PCB PRODUCTION BY LASER SYSTEMS
    51.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220256698A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-11

    申请号:US17249217

    申请日:2021-02-24

    Abstract: Systems and methods for printing a printed circuit board (PCB) from substrate to full integration utilize a laser-assisted deposition (LAD) system to print a flowable material on top of a substrate by laser jetting to create a PCB structure to be used as an electronic device. One such system for PCB printing includes a jet printing unit, an imaging unit, curing units, and a drilling unit to print metals and other materials (epoxies, solder masks, etc.) directly on a PCB substrate such as a glass-reinforced epoxy laminate material (e.g., FR4) or others. The jet printing unit can also be used for sintering and/or ablation of materials. Printed materials are cured by heating or by infrared (IR) or ultraviolet (UV) radiation. PCBs produced according to the present systems and methods may be single-sided or double-sided.

    SYSTEMS FOR NEGATIVE 3D PRINTING MACHINE AT HIGH RESOLUTION

    公开(公告)号:US20220055296A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-24

    申请号:US17453723

    申请日:2021-11-05

    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for the fabrication of solid three-dimensional objects from liquid polymerizable materials at high resolution. A material is coated on a film non-digitally, excess material is removed digitally, by laser, leaving an image of a layer to be printed, and the image is then engaged with existing portions of an object being fabricated and exposed to a non-digital UV curing light source. Since the only part of the process that is digital is the material removal, and this part is done by laser, the speed of printing and the robustness of the manufacturing process is improved significantly over conventional additive or 3D fabrication techniques.

    Method For Layer-Wise Manufacturing Of A Shaped Body

    公开(公告)号:US20220016707A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-20

    申请号:US17296292

    申请日:2019-09-23

    Abstract: A method for layer-wise additive manufacturing of a shaped body made up of slices of processed layers, including the steps: creating a layer of a slurry, the slurry including binder, a dispersing medium and a particulate filler material, solidifying the slurry layer, directing electromagnetic radiation to the solidified layer for processing it by debinding and/or sintering, and repeating the above-mentioned steps to successively build the shaped body. A laser induced forward transfer (LIFT) process utilizing a laser to direct laser beam pulses acts on a coating of slurry on a carrier to transfer droplets of slurry to a receptor surface to create the slurry layer which is then processed further by above-mentioned steps of solidifying, and debinding and/or sintering.

    WIRE-LESS VARIABLE GAP COATER DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20210331196A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-28

    申请号:US17248301

    申请日:2021-01-19

    Abstract: Systems and methods for coating of a thin film with a viscous material, such as a liquid, a paste, or an adhesive, at a desired thickness. In such a system, two films move adjacent to one another, optionally in opposite directions, atop two rollers separated by a known gap that defines a coating thickness, with the material being transferred from one film to the other. The rollers may be maintained in their relative positions by springs and/or linear actuators and positioned using linear encoders. In alternate arrangements, the material to be coated could be low viscosity material such as a polymeric solution. Air knives may be provided near the gap to create an air flow that aids in preventing the free flow of low viscosity materials outside the bounds of the film during coating.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRINTING SOLDER PASTE AND OTHER VISCOUS MATERIALS AT HIGH RESOLUTION

    公开(公告)号:US20210237184A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-05

    申请号:US16807489

    申请日:2020-03-03

    Abstract: Systems and methods in which dot-like portions of a material (e.g., a viscous material such as a solder paste) are printed or otherwise transferred onto an intermediate substrate at a first printing unit, the intermediate substrate having the dot-like portions of material printed thereon is transferred to a second printing unit, and the dot-like portions of material are transferred from the intermediate substrate to a final substrate at the second printing unit. Optionally, the first printing unit includes a coating system that creates a uniform layer of the material on a donor substrate, and the material is transferred in the individual dot-like portions from the donor substrate onto the intermediate substrate at the first printing unit. Each of the first and second printing units may employ a variety of printing or other transfer technologies. The system may also include material curing and imaging units to aid in the overall process.

    MULTI-MATERIAL DISPENSING AND COATING SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20210121911A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-29

    申请号:US17247860

    申请日:2020-12-28

    Abstract: Systems and methods for dispensing liquid materials as may be used in applications for coating flexible films and the like. Such a film may be coated by dispensing a rheological material onto its surface while drawing the film through a gap between a pair of rollers. The gap defines the thickness of a layer of the material applied to the film and is maintained at a desired width by microwires positioned through the gap. Another film across the gap from that to which the rheological material is applied aids in the coating of the layer and a contact area of the second film may be adjusted relative to the gap, e.g., when changing materials or when the coating film becomes abraded or deformed.

    LASER-BASED DROPLET ARRAY JETTING OF HIGH VISCOUS MATERIALS

    公开(公告)号:US20190322036A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-24

    申请号:US16383891

    申请日:2019-04-15

    Abstract: Laser jetting of droplets of a viscous material, such as an ink, is performed by coating a layer of ink on a mesh-like transport screen, with the ink being retained within spaces of the mesh-like transport screen. The ink-coated mesh-like transport screen is conveyed to a working area and a laser beam is used to heat the ink within the spaces of the mesh-like transport screen, thereby causing ink droplets to be jetted from the spaces of the mesh-like transport screen. Structures are formed on a receiving substrate arranged near the working area by jetting the ink droplets, either in an aggregation or sequentially, across a gap from the mesh-like transport screen to the receiving substrate and displacing the mesh-like transport screen and the laser beam relative to one another at times between the jetting of the droplets, or by directly printing ink droplets onto the receiving substrate.

    PCB production by laser systems
    59.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12089328B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-10

    申请号:US18499009

    申请日:2023-10-31

    CPC classification number: H05K1/111 H05K3/341 H05K13/046 H05K2201/10666

    Abstract: Systems and methods for printing a printed circuit board (PCB) from substrate to full integration utilize a laser-assisted deposition (LAD) system to print a flowable material on top of a substrate by laser jetting to create a PCB structure to be used as an electronic device. One such system for PCB printing includes a jet printing unit, an imaging unit, curing units, and a drilling unit to print metals and other materials (epoxies, solder masks, etc.) directly on a PCB substrate such as a glass-reinforced epoxy laminate material (e.g., FR4) or others. The jet printing unit can also be used for sintering and/or ablation of materials. Printed materials are cured by heating or by infrared (IR) or ultraviolet (UV) radiation. PCB s produced according to the present systems and methods may be single-sided or double-sided.

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