Patent ID: 7300820

Claim:
A method for applying adhesive for securing a printed circuit board to a substrate, the method comprising steps of: providing a first printing tool with a first plurality of apertures defined therethrough, wherein a top of at least one aperature has a larger area than a bottom of the at least one aperature; placing the first printing tool upon a surface of at least one of the printed circuit board and the substrate; printing a first liquid adhesive onto the surface through the first printing tool, the first liquid adhesive forming islands of adhesive within each aperture; removing the first printing tool perpendicularly from the surface such that the first printing tool deforms edges of the islands of the first adhesive to form a raised edge above an exposed major face of the adhesive at a periphery of an island such that the smaller area of the bottom of the aperature assists in pulling adhesive material upwardly to form the raised edge around only a portion of a periphery of each island; curing the first liquid adhesive; placing a liner on top of the first adhesive, such that the liner contacts the raised edge of a plurality of islands; and removing the liner which includes residual adhesive, whereby the integrity of most of a major surface of the adhesive island is preserved before laminating the printed circuit board to the substrate.