摘要:
There is disclosed herein a printed circuit board onto which an electronic component heat spreader may be soldered by laser soldering, one embodiment of which comprises: a dielectric substrate 10 having a top surface 11 on which a footprint perimeter P of the component heat spreader is defined, and two or more heat spreader mounting pads 20 arranged on the substrate top surface 12. Each mounting pad 20 comprises a first portion 21 arranged on the substrate surface 12 outside of the footprint perimeter P, and a second portion 22 arranged on the substrate surface 12 inside of the footprint perimeter P contiguous with the first portion 21.
摘要:
A fluid spray nozzle that mixes a pressurized gaseous propellant and paint composition prior to being applied to a workpiece. The nozzle includes an upstream section for receiving the pressurized gaseous propellant. The nozzle directs the gaseous propellant and the fluid composition into a recirculation cavity. The gaseous propellant and fluid composition are received in a downstream section after mixing in the recirculation cavity. The recirculation cavity has lobes on opposite sides of a flow path defined in a region in the recirculation cavity between an inlet opening and the recirculation cavity. The recirculation cavity is formed by silicon micromachining the upstream section, fluid injection section, recirculation cavity and downstream section. The gaseous propellant may be accelerated to supersonic speeds prior to entering the recirculation cavity. The gaseous propellant and fluid composition are decelerated to subsonic speeds prior to exiting the downstream section, thereby resulting in the formation of a shock wave at the transition from supersonic to subsonic speeds which causes further atomization of the fluid composition.
摘要:
An automobile instrument panel assembly may be used in the cockpit of an automobile. The assembly includes a cross-car structure having a plurality of recesses and protrusions along the length of the structure and a plurality of generally planar surfaces. A plurality of HVAC components are adapted to closely fit within one or more of the plurality of recesses within the structure, and at least one flatwire bus is affixed to the generally planar surfaces of the structure.
摘要:
A method for making and repairing connections between first and second circuits, such as flex circuits. An article 10 includes: a flexible dielectric substrate 12 having first and second edges 14/16, and a plurality of conductive circuit traces 18 arranged on or within the substrate, wherein each of the traces extends from proximate the first edge 14 to proximate the second edge 16. Each of the circuit traces 18 includes: a first connection feature 20 disposed proximate the first edge 14; a second connection feature 22 disposed proximate the second edge 16; and at least one third connection feature 24 disposed between the first and second edges 14/16. Each of the first, second, and third connection features 20/22/24 is a plated through hole, a plated blind via, or a mounting pad. This article 10 may be used to connect together the first and second circuits 50/60 using the first and second connection features 20/22, such as by soldering. If either of the two circuits needs to be subsequently detached (e.g., because of a component failure), the article 10 may be cut so as to present a set of third connection features 24 to which a new replacement circuit may be connected.
摘要:
Conductors supported integrally with engine structure such as air intake manifolds and the like provide interconnection between engine components without the need for separate conventional wiring harnesses. The conductors take their mechanical strength from the underlying physical object and thus can be lighter than a freestanding harness. Connectors allow traces to continue across points of mechanical interface between structural components and allow wiring of engine components to be accomplished in the same operation as their physical assembly.
摘要:
An interposer 10 for electrically coupling a semiconductor die 50 to a substrate 70, comprising: an interposer body 12 made of a dielectric material and having a contact surface 14 and an opposed bonding surface 16; a plurality of contact pads 18 arranged about the periphery of the contact surface 14; a plurality of bonding pads 20 arranged across generally the entire area of the bonding surface 16; and a plurality of electrically conductive conduits 22 disposed generally within the interposer body, such that each conduit 22 connects a respective one of the contact pads 18 with a respective one of the bonding pads 20. The interposer 10 may also include: a sealed cooling channel 28 defined within the interposer body 12; a fluid medium 30 generally filling the cooling channel 28; and a piezoelectric element 26 attached to the interposer body such that the piezoelectric element communicates with the cooling channel 28 and the fluid medium 30, the piezoelectric element being operatively coupled to at least two of the electrically conductive conduits 22.
摘要:
An apparatus for cooling electronic devices/modules in a vehicle comprises a main ventilation duct mounted in the vehicle, and includes a blower for forcing air through the main duct. A bypass duct is provided in selective fluid communication with the main ventilation duct, and is adapted to carry electronic devices/modules to be cooled by air forced through the bypass duct. Inlet and outlet valves are provided for selectively varying the amount of air which passes through the bypass duct. The electronic devices may be positioned outside of the bypass duct, or inside the bypass duct if sealed.
摘要:
A method for attaching an electronic die to a substrate is disclosed. Preferably, the method includes fixing the die to the substrate, interconnecting the electronic die to an at least one bonding pad on the substrate to form an electrical connection, coating the interconnects and the electronic die with an electrically insulating coating, and covering the electronic die with a low temperature melting metal. Thus, the method of the present invention improves the reliability of the electronic die.
摘要:
There is disclosed herein a tri-metal-layer precircuit 50 which may be selectively etched to provide a multilayer electronic circuit 60 having air bridge crossovers 49. The enlarged ends 44 of the upper air bridge elements 42, and/or the top pads 41 of the tower elements 43, are specially designed such that undercutting of the ends 44 and/or top pads 41 is minimized, thereby minimizing the risk of air bridge/top pad delamination.
摘要:
There is disclosed herein an apparatus for bulk-feeding electronic components which utilizes magnetic force and a rotating feeder tube to properly orient the components for presentment to an automated pick-and-place machine. The apparatus comprises: (1) a generally straight tube 10 having a raised end 12, a lowered end 14, a longitudinal axis L--L, and a generally cylindrical interior passage 16 therethrough; (2) a generally straight bar magnet 20 arranged beneath and proximate the tube 10, wherein the bar magnet has a North pole-South pole axis N-S oriented generally parallel with the tube longitudinal axis L--L; (3) a receptacle 30 having first and second ends 32/34 and a tapered throat 36 running therethrough, wherein the throat extends from an enlarged inlet 38 defined in the first end to a constricted outlet 39 defined in the second end, the receptacle being disposed such that the inlet is elevated above the outlet, the second end 34 of the receptacle being disposed in rotatably slidable contact with the raised end 12 of the tube such that the constricted outlet 39 is placed in communication with the tube interior passage 16 thereat; and (4) a mechanism 40 for rotating the tube 10 about its longitudinal axis L--L.