Methods and Media for Processing a Circuit Board
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsMichael F. Wilson, Joe Wiseman
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Abstract
A method of processing a circuit board including providing a circuit board having disposed thereon a conductive pattern, the pattern comprising a trace terminating at a terminal and depositing conductive material on the terminal and trace to form a land extending away from the terminal on the trace past a projection line. The method also includes applying a soldermask to the circuit board to form a soldermask opening having an opening edge located at and aligned with the projection line, with the opening framing the terminal and a first portion of the land, and to cover a second portion of the land.
Claims13
A method of processing a circuit board, the method comprising:
- providing a circuit board having disposed thereon a conductive pattern, the pattern comprising a trace terminating at a terminal;
- depositing conductive material on the terminal and trace to form a land extending away from the terminal on the trace past a projection line;
- and
- applying a soldermask to the circuit board to form a soldermask opening having an opening edge located at and aligned with the projection line, with the opening framing the terminal and a first portion of the land, and to cover a second portion of the land.
A computer-readable medium having executable instructions that when executed by an information handling system will carry out a method of processing a circuit board having disposed thereon a conductive pattern, the pattern comprising traces terminating at terminals, the method comprising:
- locating the terminals;
- identifying terminals meeting criteria to obtain selected terminals;
- and
- depositing conductive material on the selected terminals, to form on each selected terminal a land extending away from the terminal on the trace past a projection line.
A circuit board comprising
- a substrate having disposed thereon a conductive pattern, the pattern comprising a trace terminating at a terminal;
- a land having a portion positioned on the terminal and extending away from the terminal along the trace;
- and
- a soldermask defining a soldermask opening which frames the terminal and a first portion of the land, and wherein the soldermask covers a second portion of the land.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.