Patent ID: 9402118
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: H01L,H04R,H05K,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. An acoustic device, the device comprising: a substrate; a substrate cover disposed on the substrate, the substrate and the substrate cover being physically separate from one another, the substrate cover including a core constructed of a base metal and having an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein the substrate cover includes a first partial metal plating and a second partial metal plating, the first partial metal plating affixed to the interior surface and covering only a portion of the interior surface and the second partial metal plating affixed to the exterior surface and covering only a portion of the exterior surface, the first partial metal plating and the second partial metal plating being immediately adjacent to the substrate such that solder coupling the substrate to the substrate cover communicates with the substrate, the first partial metal plating and the second partial metal plating; and a plurality of electrical and acoustic components disposed on the substrate and under the substrate cover, wherein the first partial metal plating and the second partial metal plating are arranged so as to prevent solder creep along a surface of the substrate cover.