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Flexible tape having stripes of electrically conductive particles for making multiple connections
Assignee: 3M Co
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Filing: 1985-08-29
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2005-08-29
Abstract
Abstract Individual electrical connections between two banks of electrodes can be made by the novel tape, a layer of which contains electrically conductive particles. Each particle has an electrically conductive surface and a ferromagnetic core by which the particles can be magnetically attracted to form nonintersecting stripes, each stripe containing a continuous array of contacting particles and hence being electrically conductive over both its length and thickness.
Inventors
- 👤 Timothy W. C/O Minnesota Mining And King
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 12:22
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01B; H01B1/00; H01B1/20; H01B1/22; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/10; H05K3/102; H10; H10W; H10W20/00; H10W20/40; H01R; H01R4/00; H01R4/04; H05K2203/00; H05K2203/05; H05K2203/0502; H05K2203/052; H05K3/30; H05K3/32; H05K3/321; H05K3/36; H05K3/361; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/90; Y10S428/906; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/25; Y10T428/256; Y10T428/257; Y10T428/28; Y10T428/2852; Y10T428/2857
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
79 words
Flexible tape for making multiple electrical connections comprising a layer containing electrically conductive particles embedded in a polymeric dielectric matrix within an orderly pattern of nonintersecting stripes, each of the particles having a ferromagnetic core and an electrically conductive surface, the maximum thickness of substantially every particle being less than the thickness of the layer, the particles in each stripe contacting each other in continuous array so that each stripe is electrically conductive over both its length and thickness.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
79 words
Flexible tape for making multiple electrical connections comprising a layer containing electrically conductive particles embedded in a polymeric dielectric matrix within an orderly pattern of nonintersecting stripes, each of the particles having a ferromagnetic core and an electrically conductive surface, the maximum thickness of substantially every particle being less than the thickness of the layer, the particles in each stripe contacting each other in continuous array so that each stripe is electrically conductive over both its length and thickness.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
Flexible tape as defined in Claim 1 wherein each particle has an electrically conductive coating over its ferromagnetic core.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
Flexible tape as defined in Claim 2 wherein the ferromagnetic core is iron.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
12 words
Flexible tape as defined in Claim 3 wherein the coating comprises silver.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
Flexible tape as defined in Claim 1 wherein the polymeric dielectric matrix is a pressure-sensitive adhesive.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
Flexible tape as defined in Claim 5 wherein said layer is supported by a disposable carrier web which has a low-adhesion surface in contact with the pressure-sensitive adhesive matrix.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
Flexible tape as defined in Claim 1 wherein said particles comprise from 2 to 5 volume percent of the layer.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
134 words
Method of making the flexible multiple- connector tape of any preceding claim comprising the steps of: - (1) coating onto a flexible carrier web a mixture of photopolymerizable monomer and particles, each particle having a ferromagnetic core and an electrically conductive surface, the maximum dimension of substantially every particle being less than the ultimate thickness of the coating, (2) then simultaneously (a) subjecting the coating to a plurality of spaced-apart magnetic fields, each of a strength sufficient to attract the particles to form stripes, in each of which particles contact each other in a continuous array so that each stripe is electrically conductive over both its length and thickness, and (b) photopolymerizing the monomer to fix each chain of particles in a polymeric dielectric matrix, and (3) removing the tape from the magnetic fields.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
Method as defined in Claim 8 wherein the monomer is photopolymerized in Step 2(b) to a pressure-sensitive adhesive state.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
Method as defined in Claim 8 wherein the photopolymerizable monomer has been partially polymerized to a coatable viscosity prior to Step (1).
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