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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Voya Rista Markovich, Endwell, NY (US);
Ashit Arvind Mehta, Vestal, NY (US);
Eugene Roman Skarvinko, Binghamton, NY (US);
David Wei Wang, Vestal, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4302801 ; 430315 ; 522 31 ;
Abstract
A thermally stable photoimaging composition and a method of using the same, especially on circuit boards as a solder mask is provided. The composition includes a polymerizable resin or resin system, a cationic photoinitiator, a solvent, and an optically transparent ceramic filler. Preferably, the composition has a coefficient of thermal expansion of about 28-40 ppm/.degree.C., which closely matches the coefficient of thermal expansion of the solder used on the circuit board components.