US5800575A
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In situ method of forming a bypass capacitor element internally within a capacitive PCB
Assignee: Hadco Santa Clara Inc
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Filing: 1993-11-03
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Granted: 1998-09-01
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Expires: 2013-11-03
Abstract
Abstract An in situ method for forming a bypass capacitor element internally within a PCB comprising the steps of arranging one or more uncured dielectric sheets with conductive foils on opposite sides thereof and laminating the conductive foils to the dielectric sheet simultaneously as the PCB is formed by a final lamination step, the conductive foils preferably being laminated to another layer of the PCB prior to their arrangement adjacent the dielectric sheet or sheets, the dielectric foils even more preferably being initially laminated to additional dielectric sheets in order to form multiple bypass capacitive elements as a compound subassembly within the PCB. A number of different dielectric materials and resins are disclosed for forming the capacitor element. A dielectric component in the capacitor element preferably includes dielectric material and thermally responsive material, the thermally responsive material either forming a carrier for the dielectric material or formed as two separate sheets on opposite sides of a sheet of the dielectric material.
Inventors
- 👤 Gregory L. Lucas
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 15:46
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/46; H05K3/4611; H05K3/4641; H05K1/00; H05K1/02; H05K1/03; H05K1/0313; H05K1/0353; H05K1/0373; H05K1/16; H05K1/162; H05K1/0366; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/01; H05K2201/0137; H05K2201/015; H05K2201/0183; H05K2201/0187; H05K2201/02; H05K2201/0203; H05K2201/0206; H05K2201/0209; H05K2201/0242; H05K2201/0257; H05K2201/03; H05K2201/0332; H05K2201/0335; H05K2201/0355; H05K2201/09; H05K2201/09209; H05K2201/0929; H05K2201/09309; H05K3/38; H05K3/382; H05K3/385; H05K3/386; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/43; Y10T29/435; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49117; Y10T29/49124; Y10T29/49126; Y10T29/4913; Y10T29/49144
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 26
Claim 1
Independent Claim
118 words
An in situ method of forming a bypass capacitor element internally within a capacitive printed circuit board (PCB), comprising the steps of selecting a dielectric component having at least one sheet of thermally responsive material capable of bonding to adjacent layers during final lamination of a PCB with a dielectric material providing a selected dielectric constant substantially throughout the area of the dielectric component and conductive foils as components of the bypass capacitor element, arranging the conductive foils as layers adjacent both sides of the dielectric component and between other PCB layers, and thereafter laminating the conductive foils to the dielectric sheet in a final lamination step simultaneously forming the capacitive PCB and the internal bypass capacitor element.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
118 words
An in situ method of forming a bypass capacitor element internally within a capacitive printed circuit board (PCB), comprising the steps of selecting a dielectric component having at least one sheet of thermally responsive material capable of bonding to adjacent layers during final lamination of a PCB with a dielectric material providing a selected dielectric constant substantially throughout the area of the dielectric component and conductive foils as components of the bypass capacitor element, arranging the conductive foils as layers adjacent both sides of the dielectric component and between other PCB layers, and thereafter laminating the conductive foils to the dielectric sheet in a final lamination step simultaneously forming the capacitive PCB and the internal bypass capacitor element.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the dielectric material is a filler within the thermally responsive sheet of the dielectric component.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the dielectric material forms a separate sheet with a thermally responsive sheet on each side thereof within the dielectric component.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the dielectric component has a thickness in the range of about 0.5 to about 50 mils.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the dielectric material is selected to provide a dielectric constant of at least about 4 throughout the area of the dielectric component.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the dielectric material is a nanopowder-loaded electrically insulative material including a pre-fired ceramic powder having a high dielectric constant.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 6 wherein the nanopowder-loaded material is an insulating material loaded with a fine powder, the powder having a dielectric constant more than ten times greater than a dielectric constant of the electrically insulative material.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 6 wherein the nanopowder-loaded material comprises epoxy resin loaded with a fine powder, the powder having a dielectric constant more than ten dimes greater than a dielectric constant of the epoxy resin.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 6 wherein the high dielectric constant of the pre-fired ceramic powder is greater than 500.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 6 wherein an average radius of a particle in the pre-fired ceramic powder is less than 1 micron.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 6 wherein the pre-fired ceramic powder comprises a ferro-electric material.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 6 wherein the pre-fired ceramic powder is a ferro-electric material selected from the group of materials having a tungsten-bronze crystal structure comprising lead meta-niobate, lead meta-tantalate, sodium barium niobate, potassium barium niobate, and rubidium barium niobate.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 12 wherein any of the materials in the group of materials having a tungsten-bronze crystal structure are combined with an additive selected from the group comprising bismuth, lanthanum, and strontium.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
59 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the dielectric component comprises a thin film of filled polytetrafluoruethylene: (1) containing 25-85 volume percent particulate filler having a high dielectric constant, (2) having a film thickness of between 0.0001 and 0.005 inches, (3) being substantially free of visual pinholes, and (4) having a matrix tensile strength of at least about 2600 psi.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 14 wherein the dielectric component has a dielectric constant of at least about 7.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 14 wherein the particulate filler is titanium dioxide or barium titanate or a ferro-electric complex.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 14 wherein the thin film contains a thermoset resin.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
118 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the dielectric component has opposed first and second conductive top and bottom surfaces, the dielectric material having a pair of opposed end surfaces and top and bottom surfaces with the conductive top and bottom surfaces on the respective top and bottom surfaces of the dielectric material, the dielectric component also having mutually parallel interleaved conductive layer between and parallel to the conductive top and bottom surfaces, with the top conductive surface being in electrical contact with the first conductor and the bottom conductive surface being in electrical contact with the second conductor whereby the first conductor, second conductor, conductive top surface, conductive bottom surface and interleaved conductive layers are all mutually parallel.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 18 wherein the dielectric material is a ceramic material.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
100 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the dielectric material comprises an array of spaced high dielectric chips arranged in a single layer, each of the chips having side, top and bottom surfaces, the dielectric component also comprising a flexible thermoplastic polymer or a flexibilized thermoset polymer between the side surfaces of the chips and binding the chips to define a cohesive sheet having opposed first and second planar surfaces with the top and bottom surfaces of the chips being exposed on the respective first and second surfaces, the conductive foils being respectively arranged on the first and second planar surfaces.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
11 words
The method of claim 20 wherein the dielectric chips are ceramic.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 20 wherein the array of dielectric chips has a dielectric constant greater than about 10,000.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 20 wherein the dielectric chips are selected from the group comprising barium titanate, lead magnesium niobate and iron tungsten niobate.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the dielectric material is formed as a generally continuous sheet with additional sheets of the thermally responsive material being arranged on opposite sides of the dielectric material and respectively adjacent the conductive foils.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 24 wherein the dielectric material comprises a resin component as a carrier and the dielectric material forming a filler in the resin component.
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