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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:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vittorio Sirtori, Milan, IT;
Franco Zambon, Milan, IT;
Pietro Luigi Cavallotti, Milan, IT;
Luca Magagnin, Milan, IT;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 3/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 3/10 ;
Abstract
A method and a bath for protecting a Zn or Zn alloy surface against the corrosion and oxidation and for improving the wettability characteristics of a Zn or Zn alloy surface with a Sn solder alloy. The method is particularly useful in the manufacture of electronic components, when the deposition of a thin layer of Zn or Zn alloy is needed before the deposition of the Sn alloy (particularly Pb free) to improve the solderability characteristics of the Cu surface.