Patent ID: 6871776

Claim:
A batch process for manufacturing SSD-PCB in an open-air environment utilizing solder paste that employs as heat source an electrically heated fine wire mesh, comprising the steps of: (a) supplying a pocketed-PCB itself comprising a solder mask having embedded a multiplicity of pockets exposing a multiplicity of soldering pads on a side facing upward, and (b) depositing a predetermined amount of solder paste inside each of said multiplicity of pockets, and (c) placing a fine wire mesh in contact with said side facing upward, and (d) supplying a predetermined electric current to said fine wire mesh consequently heating said fine wire mesh to a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time sufficiently long to cause melting of said predetermined amount of solder paste deposited inside each of said multiplicity of pockets consequently filling said multiplicity of pockets with a multiplicity of molten solder volumes, and (e) removing from the top surface of said fine wire mesh any excess molten solder that was drawn upward by wicking action induced by said fine wire mesh, and (f) allowing said fine wire mesh to cool down causing solidification of said multiplicity of molten solder volumes consequently forming individual flat-shaped SSDs each metalurgically bonded to one of said multiplicity of soldering pads, and (g) detaching said fine wire mesh from said side facing upward whereby a finished SSD-PCB is obtained.