Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
405 words
1) A method to ensure the cooling of active or passive electronic components fixed on a multilayer for printed circuits, the multilayer including at least one metal layer interposed between insulating layers and, on the outer faces, a copper layer for said circuits, characterized by the steps of: a) - applying, prior to the matching of the layers of the multilayer, on at least one of the faces of the metal layer or of one of the metal layers, a special thin layer or film of insulating or conductive material; b) - creating, through, a mi-iling operation, seats or cavities for the insertion of the prismatic or cylindrical basic part of the electronic component and possible other seats for the insertion of heat-dissipating rods, the bottom of said seats being made up of the surface of said interposed metal layer, because of the removal, by means of the milling cutter, of the thin layer applied upon the step a); c) - forming through holes on the multilayer in the vicinity of said seats for the insertion of the component base and at close distance from the outside walls of the body of the component which is to be fixed in each seat; d) - covering, by means of a metallization layer, all the uncovered surfaces of the multilayer, including those of the said seats and those inside said through holes, such metallization realizing therefore the electrical and the heat transfer connection of all the surfaces covered therewith; e) - realizing -through .a photo-engraving operation, or in other way, on the face (s) of the multilayer, on the side wherein said seats are formed - some areas outlining the same seats for the fixing of the component by welding, as well as other areas for the connection of the component to the printed circuit by weldings, and also metal strips making up the leads of said circuitr; the thin layer or film applied upon the step a) being able to determine an electrical signal which causes the removal of the milling cutter - immediately after the taking away of the same thin layer, but, in practice, without indenting the metal layer of the multilayer - from the seat it has formed; and the component cooling being carried out by heat conduction along said metal layer or by dissipator means located outside the multilayer and in thermal conductivity connection with said metal layer interposed inside the multilayer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
405 words
1) A method to ensure the cooling of active or passive electronic components fixed on a multilayer for printed circuits, the multilayer including at least one metal layer interposed between insulating layers and, on the outer faces, a copper layer for said circuits, characterized by the steps of: a) - applying, prior to the matching of the layers of the multilayer, on at least one of the faces of the metal layer or of one of the metal layers, a special thin layer or film of insulating or conductive material; b) - creating, through, a mi-iling operation, seats or cavities for the insertion of the prismatic or cylindrical basic part of the electronic component and possible other seats for the insertion of heat-dissipating rods, the bottom of said seats being made up of the surface of said interposed metal layer, because of the removal, by means of the milling cutter, of the thin layer applied upon the step a); c) - forming through holes on the multilayer in the vicinity of said seats for the insertion of the component base and at close distance from the outside walls of the body of the component which is to be fixed in each seat; d) - covering, by means of a metallization layer, all the uncovered surfaces of the multilayer, including those of the said seats and those inside said through holes, such metallization realizing therefore the electrical and the heat transfer connection of all the surfaces covered therewith; e) - realizing -through .a photo-engraving operation, or in other way, on the face (s) of the multilayer, on the side wherein said seats are formed - some areas outlining the same seats for the fixing of the component by welding, as well as other areas for the connection of the component to the printed circuit by weldings, and also metal strips making up the leads of said circuitr; the thin layer or film applied upon the step a) being able to determine an electrical signal which causes the removal of the milling cutter - immediately after the taking away of the same thin layer, but, in practice, without indenting the metal layer of the multilayer - from the seat it has formed; and the component cooling being carried out by heat conduction along said metal layer or by dissipator means located outside the multilayer and in thermal conductivity connection with said metal layer interposed inside the multilayer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
61 words
2) Method according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the thin layer or film applied upon the step a) is an insulating layer that can be easily stripped and that the electrical signal for the removal of the milling cutter is determined by the change of the speed of the cutter when coming into contact with said layer or film.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
46 words
3) Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the thin layer or film applied upon the step a) is a layer of conductive paste and that the electrical signal is determined by the electrical contact of the cutting edges of the cutter with said layer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
62 words
4) Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the thin layer or film is applied upon the step a) in the form of areas corresponding to the base dimensions of the seats and cavities which are formed through the milling operation upon the step b) and that the application thereof is made by a silk-screen printing system or other suitable means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
77 words
5) Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the heat dissipating means located outside the multilayer are metal members which have metal columns or studs, placed in thermal conductivity connection with said metal layer interposed inside the multilayer, to be inserted and welded inside suitable cavities obtained upon the step b) or through-holes obtained upon the step c), the surfaces of said seats or said holes being covered by a metallization layer upon the step d).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
6) Method according to claims 1 and 5, characterized in that the heat dissipating means located outside the multilayer are metal finned plates which are cooled by air in natural or forced circulation.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
41 words
7) Method according to claims 1 and 5, characterized in that the heat dissipating means located outside the multilayer include lengths of metal tube internally cooled by the circulation of a cooling fluid, said tubular lengths being secured to said columns.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
43 words
8) Method according to the preceding claims, wherein the multilayer is made up of insulating layers of glass fiber-reinforced epoxy resin with the interposition of one or more metal layers of "INVAR" alloy or of "INVAR" with two upper and lower copper layers.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
44 words
9) Method according to claims 1 to 7, wherein the multilayer is made up of insulating layers of glass fiber-reinforced polyimide resins, with the interposition of one or more metal layers of "INVAR" alloy or of "INVAR" with two upper and lower copper layers.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
10) Method to ensure the cooling of electronic components fixed on a multilayer for printed circuits, all as here described and illustrated in the attached drawing.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
26 words
10) Method to ensure the cooling of electronic components fixed on a multilayer for printed circuits, all as here described and illustrated in the attached drawing.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
114 words
11) A multilayer for making.up printed circuits, able to favour the heat dissipation of electronic components fixed thereon, said multilayer comprising metal layer(s) or element(s) interposed therein, characterized in that on one at least of said metal layers a thin layer or film is applied, in the form of continuous layer or of areas - whose positions may be established in the design nhase - made of an insulating or conductive material, capable of determining an electrical signal for the immediate removal of a milling cutter which forms seats on the side of said layer or on said areas, when the cutting edges of the cutter come into contact with said layer or film.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
114 words
11) A multilayer for making.up printed circuits, able to favour the heat dissipation of electronic components fixed thereon, said multilayer comprising metal layer(s) or element(s) interposed therein, characterized in that on one at least of said metal layers a thin layer or film is applied, in the form of continuous layer or of areas - whose positions may be established in the design nhase - made of an insulating or conductive material, capable of determining an electrical signal for the immediate removal of a milling cutter which forms seats on the side of said layer or on said areas, when the cutting edges of the cutter come into contact with said layer or film.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
54 words
12) A multilayer according to claim 11, characterized in that said thin layer or said areas are made up of an insulating film of polyimide resin or of a conductive paste of metal powder finely subdivided in a carrier of epoxy or other suitable resin, said film being able to be polymerized through heating.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
33 words
13) A multilayer according to claims 11 and 12, wherein on said areas said thin layer or film of insulating or conductive material is applied by a silk-screen printing system or other equivalent.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
51 words
14) A multilayer according to claims 11, 12 and 13, characterized in that it is made up of insulating layers of glass fiber-reinforced epoxy or polyimide resin with the interposition of one or more metal layers of INVAR alloy or of said alloy with an upper and a lower copper layer.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
30 words
15) A multilayer for making up printed circuits, is capable of favouring the heat dissipation of electronic components fixed thereon, all as here described and illustrated in the attached drawing.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
30 words
15) A multilayer for making up printed circuits, is capable of favouring the heat dissipation of electronic components fixed thereon, all as here described and illustrated in the attached drawing.