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Thick film resistor type printed circuit board

Assignee: Sharp Corp
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Filing: 1989-01-04
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Granted: 1990-02-06
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Expires: 2009-01-04
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Abstract

Abstract A thick film resistor type printed circuit board including an insulating substrate, a plurality of pairs of terminal electrode layers made of silver and formed on the insulating substrate, a plurality of resistor layers formed on the terminal electrode layers so as to connect the pairs of the terminal electrode layers, respectively, a plurality of wiring conductive layers made of copper and connected to predetermined ones of the terminal electrode layers so as to coat the predetermined ones of the terminal electrode layers and a protective layer for covering at least a portion of the insulating substrate, in which portion the terminal electrode layers and the resistor layers are formed.

Inventors

  • 👤 Takeharu Yamada

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 16:00
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01C; H01C17/00; H01C17/28; H01C17/281; H05; H05K; H05K1/00; H05K1/16; H05K1/167; H05K3/00; H05K3/22; H05K3/28; H05K1/02; H05K1/03; H05K1/0306; H05K1/09; H05K1/092; H05K1/095; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/09; H05K2201/09209; H05K2201/09218; H05K2201/09236; H05K2201/10; H05K2201/10007; H05K2201/10045; H05K2203/00; H05K2203/14; H05K2203/1453; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49082; Y10T29/49101

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim 111 words
A thick film resistor type printed circuit board comprising: an insulating substrate; a plurality of pairs of terminal electrode layers made of silver, which are formed on said insulating substrate; a plurality of resistor layers which are formed on said terminal electrode layers so as to connect the pairs of said terminal electrode layers, respectively; a plurality of wiring conductive layers made of copper, which are, respectively, connected to predetermined ones of said terminal electrode layers so as to coat said terminal electrode layers; and a protective layer for covering at least a portion of said insulating substrate, in which portion said terminal electrode layers and said resistor layers are formed.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 111 words
A thick film resistor type printed circuit board comprising: an insulating substrate; a plurality of pairs of terminal electrode layers made of silver, which are formed on said insulating substrate; a plurality of resistor layers which are formed on said terminal electrode layers so as to connect the pairs of said terminal electrode layers, respectively; a plurality of wiring conductive layers made of copper, which are, respectively, connected to predetermined ones of said terminal electrode layers so as to coat said terminal electrode layers; and a protective layer for covering at least a portion of said insulating substrate, in which portion said terminal electrode layers and said resistor layers are formed.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 21 words
A thick film resistor type printed circuit board as claimed in claim 1, wherein cuts are formed on said resistor layers.
Claim 4
Independent Claim 122 words
A method of manufacturing a thick film resistor type printed circuit board, comprising the steps of: forming on an insulating substrate a plurality of pairs of terminal electrode layers made of silver; forming a plurality of resistor layers on said terminal electrode layers such that said resistor layers connect the pairs of said terminal electrode layers, respectively; forming a plurality of wiring conductive layers made of copper such that said wiring conductive layers are, respectively, connected to predetermined ones of said terminal electrode layers, with said wiring conductive layers coating said terminal electrode layers; and forming a protective layer for covering at least a portion of said insulating substrate, in which portion said terminal electrode layers and said resistor layers are formed.
Claim 5
Independent Claim 122 words
A method of manufacturing a thick film resistor type printed circuit board, comprising the steps of: forming on an insulating substrate a plurality of pairs of terminal electrode layers made of silver; forming a plurality of resistor layers on said terminal electrode layers such that said resistor layers connect the pairs of said terminal electrode layers, respectively; forming a plurality of wiring conductive layers made of copper such that said wiring conductive layers are, respectively, connected to predetermined ones of said terminal electrode layers, with said wiring conductive layers coating said terminal electrode layers; and forming a protective layer for covering at least a portion of said insulating substrate, in which portion said terminal electrode layers and said resistor layers are formed.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 22 words
A method as claimed in claim 3, wherein said protective layer is formed by printing and curing coating material of epoxy resin.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 20 words
A method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the coating material is cured by heating at 100° to 300° C.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 23 words
A method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the coating material is cured by irradiating ultraviolet rays at 300 mJ/cm 2 or more.

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