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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
May. 31, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Matthew S. Doyle, Chatfield, MN (US);
Jeffrey N. Judd, Oronoco, MN (US);
Joseph Kuczynski, North Port, FL (US);
Scott D. Strand, Rochester, MN (US);
Timothy J. Tofil, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A process of utilizing a heat-activated conductive spinel material for PCB via overcurrent protection includes forming a PCB laminate structure that includes a spinel-doped insulator layer having a heat-activated conductive spinel material incorporated into a dielectric material as a spinel-based electrically non-conductive metal oxide. A sensing via is formed in the PCB laminate structure at a location that is proximate to a power via in the PCB laminate structure. The sensing via is electrically isolated from the power via by a region of the spinel-doped insulator layer and is electrically connected to a monitoring component configured to detect current flow through the sensing via that results from an overcurrent event in the power via that generates sufficient heat to cause the spinel-based electrically conductive metal oxide to release metal nuclei into the region to provide a conductive pathway through the region from the power via to the sensing via.