Patent ID: 9437566
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: B23K,H01L,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A method for attaching a first conductive component to a second conductive component, the method comprising: (1) melting a first portion of a surface of the first conductive component without melting a second portion of the surface of the first conductive component even though the second portion's melting temperature is no higher than the first portion's melting temperature, wherein the second portion is continuous with the first portion; (2) bringing the melted first portion into physical contact with the second conductive component and cooling the first portion to form a conductive attachment between the first and second conductive components; wherein the second portion is not melted in operations (1) and (2); and wherein the first conductive component comprises a core having a higher melting temperature than the first portion of the surface of the first conductive component.