Abstract:
SOLDERING MATERIAL IS SPRAYED OVER AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT PATTERN POSITIONED ON AN INSULATING CARRIER. THE SOLDER IS IN THE LIQUID STATE, BUT IS BELOW THE TEMPERATURE AT WHICH THE SOLDER FORMS AN ALLOY WITH THE METAL CIRCUIT PATTERN. THE LAYER OF SOLDER IS THEN HEATED TO ITS ALLOYING TEMPERATURE CAUSING THE SOLDER TO CNTRACT, BY SURFACE TENSION, ONTO THE METAL CIRCUIT PATTERN FORMING AN ALLOY THEREWITH AND LEAVING THE INSULATING CARRIER SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF SOLDER, WHICH COULD CAUSE A SHORT CIRCUIT.
Abstract:
A layer circuit arranged to receive semiconductor modules by soldering, the circuit having at least one conductor path extending therealong with a solder platform at one end of the conductor path. A layer is positioned transversely across the conductor path beyond the solder platform but extends across the conductor path less than the width of the path. This layer is incapable of tinning so that it separates the solder platform at the end of the conductor path from the remainder of the path by a relatively narrow constriction.