Cyntec Company

Jackel Tzeng

Roger Hsieh

Duen-Jen Cheng

The present invention discloses a method for manufacturing a surface mount resistance-temperature-detector (RTD) on a substrate. The manufacture method includes the steps of (a) depositing a resistive thin film on a top surface of the substrate having a substantially linear temperature resistance coefficient (TCR) over a predetermined temperature range for temperature measurement; (b) patterning the resistive film into a plurality of resistive strips and a plurality of top terminals near two opposite edges on the top surface of the substrate with each resistive strip connected between two top terminals; (c) forming a bottom electrode on a bottom surface of the substrate underneath each of the top terminals; (d) depositing two edge conductive plates on edge surfaces of the substrate for connecting one of the top terminals to a bottom terminal thereunder; and (e) forming two surface mount solder electrodes with a conductive layer overlying the top terminal, the edge conductive plate and the bottom terminal provided for performing a surface-mount soldering operation thereon.

Resistance temperature detector (RTD) formed with a surface-mount-device

The present invention discloses a surface-mount resistance-temperature-detector (RTD) supported on a substrate. The surface-mount RTD includes a resistive strip disposed on a top surface of the substrate having a substantially linear temperature resistance coefficient (TCR) over a predetermined temperature range for measurement. The surface-mount RTD further includes two top terminals disposed on two opposite end on the top surface of the substrate wherein each of the top terminal connected to one end of the resistive strip. The surface-mount RTD further includes two bottom terminals disposed on a bottom surface of the substrate wherein each of the bottom terminals is disposed below one of the top terminals. The surface-mount RTD further includes two edge conductive plates each disposed on an edge surface of the substrate connected to one of the top terminals to a corresponding bottom terminal below. The surface-mount RTD further includes two surface mount solder electrodes wherein each solder electrode constituting a conductive layer overlying the top terminal, the edge conductive plate and the bottom terminal provided for performing a surface-mount soldering operation thereon. In a preferred embodiment, the surface-mount RTD further includes a passivation protective layer covering and protecting the resistive strip. In a preferred embodiment, the surface-mount RTD further includes two terminal-solder buffer pastes each disposed on top of the top surface terminal under the surface-mount solder electrode for buffering the top terminal and the solder electrode. In a preferred embodiment, the resistive strip is a platinum resistive strip having a temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) ranging from 3000 to 3900 ppm/.degree.C.

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