US5014162A
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Solder assembly of components
Assignee: Nokia Bell Labs
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Filing: 1989-06-27
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Granted: 1991-05-07
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Expires: 2009-06-27
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed is an apparatus involving soldering of components, such as the soldering of flexible circuits to printed circuit boards. Holes are provided in the areas of one component which are to be soldered to pads on the other component. Precise amounts of solder are provided to each pad, preferably by a shuttle element which carries solder paste in cavities corresponding to the pads and which deposits the solder on the pads when the solder is melted. The holes in the component are aligned with the pads, and the solder is reflowed so that a visible solder fillet is formed above the holes to permit inspection of the solder joint.
Inventors
- 👤 William A. Clark
- 👤 Michael A. Oien
- 👤 Walter Pelosi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 14:52
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/30; H05K3/32; H05K3/34; H05K3/3465; H05K3/3485; H05K3/36; H05K3/361; H05K3/363; H05K1/00; H05K1/02; H05K1/0266; H05K1/0269; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/10; H05K2201/10613; H05K2201/10621; H05K2201/10666; H05K2203/00; H05K2203/01; H05K2203/0104; H05K2203/0113; H05K2203/0195; H05K2203/03; H05K2203/0338; H05K2203/04; H05K2203/043; H05K3/22; H05K3/28; H05K3/281; H05K3/3452
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
100 words
A device comprising: first and second components with pad areas on facing surfaces which are soldered together, at least one of said components including metalized holes in the pad areas which are soldered and the pad areas of the other of said components being essentially flat and not extending into said holes; and solder fillets formed between pad areas on said facing surfaces and extending through said holes to associated pad areas on the surface of said one component opposite to the facing surface of said one component so that the fillets on said associated pad areas can be inspected.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
100 words
A device comprising: first and second components with pad areas on facing surfaces which are soldered together, at least one of said components including metalized holes in the pad areas which are soldered and the pad areas of the other of said components being essentially flat and not extending into said holes; and solder fillets formed between pad areas on said facing surfaces and extending through said holes to associated pad areas on the surface of said one component opposite to the facing surface of said one component so that the fillets on said associated pad areas can be inspected.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The device according to claim 1 wherein the components are a flexible circuit and a printed circuit board.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
The device according to claim 2 wherein the metalization of the holes extends from the pad areas of the facing surface to the associated pad areas of the opposite surface of said one component.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
61 words
The device according to claim 2 wherein the printed circuit board includes a mask material surrounding the pad areas on a facing surface, and the flexible circuit includes a cover layer surrounding the holes formed in the pad areas on a facing surface, the mask material and cover layer leaving exposed areas of the two components which are wettable by solder.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
67 words
The device according to claim 1 wherein the pad areas and holes are essentially circular, the diameter of the pad areas of the said one component are at least two times larger than the diameter of the holes, and the separation of the pad areas on the facing surfaces is no more than one-tenth of the diameter of the pad areas of the other of said components.
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