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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:
Mar. 09, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1996
Gordon O Zablotny, Escondido, CA (US);
James W Horner, Oceanside, CA (US);
John M Lower, Jr, San Marcos, CA (US);
Pacific Trinetics Corporation, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for forming edge terminations in multi-layer electrical component chips, such as capacitor chips, is arranged to cut holes through a laminated printed circuit pad at locations corresponding to the boundaries between adjacent chips when the pad is subsequently cut into individual chips. The holes are then filled with conductive ink to form plugs spanning the boundaries. The pad is then cut along a grid of perpendicular cutting lines defining the individual chip areas, simultaneously cutting through each of the ink plugs so that the cut ink plugs form the appropriate edge terminations along each side edge of a chip. The cutting device is suitably programmed to cut holes over the areas corresponding to the desired edge termination sizes and positions.
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