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Surface mountable electronic component and method of making same
Assignee: Kyocera Avx Components Corp
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Filing: 1994-12-02
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Granted: 1996-10-29
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Expires: 2014-12-02
Abstract
Abstract A miniaturized surface mountable tombstoning resistant electronic component is disclosed. The terminals of the component are respectively L and J shaped conductive metal portions. The portions of the terminations covering the ends of the components are formed of a non-solder, wettable conductive metal, whereas the portions of the terminations underlying the bottom surface of the component are comprised of solder wettable metal. The disclosure further relates to a method of manufacturing the described termination structures.
Inventors
- 👤 John Galvagni
- 👤 Sara P. E. Randall
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 00:49
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/30; H05K3/32; H05K3/34; H05K3/341; H05K3/3431; H05K3/3442; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/10; H05K2201/10613; H05K2201/10621; H05K2201/10636; H05K2201/20; H05K2201/2081; Y; Y02; Y02P; Y02P70/00; Y02P70/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
100 words
A tombstoning resistant surface mount electronic component in the configuration of a right parallelepiped, said component including top and bottom surfaces, side surfaces and parallel end surfaces, conductive termination means exiting at said end surfaces and a conductive termination coating overlying said end surfaces and abutting portions of at least one of said top and bottom surfaces, the portions of said termination coating overlying said top and bottom surfaces defining spaced terminal pads formed of a metal wettable by solder, the outermost portions of said coating overlying said end surfaces having a further coating of a non-solder wettable conductive metal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
100 words
A tombstoning resistant surface mount electronic component in the configuration of a right parallelepiped, said component including top and bottom surfaces, side surfaces and parallel end surfaces, conductive termination means exiting at said end surfaces and a conductive termination coating overlying said end surfaces and abutting portions of at least one of said top and bottom surfaces, the portions of said termination coating overlying said top and bottom surfaces defining spaced terminal pads formed of a metal wettable by solder, the outermost portions of said coating overlying said end surfaces having a further coating of a non-solder wettable conductive metal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
The electronic component of claim 1, wherein said outermost portions of said further coating is formed of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of chromium, tungsten, aluminum and titanium.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The component of claim 2 wherein said terminal pads only are coated with a solder layer.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1999-10-29 | 2000-04-29 | 2000-10-29 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2003-10-29 | 2004-04-29 | 2004-10-29 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2007-10-29 | 2008-04-29 | 2008-10-29 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |