Anti-bridging solder ball collection zones
CA 2273752 A1 · Owner: Mcmillan, Richard · Inventors: Mcmillan, Richard; Jairazbhoy, Vivek
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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There is disclosed herein a printed circuit board (PCB) having improved resistance against solder bridging and component decentering/tombstoning. The PCB comprises: a substrate 10 having a top surface 12; at least two mounting pads 14 disposed on the top surface in matched relation with terminations 26 of an electronic component 24; and a solder mask 16 disposed on the top surface and having at least two apertures 18 therethrough wherein each, aperture generally conforms in shape with and is arranged about a respective one of the mounting pads 14. Each aperture 18 has at least one inner aperture edge 22i generally within a projected footprint F of the electronic component and at least one …
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed June 7, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 7, 2019.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by June 7, 2021.
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