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Aqueous soldermask
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1994-06-13
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Granted: 1995-08-08
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Expires: 2014-06-13
Abstract
Abstract The present invention provides a photoimageable soldermask that may be applied using aqueous solvents, thereby reducing the emission of organic solvents. The soldermask contains an epoxy based resin system comprised of at least one epoxy resin, a coating agent, and preferably a cationic photoinitiator and a dye.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard A. Day
- 👤 Donald H. Glatzel
- 👤 David J. Russell
- 👤 Jeffrey D. Gelorme
- 👤 John R. Mertz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 02:39
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03F; G03F7/00; G03F7/004; G03F7/038; G03F7/0385
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
160 words
A cationically polymerizable composition for forming a soldermask comprising: a. an aqueously dispersed photosensitive cationically polymerizable epoxy based resin system comprising: from about 10% to about 90% an aqueous dispersion of a polyepoxy novolak resin having a molecular weight of between about 200 and 10,000, a weight per epoxide of from about 200 to about 400, and essentially free of organic solvents; and from an effective amount to about 90%, by weight, of an aqueous dispersion of a glycidyl ether of brominated Bisphenol A having a molecular from about 200 to about 10,000 a weight per epoxide of from about 200 to 500; b. from about 0.1 to about 15 parts by weight of a cationic photoinitiator capable of initiating polymerization in said epoxidized resin system upon exposure to actinic radiation; and, c. surfactant; wherein the composition is essentially free of organic solvents, and the composition when cured, is a solder mask that can withstand solder temperatures of 260° C.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
160 words
A cationically polymerizable composition for forming a soldermask comprising: a. an aqueously dispersed photosensitive cationically polymerizable epoxy based resin system comprising: from about 10% to about 90% an aqueous dispersion of a polyepoxy novolak resin having a molecular weight of between about 200 and 10,000, a weight per epoxide of from about 200 to about 400, and essentially free of organic solvents; and from an effective amount to about 90%, by weight, of an aqueous dispersion of a glycidyl ether of brominated Bisphenol A having a molecular from about 200 to about 10,000 a weight per epoxide of from about 200 to 500; b. from about 0.1 to about 15 parts by weight of a cationic photoinitiator capable of initiating polymerization in said epoxidized resin system upon exposure to actinic radiation; and, c. surfactant; wherein the composition is essentially free of organic solvents, and the composition when cured, is a solder mask that can withstand solder temperatures of 260° C.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
The cationically polymerizable composition as defined in claim 1, further comprising from an effective amount to about 80%, of an aqueous dispersion of a solid, difunctional bisphenol A epoxy resin having a molecular weight of between about 1,000 to about 100,000.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
50 words
The cationically polymerizable composition as defined in claim 2, wherein the composition contains about 33% polyepoxy novolak resin; about 33% of the brominated epoxy resin; and about 33 % the aqueous dispersion of the solid, difunctional bisphenol A epoxy resin; and about 5 parts by weight of sulfonium salt photoinitiator.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The cationically polymerizable composition as defined in claim 1, wherein there is about 50% polyepoxy resin; about 50% of the brominated epoxy resin; about 5 parts by weight of the sulfonium salt photoinitiator.
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