Bonding electronic component to molded package
AssigneeSprague Electric Company
InventorsJohn P. Maher, Elsa Kam-Lum
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Abstract
An electronic component with leads attached is cleaned, a layer of an epoxy or epoxy-reactive silane is applied and cured, and then the package material is molded on. The silane layer bonds the component to the package and provides a fluid-tight seal therebetween. The silane is gamma-glycidoxypropyl- or gamma-aminopropyltrimethoxy or triethoxy silane.
Claims2
In the manufacture of a fully-molded electronic component having leads attached thereto, the steps of:
- applying a thin seal layer of an epoxy-reactive silane directly onto said component including that portion of said attached leads adjacent said component, then curing said layer to co-react said silane with said component and leads and form said seal, then subjecting said component with attached leads and said seal to a transfer molding operation to surround said component and said portion of attached leads in an epoxy package, said silane being chosen from the group consisting of gamma-aminopropyl trimethoxy silane, gamma-aminopropyl triethoxy silane, gamma-glycidoxypropyl trimethoxy silane, and gamma-glycidoxypropyl triethoxy silane and bonding said sealed component and leads to said epoxy package by reaction during said transfer molding operation.
A molded electronic component comprising an electronic network on a substrate with lead wires forming a unit, a sealing layer of epoxy silane or epoxy-reactive silane surrounding said unit and bonded thereto, and a molded epoxy package surrounding said unit and layer and bonded to said unit via said layer wherein said layer is cured prior to molding said epoxy package.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.