Methods of fabricating vacuum housings with hermetic solder seals using capillary solder wicks

Frisch, Henry J.; Angelico, Evan; Elagin, Andrey Aleksandrovich; Spieglan, Eric

Title: Methods of fabricating vacuum housings with hermetic solder seals using capillary solder wicks

Patent · Tue Dec 07 00:00:00 EST 2021

OSTI ID:1860142

Frisch, Henry J.; Angelico, Evan; Elagin, Andrey Aleksandrovich; Spieglan, Eric

Hermetically sealed electronic devices and methods for fabricating the hermetically sealed electronic devices are provided. The devices include a solder sealed vacuum housing. The solder seal is formed using a solder wick having an external solder reservoir. When the reservoir is filled with molten solder, the solder is drawn via capillary action into a precisely defined narrow gap between two components of the housing where it forms an airtight and vacuum-tight seal.

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Research Organization:: University of Chicago, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF)

DOE Contract Number:: PHY1066014; SC0011262; SC0015267

Assignee:: The University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

Patent Number(s):: 11,194,059

Application Number:: 16/842,261

OSTI ID:: 1860142

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 04/07/2020

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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