US4049903A
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Circuit film strip and manufacturing method
Assignee: TE Connectivity Corp
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Filing: 1976-04-15
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Granted: 1977-09-20
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Expires: 1996-04-15
Abstract
Abstract Circuit film strip comprises a continuous strip of plastic film having a repetitive pattern of conductors thereon and indexing holes along its side edges. The indexing holes comprise a layer of metal on the film which extends over a punched hole in the film. The metal layer has an etched hole therein which is produced by the same printing and etching process as is employed to produce the conductors so that the etched holes are precisely located with reference to the conductors.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert James Kobler
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 00:29
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W70/00; H10W70/40; H10W70/453; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/0097; H05K1/00; H05K1/02; H05K1/03; H05K1/0393; H05K2203/00; H05K2203/15; H05K2203/1545; H05K2203/16; H05K2203/167; H05K3/0008; H05K3/02; H05K3/06; H05K3/061; H05K3/064; H05K3/40; H05K3/4092; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49117; Y10T29/49121
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
194 words
Circuit film strip means comprising: a continuous strip of insulating material, said strip having parallel side edges, a row of spaced-apart punched holes in said strip extending along each of said side edges, a layer of metal on one side of said strip in surrounding, and partially covering relationship to, each of said punched holes, an etched sprocket hole in each of said layers of metal, each of said etched holes being centrally located over its associated punched hole and being smaller than its associated punched hole, and repetitive spaced apart patterns of etched conductors between said side edges, said etched conductors and said etched sprocket holes having been formed in the same photo etching process by the use of a one mask means for said conductors and said sprocket holes so that each of said patterns is in registry with at least two adjacent etched sprocket holes with the degree of precision of a photo resist printing and etching process whereby, upon feeding said strip through a processing apparatus, each of said patterns will be located in said processing apparatus to the degree of precision of the photo resist printing and etching process.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
194 words
Circuit film strip means comprising: a continuous strip of insulating material, said strip having parallel side edges, a row of spaced-apart punched holes in said strip extending along each of said side edges, a layer of metal on one side of said strip in surrounding, and partially covering relationship to, each of said punched holes, an etched sprocket hole in each of said layers of metal, each of said etched holes being centrally located over its associated punched hole and being smaller than its associated punched hole, and repetitive spaced apart patterns of etched conductors between said side edges, said etched conductors and said etched sprocket holes having been formed in the same photo etching process by the use of a one mask means for said conductors and said sprocket holes so that each of said patterns is in registry with at least two adjacent etched sprocket holes with the degree of precision of a photo resist printing and etching process whereby, upon feeding said strip through a processing apparatus, each of said patterns will be located in said processing apparatus to the degree of precision of the photo resist printing and etching process.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
Circuit film strip means as set forth in claim 1, said etched holes being rectangular.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
Circuit film strip means as set forth in claim 1, each of said patterns of etched conductors comprising a plurality of conductors extending towards a chip mounting area.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
Circuit film strip means as set forth in claim 3, each of said patterns being in registry with two adjacent sprocket holes.
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