Printed circuit board

• US 5,061,551 A
• Filed: 01/30/1990
• Issued: 10/29/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Poly-Flex Circuits Incorporated (PARLEX USA LLC)
• Original Assignee: Key-Tech, Inc.
• Inventors: Durand, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Ryan, Patrick J.
• Application Number:
  US07/472,194
• Time in Patent Office: 637 Days
• Field of Search: 428/209, 428/323, 428/327, 428/403, 428/901, 361/397
• US Class Current: 428/209
• CPC Class Codes: C09D 11/101 Inks specially adapted for printing processes involving curing by wave energy or particle radiation, e.g. with UV-curing following the printing
• CPC Class Codes: C09D 11/52 Electrically conductive inks
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 1/22 the conductive material comprising metals or alloys
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 41/16 the magnetic material being applied in the form of particles, e.g. by serigraphy , to form thick magnetic films or precursors therefor H01F41/18 -H01F41/24 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/095 for polymer thick films, i.e. having a permanent organic polymeric binder
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/083 Magnetic materials
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2203/104 Using magnetic force, e.g. to align particles or for a temporary connection during processing
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/10 in which conductive material is applied to the insulating support in such a manner as to form the desired conductive pattern
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/1283 After-treatment of the printed patterns, e.g. sintering or curing methods
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/245 Reinforcing conductive patterns made by printing techniques or by other techniques for applying conductive pastes, inks or powders; Reinforcing other conductive patterns by such techniques
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 428/907 Resistant against plant or animal attack
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24917 including metal layer
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/25 Web or sheet containing structurally defined element or component and including a second component containing structurally defined particles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/254 Polymeric or resinous material
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/2991 Coated

Abstract

A method for producing a circuit board involves printing a U.V. curable ink onto a substrate in a desired circuit pattern and curing the ink by exposing it to a pulsed U.V. source or subjecting the circuit pattern prepared from a U.V. curable ink containing magnetite particles to a magnetic field to move the magnetite particles to the upper surface of the U.V. curable ink. Other embodiments include circuit boards made in accordance with these methods and the use of the U.V. curable ink as a shielding composition for enclosures housing electronic equipment.

Claims

1. A printed circuit board comprising a non-conductive substrate and at least one conductive line printed on said substrate, said line comprising a U.V. cured ink comprising a cycloaliphatic epoxy resin containing 25-67 volume percent of silver-coated magnetite particles, said line having been subjected to a magnetic field sufficient to move the magnetite particles to a position at or near the upper level of said line so as to increase the conductivity of said line to the desired level and cured by exposure to U.V. radiation in the presence of a cationic photoinitiator.

2. The printed circuit board of claim 1 wherein said U.V. curable ink is cured also in the presence of a plasticizing amount of a polyether polyol.

3. The printed circuit board of claim 1 wherein said non-conductive substrate is a polyolefin, a polycarbonate, a polyvinyl halide or a polyester.