US4767892A
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Printed-wiring board
Assignee: Alpine Electronics Inc
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Filing: 1987-02-10
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Granted: 1988-08-30
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Expires: 2007-02-10
Abstract
Abstract A printed wiring board is made up of an insulating board and a conductor pattern, which has a plurality of lands, disposed on the insulating board and provided with a solder-resist layer formed on the conductor pattern excluding the lands. Solder-resist barriers are disposed on the solder-resist layer in between the lands with the top surface thereof built to a higher level than the surface level of the lands for effectively preventing formation of a solder bridge between adjoining lands.
Inventors
- 👤 Tadaomi Kobari
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 23:41
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/30; H05K3/32; H05K3/34; H05K3/3452; H05K2203/00; H05K2203/05; H05K2203/0562; H05K2203/0588; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49117; Y10T29/49124; Y10T29/49155
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
133 words
In a printed-wiring board made up of an insulating board, a conductor pattern formed on a surface thereof including a plurality of lands having a certain height above the surface of the insulating board, and a solder-resist layer made of resin formed on the conductor pattern except for the lands, so that solder can be selectively applied on the lands, the improvement comprising protruding barriers formed, as a second solder-resist layer, by quick-setting, silk ink screen printed on the first-mentioned solder-resist layer in between adjacent lands, wherein said protruding barriers are built to a height at a substantially higher level of 5-65 μm higher than the height of the lands and with a thickness substantially greater than that of the first mentioned layer so as to prevent solder bridging between the adjacent lands.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
133 words
In a printed-wiring board made up of an insulating board, a conductor pattern formed on a surface thereof including a plurality of lands having a certain height above the surface of the insulating board, and a solder-resist layer made of resin formed on the conductor pattern except for the lands, so that solder can be selectively applied on the lands, the improvement comprising protruding barriers formed, as a second solder-resist layer, by quick-setting, silk ink screen printed on the first-mentioned solder-resist layer in between adjacent lands, wherein said protruding barriers are built to a height at a substantially higher level of 5-65 μm higher than the height of the lands and with a thickness substantially greater than that of the first mentioned layer so as to prevent solder bridging between the adjacent lands.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
A printed-wiring board according to claim 1, wherein the height of the lands is approximately 35 μm, and the protruding barriers have a height of approximately 40 to 100 μm above the surface of the insulating board.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
142 words
In a method of forming a printed-wiring board made up of an insulating board, a conductor pattern formed thereon including a plurality of lands having a certain height above the surface of the insulating board, and a solder-resist layer made of resin formed on the conductor pattern except for the lands, so that solder can be applied on the lands, the improvement comprising the step of forming protruding barriers, as a second solder-resist layer, by silk screen printing with a high viscosity, quick-setting silk ink on the first-mentioned solder-resist layer in between adjacent lands, so that said protruding barriers are built to a height at a substantially higher level of 5-65 μm higher than the height of the lands and with a thickness substantially greater than that of the first mentioned layer so as to prevent solder bridging between the adjacent lands.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
142 words
In a method of forming a printed-wiring board made up of an insulating board, a conductor pattern formed thereon including a plurality of lands having a certain height above the surface of the insulating board, and a solder-resist layer made of resin formed on the conductor pattern except for the lands, so that solder can be applied on the lands, the improvement comprising the step of forming protruding barriers, as a second solder-resist layer, by silk screen printing with a high viscosity, quick-setting silk ink on the first-mentioned solder-resist layer in between adjacent lands, so that said protruding barriers are built to a height at a substantially higher level of 5-65 μm higher than the height of the lands and with a thickness substantially greater than that of the first mentioned layer so as to prevent solder bridging between the adjacent lands.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method of forming a printed-wiring board according to claim 3, wherein the height of the lands is approximately 35 μm, and the protruding barriers have a height of approximately 40 to 100 μm above the surface of the insulating board.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
11 words
A printed-wiring board formed according to the method of claim 3.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1991-08-30 | 1992-02-29 | 1992-08-30 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1995-08-30 | 1996-02-29 | 1996-08-30 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1999-08-30 | 2000-02-29 | 2000-08-30 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |