Circuit board
AssigneesSamwon Act Co., Ltd., Emot Co., Ltd., Korea Institute of Materials Science
InventorsKyung Yul Lee, Kyung Wook Lee, Jun Sang Jeong, Yang Seok Lee, Man Kim, Joo Yul Lee, Sang Yeoul Lee
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a circuit board including: a base board having a circuit region and a terminal region; a circuit pattern formed on an upper portion of the base board; and a low-melting-metal layer formed on an upper portion of the circuit pattern. A circuit board capable of reducing manufacturing time and manufacturing costs may be manufactured by omitting a photoresist process.
Claims6
A circuit board comprising:
- a base board having a circuit and a terminal, the circuit corresponding to a circuit of the circuit board, the terminal configured to electrically connect the circuit board to other devices, the circuit and terminal being separate non-overlapping areas;
- a circuit pattern on an upper surface of the base board including the circuit and the terminal;
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- a low-melting-metal layer directly on an upper surface of the circuit pattern, wherein the low-melting-metal layer is made of a metal melted in a temperature range of 100° C. and 250° C., the low-melting-metal layer including
- a first low-melting-metal layer above the circuit;
- a second low-melting-metal layer above the terminal, the terminal being only a portion configured to electrically connect the circuit pattern and an external device and having a globular shape;
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- a third low-melting-metal layer above the circuit, and between first low-melting-metal layer and second low-melting-metal layer,
- wherein the third low-melting-metal layer has a continuously inclined surface with a lower end at the second low-melting-metal layer, immediately adjacent the terminal, and a higher end at the first low-melting-metal layer, the higher end being co-planar with a connecting plane of the first low-melting-metal layer, the connecting plane of the first low-melting-metal layer being lower than a highest plane of the second low-melting-metal layer, the first low-melting-metal layer having a greater overall length on the circuit pattern than an overall length of the second low-melting-metal layer and an overall length of the third low-melting-metal layer on the circuit pattern.
A method of manufacturing a circuit board, the method comprising:
- providing a base board having a circuit and a terminal, the circuit and terminal being separate non-overlapping areas;
- forming a circuit pattern on an upper surface of the base board;
- forming a low-melting-metal layer directly on an upper surface of the circuit pattern which includes
- a first low-melting-metal layer above the circuit,
- a second low-melting-metal layer above the terminal, the terminal being only a portion configured to electrically connect the circuit pattern and an external device and having a globular shape, and
- a third low-melting-metal layer above the circuit, and between first low-melting-metal layer and the second low-melting-metal layer;
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- forming a soldering portion by heat-treating the second low-melting-metal layer and third low-melting-metal layer, a melted portion of the third low-melting-metal layer flows into the second low-melting-metal layer, and the heat-treated third low-melting-metal layer has a continuously inclined surface with a lower end at the second low-melting-metal layer and a higher end at the first low-melting-metal layer, the higher end being co-planar with a connecting plane of the first low-melting-metal layer, the connecting plane of the first low-melting-metal layer being lower than a highest plane of the second low-melting-metal layer, the first low-melting-metal layer having a greater overall length on the circuit pattern than an overall length of the second low-melting-metal layer and an overall length of the third low-melting-metal layer on the circuit pattern,
- wherein the circuit corresponds to a circuit of the circuit board, and the terminal is configured to electrically connect the circuit board to other devices, and
- wherein the low-melting-metal layer is made of a metal melted in a temperature range of 100° C. and 250° C.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.