Patent ID: 6696648
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: H01L,H01P,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of dispensing an electrically conductive adhesive on, and in electrical continuity with, a carrier to resist a flow of the adhesive into a gap bounded by adjacent components placed at respective footprints onto, and secured by the adhesive on, the carrier, the components carrying electrical signals and being interconnected by an overhead electrical conductor spanning the gap at a junction, the method comprising the steps of:a) starting the dispensing of the adhesive at a starting area on the carrier prior to placement of the components, b) continuing the dispensing of the adhesive in a pattern on the carrier prior to interrupting the dispensing of the adhesive at an ending area, the pattern having a lesser quantity of the adhesive at the junction as compared to a greater quantity of the adhesive at each of the starting and ending areas to resist the flow of the adhesive into the gap at the junction after placement of the components, and c) locating the starting and ending areas away from the junction.