Method for depositing a solder material on a substrate
Abstract
The present invention is related to a method for providing solder material on a predetermined area on a substrate, comprising the steps ofproviding a substrate (1),producing a confinement layer (7) extending on a first area of a first surface of the substrate, said confinement layer comprising a confinement material, the confinement material and the solder material repelling each other,producing a wetting layer (9), extending on a second area, comprising a wetting material, the second area lying within the first area, the wetting material attracting the solder material,depositing the solder material (10) on a part of the wetting layer, said solder material being indium,reflowing the solder material until the wetting layer is covered with a layer of solder material. Further a novel packaging method is disclosed. Also a novel type of package is described.

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| EP0951068A1 | Cites | European Patent Office (EPO) | A | Search report | 26 |
| US2002086144A1 | Cites | United States of America | A | Search report | 5-9 |
| US5730932A | Cites | United States of America | A | Search report | 5-9 |
| US6046074A | Cites | United States of America | Y | Search report | 28-30 |
| US6362435B1 | Cites | United States of America | XYA | Search report | 1-15,18-27 |
| US6409073B1 | Cites | United States of America | A | Search report | 1,4 |
| PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 015, no. 046 (E - 1029) 4 February 1991 (1991-02-04) | Non-patent | – | – | Search report | – |
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| 54921604 | United States of America | P | |
| 04447054 | European Patent Office (EPO) | – | |
| 04447054 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A |
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| EP1575084A2 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A2 | |
| EP1575084A3This record | European Patent Office (EPO) | A3 | |
| US2005227413A1 | United States of America | A1 | |
| EP1575084B1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | B1 | |
| AT469436T | Austria | T | |
| ATE469436T1 | Austria | T1 | |
| DE602005021419D1 | Germany | D1 | |
| US8227331B2 | United States of America | B2 |
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Numbers
- Publication
- 1575084
- Application
- 54470448
Titles3
- German
- Methode zum Aufbringen von Lotmaterial in Form eines festgelegten Musters auf ein Substrat
- English
- Method for depositing a solder material on a substrate
- French
- Méthode de déposer un matériau de soudure sur un substrat en form de motif prédéterminé
Classification
- CPC, 21
- B81C1/00269
- B81C3/001
- B81C2203/019
- H05K3/3452
- H05K3/3473
- H05K3/42
- H05K2201/2081
- H05K2203/043
- H05K2201/09572
- H05K3/346
- H10W95/00
- H10W20/023
- H10W76/60
- H10W72/01255
- H10W72/251
- H10W72/07251
- H10W72/20
- H10W72/241
- H10W72/072
- H10W72/07234
- H10W72/07236
- IPC, 9
- B81B7 00
- H01L21 48
- H01L21 50
- H01L21 60
- H01L21 768
- H01L23 10
- H01L23 498
- H05K3 34
- H05K3 42
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- Contracting states, 30
- Austria
- Belgium
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- Cyprus
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- Germany
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- France
- United Kingdom
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Iceland
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- Poland
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- Portugal
- Romania
- Sweden
- Slovenia
- Slovakia
- Türkiye
- Extension states, 6
- Albania
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatia
- Latvia
- North Macedonia
- Yugoslavia, later Serbia and Montenegro (until 2006)