a corrosive coolant such as water. The finned sheet may be efficiently fabricated by processes analogous to those used to make printed circuits. In one embodiment of the heat exchanger, the fin thickness, the fin spacing and the sheet thickness are all approximately equal, a typical sheet thickness being approximately 0.05 mm.
摘要:
The superior thermal conductivity of immersion cooling combined with the service convenience of conduction cooling is provided through the use of unitary thermal transfer replaceable units (1) positioned beneath a refrigeration source (4). Each unit (1) contains electronic devices (6) in a thermal transfer fluid (8). The unit construction permits replaceability in service without exposing a central fluid reservoir or opening a refrigerator.
摘要:
Certain organic polymeric materials are capable of reversibly accepting or donating electrons from a reducing entity. The redox sites in the polymer accept electrons and, as a result, a change in the properties of the polymer occurs. This change is useful in modifying or etching the polymeric material. The material can be modified by incorporation of metallic seeds into the material at a controlled depth. The seeds are incorporated by interaction of cations of the metals with the redox sites in the polymer, which cause the reduction of the cations to form the neutral metallic seeds. Subsequent exposure of the polymeric material containing the seeds to an electroless bath causes further deposition of metal having the desirable characteristic of good adhesion to the polymeric material. Etching of the polymeric material can be carried out as a result of an increase in solubility of the polymer in aprotic solvents when its redox sites have accepted electrons. The increased solubility allows openings to be etched in certain areas of the polymeric material that have been reduced, leaving other areas unchanged.
摘要:
This invention employs a carrier (10) upon which a thin conductive film (12) has been applied. The conductive film is of a metallic material which exhibits a surface energy such that it is not readily wetted by solder. A patterned mask (14) is disposed on the conductive film, with the mask having openings which expose selected areas (16, 18) of the conductive film. Solder is deposited in the mask openings and is weakly adherent to the exposed areas of the conductive film. The carrier is then disposed over and in registration with conductive land areas (20, 22) of a circuit carrier (24), such that the solder in the mask openings is aligned with the land areas of the circuit carrier. Subsequently, the carrier and circuit land areas are brought into contact, heated, the solder bonded to the lands, and the carrier is lifted away for subsequent reuse. In another species of the invention, a thin film layer of solder is directly deposited on and weakly adherent to a flexible base layer. Subsequently, tool means which registers with the areas to be soldered, presses the base layer/solder combination against the areas to be coated with solder, thereby causing the solder to adhere to the underlying circuit configuration.
摘要:
Methods and apparatus are set forth for passively and precisely aligning pairs of objects, in particular, microelectronic components such as semiconductor lasers and fibers, utilizing fiducial marks. Additionally, methods and apparatus are set forth for combining passive and active alignment techniques where high degrees of alignment precision are required. Still further, techniques are described for fixing prealigned objects, independent of how the objects are prealigned, to a mounting surface in a manner that maintains the relative (aligned) position of the objects. Further yet, in order to help minimize manufacturing costs with respect to production of, for example, microelectronic assemblies, batch processing techniques are described which utilize the novel alignment procedures contemplated by the invention. In principle a transparent alignment plate (500) is used having a plurality of fiducial marks (516, 518) imprinted thereon at least one pair of objects (412, 510, 511) is provided, each having a fiducial mark (515, 517) imprint corresponding to one of said plurality of fiducial marks (516, 518) located on said transparent alignment plate (500), means are provided for optically aligning the fiducial mark (515, 517) located on each object (412, 510, 511) of said at least one pair of objects with the corresponding fiducial marks (516, 518) on said transparent alignment plate (500), thereby yielding at least one pair of passively aligned objects (412, 510, 511).
摘要:
The superior thermal conductivity of immersion cooling combined with the service convenience of conduction cooling is provided through the use of unitary thermal transfer replaceable units (1) positioned beneath a refrigeration source (4). Each unit (1) contains electronic devices (6) in a thermal transfer fluid (8). The unit construction permits replaceability in service without exposing a central fluid reservoir or opening a refrigerator.
摘要:
A heat exchanger 36 for cooling an array of electric circuit chips 22 disposed on a common substrate 24 is formed as a flexible sheet 38 of thermally conducting material with upstanding fins 40 for transference of heat from the chips to a coolant flowing through the fins. The sheet may be provided with corrugations 44 set between sites of the chips for improved flexibility to accommodate individual orientations of the chips. The sheet is sufficiently large to cover an array of chips and is secured adheringly, as by use of a thermally conductive grease, to the chips. The sheet hermetically seals the chips from contamination by the coolant. The heat exchanger may be fabricated of copper with a nickel coating, wherein the copper provides the heat conduction and the nickel protects the copper from a corrosive coolant such as water. The finned sheet may be efficiently fabricated by processes analogous to those used to make printed circuits. In one embodiment of the heat exchanger, the fin thickness, the fin spacing and the sheet thickness are all approximately equal, a typical sheet thickness being approximately 0.05 mm.