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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1996
Anthony John Stankavich, Kokomo, IN (US);
Dwadasi Hare Sarma, Kokomo, IN (US);
Christine Ann Paszkiet, Kokomo, IN (US);
Marion Edmond Ellis, Kokomo, IN (US);
Delco Electronics Corp., Kokomo, IN (US);
Abstract
A high temperature thick-film hybrid circuit is characterized by a surface-mount circuit component that is electrically interconnected with a conductor. The surface-mount circuit component of the thick-film hybrid circuit is bonded to the conductor with a soldering technique employing dual-solder layers. The dual-solder layers enable component attachment to the conductor at a temperature below the maximum processing temperature of the component, while forming a solder joint that exhibits suitable adhesion properties at temperatures in excess of 165.degree. C. The dual-solder layers can be chosen to inhibit tin diffusion from the solder, silver leaching from the conductor, and the formation of a brittle intermetallic at the solder-conductor interface.