Hitachi, Ltd.

Hideyuki Fukasawa

Toshitaka Murakawa

Hideaki Sasaki

Mitsugu Shirai

Takayuki Ono

Kenichi Kasai

Mitugu Shirai

Tsutomu Imai

Kiyoshi Matsui

Morio Suzuki

Takeshi Kuroda

Kenichi Hamamura

Fumio Yoshikawa

Takeji Siokawa

Hiroshi Hasegawa

Shinichi Kazui

Mamoru Kobayashi

Hitoshi Odashima

Makoto Matsuoka

Mitsunori Tamura

Masayuki Kawaharata

Masahiro Wanami

A soldering system which reduces the numbers of steps for paste supply and soldering onto a printed circuit board. A printed circuit board has through holes through which a lead of each provided part is to be inserted. A printing mask is matched with the through holes and a paste receiving plate having holes to which solder paste is supplied corresponding to the through holes is disposed. A printing roller is swept by forcibly rotating it to fill with solder paste, then a printing squeegee follows the printing roller to further fill through holes. Parts are loaded on the through holes and reflowing is carried out on the printed circuit board and paste receiving plate, so that the parts are soldered to the printed circuit board.

Paste providing method, soldering method and apparatus and system therefor

An improved soldering system which reduces the numbers of steps for paste supply and soldering in soldering lead provided parts and surface mounting parts onto a printed circuit board. A printed circuit board has through holes through which a lead of each lead provided part is to be inserted and lands for surface mounting parts. A printing mask is matched with the through holes and lands and a paste receiving plate having holes to which solder paste is to be supplied corresponding to each of the through holes is disposed. A printing roller is swept by forcibly rotating it so as to fill with solder paste, then a printing squeegee is swept following that printing roller so as to further fill with solder paste. Parts are loaded on the through holes and lands of the printed circuit board loaded with solder paste and reflowing is carried out on the printed circuit board and paste receiving plate at the same time, so that the lead provided parts and surface mounting parts are soldered to the printed circuit board at the same time.

A multi-pin connector has contact pins fixedly soldered into bottomed connection holes which are in desired positions on a printed board, so that the contact pins are arrayed in a desired form without a housing. The multi-pin connector can be manufactured in a short period of time and can have any pitch, any number of pins and any shape.

Electronic device and multi-pin connector therefor

A multi-pin connector for mounting other boards or electronic parts on a main board, has contact pins fixedly soldered into bottomed connection holes which are in desired positions on the main board, so that the contact pins are secured separately and arrayed in a desired form without a housing. The contact pins have contact portions and pin portions, with the pin portions being secured in the connection holes.

Multi-pin connector

Ends of contact pins are inserted into bottomed connection holes which are in desired positions on a printed board, so that the contact pins are arrayed in the desired form. By effecting solder reflow in this state, the contact pins are fixedly soldered to the connection holes. A multi-pin connector is thus provided, which can be manufactured with ease in a short period of time and which can have any pitch, any number of pins and any shape.

Method of making multi-pin connector

A flexible film-like member having conductive metals filled in tapered holes extending through the thickness is positioned such that the holes of the member face to respective pad patterns on a circuit board on which bumps are to be formed, the conductive metals are then heated and fused so that they are joined and transferred to the pad patterns on the circuit board, and the film-like member is then removed by heating or cleaning liquid.

Method for forming conductive bumps

The present invention is to define an enclosed space by covering a holder which can hold numerous minute particles, and introduce a fluid into the enclosed space to stir up the numerous minute particles within the enclosed space with a turbulent flow of the fluid so that the minute particles are placed in and held by the holder After stirring up and loading the minute particles in the holder, the fluid is introduced into the enclosed space again to recover the remaining minute particles which have not been held by the holder. The number of minute particles required for one cycle of the loading operation are taken out by moving a particle push-up shaft vertically, having a recess at the distal end thereof, within a stocker which stores a large number of minute particles, and then delivered to the enclosed space with the fluid.

Minute particle loading method and apparatus

Solder balls are supplied onto an aligning plate having aligned through-holes formed therein. Air is sucked from the bottom of the above described aligning plate to fit and attract solder balls into the above described through-holes. Solder balls are thus aligned with high work efficiency.

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Hadano, Japan

Hideyuki Fukasawa