Dry soldering with hot filament produced atomic hydrogen
Abstract
A system is disclosed for chemically transforming metal surface oxides to metal that is especially, but not exclusively, suitable for preparing metal surfaces for dry soldering and solder reflow processes. The system employs one or more hot, refractory metal filaments, grids or surfaces to thermally dissociate molecular species in a low pressure of working gas such as a hydrogen-containing gas to produce reactive species in a reactive plasma that can chemically reduce metal oxides and form volatile compounds that are removed in the working gas flow. Dry soldering and solder reflow processes are especially applicable to the manufacture of printed circuit boards, semiconductor chip lead attachment and packaging multichip modules. The system can be retrofitted onto existing metal treatment ovens, furnaces, welding systems and wave soldering system designs. 1 fig.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- AT&T
- OSTI Identifier:
- 46320
- Patent Number(s):
- 5409543
- Application Number:
- PAN: 7-994,793
- Assignee:
- Sandia Corp., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 25 Apr 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES; METALS; SURFACE TREATMENTS; SOLDERING; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; MANUFACTURING; EQUIPMENT
Citation Formats
Panitz, J K.G., Jellison, J L, and Staley, D J. Dry soldering with hot filament produced atomic hydrogen. United States: N. p., 1995.
Web.
Panitz, J K.G., Jellison, J L, & Staley, D J. Dry soldering with hot filament produced atomic hydrogen. United States.
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"Dry soldering with hot filament produced atomic hydrogen". United States.
@article{osti_46320,
title = {Dry soldering with hot filament produced atomic hydrogen},
author = {Panitz, J K.G. and Jellison, J L and Staley, D J},
abstractNote = {A system is disclosed for chemically transforming metal surface oxides to metal that is especially, but not exclusively, suitable for preparing metal surfaces for dry soldering and solder reflow processes. The system employs one or more hot, refractory metal filaments, grids or surfaces to thermally dissociate molecular species in a low pressure of working gas such as a hydrogen-containing gas to produce reactive species in a reactive plasma that can chemically reduce metal oxides and form volatile compounds that are removed in the working gas flow. Dry soldering and solder reflow processes are especially applicable to the manufacture of printed circuit boards, semiconductor chip lead attachment and packaging multichip modules. The system can be retrofitted onto existing metal treatment ovens, furnaces, welding systems and wave soldering system designs. 1 fig.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 25 00:00:00 EDT 1995},
month = {Tue Apr 25 00:00:00 EDT 1995}
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