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Use of immersion tin and tin alloys as a bonding medium for multilayer circuits
Assignee: Techno Instruments Investments 1983 Ltd
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Filing: 1985-08-29
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Granted: 1987-12-29
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Expires: 2005-08-29
Abstract
Abstract A novel immersion tin composition is disclosed containing both thiourea compounds and urea compounds. A method for improving the adhesion of printed circuit boards to one another in a multilayer board and for minimizing or eliminating smear in a multilayer board is also disclosed comprising coating the metal layers of the individual circuit boards with an immersion tin coating prior to laminating them to form a multilayer board.
Inventors
- 👤 Abraham M. Holtzman
- 👤 Joseph Relis
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 03:59
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/22; H05K3/24; H05K3/244; C; C23; C23C; C23C18/00; C23C18/16; C23C18/1601; C23C18/1633; C23C18/1655; C23C18/1658; C23C18/166; C23C18/52; C23C18/54; H05K3/38; H05K3/382; H05K3/384; H05K2203/00; H05K2203/07; H05K2203/0703; H05K2203/072; H05K3/46; H05K3/4611
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
71 words
An immersion metal composition comprising: (a) a thiourea compound (b) a urea compound (c) a metal salt said metal salt being selected from the group of salts based on the Group IVA metals including tin, Group VIII metals, Group IB metals, Group IIB metals and Group IIIA metals, said urea compound and thiourea compound each being present in an amount sufficient to enable said compositon to function as an immersion composition.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
71 words
An immersion metal composition comprising: (a) a thiourea compound (b) a urea compound (c) a metal salt said metal salt being selected from the group of salts based on the Group IVA metals including tin, Group VIII metals, Group IB metals, Group IIB metals and Group IIIA metals, said urea compound and thiourea compound each being present in an amount sufficient to enable said compositon to function as an immersion composition.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The composition of claim 1 further comprising (d) a chelating agent (e) a reducing agent (f) an acid.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The composition of claims 1 or 2 where said metal salt comprises a stannous salt.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
The composition of claim 2 where said reducing agent comprises an aldehyde reducing agent.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The composition of claim 2 where said acid comprises a mineral acid and said metal salt comprises a stannous salt of a mineral acid.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The composition of claim 1 where said thiourea compound and said urea compound comprise a thiourea nucleus and a urea nucleus with the same substituents on each of said neclei.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
The composition of claim 6 where said thiourea compound comprises thiourea and said urea compound comprises urea.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
46 words
The composition of claims 1 or 2 further comprising a compound selected from a member of the group consisting of a Group VIII metal salt, a Group IVA metal salt including tin, a Group IIB metal salt or a Group IB metal salt or mixtures thereof.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
The composition of claim 3 further comprising a metal salt selected from a member of the group consisting of the salts of iron, cobalt, and nickel or mixtures thereof.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
12 words
The composition of claim 9 where said salt comprises a nickel salt.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
11 words
The composition of claim 3 further comprising a salt of lead.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
13 words
The composition of claim 1 or 2 or 9 further comprising a surfactant.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
The composition of claims 1 or 2 or 9 further comprising a polyoxyethylene nonyl phenol surfactant.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
57 words
The composition of claims 1 or 2 or 3 where the components of said composition are present in the following amounts on a molar basis: (a) about 10 to about 125 parts of a thiourea compound (b) about 10 to about 125 parts of urea compound (c) about 1 to about 15 parts of a metal salt.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
46 words
The composition of claim 14 further comprising the following components on a molar basis: (d) about 5 to about 40 parts of a chelating agent (e) about 5 to about 110 parts of a reducing agent (f) about 1 to about 30 parts of an acid.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
70 words
The composition of claim 14 further comprising a compound selected from a member of the group consisting of a Group VIII metal salt, a Group IVA metal salt with the exception of tin, a Group IIB metal salt or a Group IB metal salt or mixtures thereof in an amount from about 0.2 parts to about 55 parts on a molar basis and said metal salt comprises a tin salt.
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