Direct-placement fluxless soldering using inert gas environment
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorsLu Fang, Brian Dale Potteiger, Frederick W. Warning, Frederick Arthur Yeagle
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Abstract
A method for providing fluxless soldering without oxide formation includes mounting a component on a pedestal of a base. A housing is also mounted on the base, the housing and the base together define a closed cavity containing the component. An inert gas is introduced into the cavity to create an inert gas-rich environment. Thereafter, the cavity is heated sufficiently to reflow solder provided between the component and the housing, to join the component to the housing without the formation of additional oxides on the solder joint.
Claims4
A method for creating fluxless soldering joints, without oxide formation, comprising the steps of:
- mounting a component on a base;
- mounting a package of the component on the base, the base and the package together defining a closed cavity, the component being contained within the cavity;
- introducing an inert gas into the closed cavity, to create an inert gas-rich environment;
- allowing inert gas to exit the closed cavity;
- and
- heating the package sufficiently to reflow solder provided between the component and the package to form a solder joint between the component and the package, substantially without formation of oxides.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.