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US 6,855,385 B2Granted
PCB support plate for PCB via fill
AssigneeTTM Advanced Circuits, Inc.
InventorsCharles W. Lewis, Jesse Pedigo, Joseph Schug
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AssigneeTTM Advanced Circuits, Inc.
InventorsCharles W. Lewis, Jesse Pedigo, Joseph Schug
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Apparatus for improved electronic substrate via and thru-hole filling, particularly through the use of drilled stand-offs formed by control-depth drilling oversized non-thru-holes and the use of inserted support pillars to prevent sagging of the substrate during filling. In particular: (1) a via fill stand off adapted for use with a substrate comprising at least two via holes to be filled, each of the via holes having a diameter of X mils, the standoff comprising at least one recess formed by control-depth drilling of holes having a diameter at least 12X mils; and (2) a via fill standoff adapted for use with a substrate comprising at least one via hole to be filled, the standoff comprising: at least one recess; and at least one support pillar positioned within the recess wherein the support pillar is not an integral part of the standoff.
A via fill standoff adapted for use with a substrate comprising at least two via holes to be filled, each of the via holes having a center axis that extends into the standoff when the substrate and standoff are in alignment with each other, the standoff comprising at least one recess having beveled edge sidewalls formed by at least two adjacent circular arcs and a bottom having at least two radially symmetrical depressions wherein each circular arc and each depression is centered on a via hole center axis.
A via fill standoff adapted for use with a substrate comprising:
A via fill standoff adapted for use with a substrate comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.