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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1998
Andrew Zachary Glovatsky, Livonia, MI (US);
Jay DeAvis Baker, W. Bloomfield, MI (US);
Peter Joseph Sinkunas, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
There is disclosed herein a printed circuit board onto which an electronic component heat spreader may be soldered by laser soldering, one embodiment of which comprises: a dielectric substrate 10 having a top surface 11 on which a footprint perimeter P of the component heat spreader is defined, and two or more heat spreader mounting pads 20 arranged on the substrate top surface 12. Each mounting pad 20 comprises a first portion 21 arranged on the substrate surface 12 outside of the footprint perimeter P, and a second portion 22 arranged on the substrate surface 12 inside of the footprint perimeter P contiguous with the first portion 21.