Manufacturing process: how to construct constraining core material into printed wiring board
First Claim
1. A process for manufacturing a printed wiring board, comprising:
- aligning the weave of a woven panel of electrically conductive material relative to a tool surface using at least a pair of references; and
forming tooling holes in the panel of electrically conductive material.
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Abstract
Processes for manufacturing printed wiring boards including electrically conductive constraining cores are disclosed. Several of the processes enable precise alignment of tooling holes used by tools to perform processes with respect to various panels and subassemblies used to form finished printed wiring boards. Modifications to Gerber files that can increase manufacturing yield and provide the ability to detect faulty printed wiring boards in a panelized array of printed wiring boards are also discussed. One embodiment of the invention includes aligning the weave of a woven panel of electrically conductive material relative to a tool surface using at least a pair of references and forming tooling holes in the panel of electrically conductive material.
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24 Claims
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1. A process for manufacturing a printed wiring board, comprising:
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aligning the weave of a woven panel of electrically conductive material relative to a tool surface using at least a pair of references; and
forming tooling holes in the panel of electrically conductive material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A process for manufacturing a printed wiring board comprising:
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forming a first set of tooling holes in a panel of electrically conductive material;
drilling clearance holes having a first diameter in the electrically conductive panel;
forming a stack of panels by aligning the panel of electrically conductive material with other layers of material using the first set of tooling holes; and
laminating the stack of panels.
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7. The process of claim 7, further comprising drilling through holes having a second diameter less than the first diameter through the laminated stack.
- 8. The process of claim 8, further comprising using the first set of tooling holes as a reference to determine the locations in which to drill the through holes.
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13. A process for manufacturing a printed wiring board comprising:
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forming a first set of tooling holes in a panel of electrically conductive material;
drilling clearance holes having a first diameter in the electrically conductive panel;
forming a second set of tooling holes through the panel of electrically conductive material;
forming a stack of panels by aligning the panel of electrically conductive material with other layers of material using the second set of tooling holes; and
laminating the stack of panels. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An optical vision system, comprising:
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an X-ray light source;
an X-ray detector configured to generate an output indicative of the regions of the detector on which light is incident; and
a processor connected to the X-ray detector and configured to identify a circular pattern using the output of the X-ray detector.
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23. A process for manufacturing a printed wiring board, comprising:
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drilling clearance holes in an electrically conductive panel of material;
routing channels in the electrically conductive panels of material laminating the electrically conductive panels with other panels of material to form an array of printed wiring board sub-assemblies;
drilling through holes through each of the printed wiring boards in the array of printed wiring board subassemblies;
plating the linings of the through holes; and
testing each printed wiring board in the array of printed wiring boards. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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