Patent ID: 8209859

Claim:
A method of processing an electronic apparatus, the method comprising: mounting a set of circuit board components to a printed circuit board to form a circuit board assembly; applying encasement material to an area of the circuit board assembly while leaving at least a portion of the circuit board assembly exposed; and causing the applied encasement material to harden; wherein applying the encasement material to the area of the circuit board assembly includes: substantially encasing a pre-selected set of surfaces of the circuit board assembly with dielectric material as the encasement material; wherein the pre-selected set of surfaces has a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE); and wherein causing the applied encasement material to harden includes: curing the dielectric material, the cured dielectric material having a CTE which is substantially equal to the CTE of the pre-selected set of surfaces; wherein substantially encasing the pre selected set of surfaces of the circuit board assembly with dielectric material includes: covering discrete exposed metallic surfaces of the circuit board assembly with the dielectric material; and wherein covering the discrete exposed metallic surfaces of the circuit board assembly with the dielectric material includes: identifying an exposed metallic surface based on a set of coordinates which maps a side of the circuit board assembly; and maneuvering an applicator over the identified exposed metallic surface and providing the dielectric material from the applicator to the identified exposed metallic surface.