Thermal Management In Circuit Board Assemblies

    公开(公告)号:US20200214121A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-02

    申请号:US16802899

    申请日:2020-02-27

    申请人: Kuprion, Inc.

    发明人: Alfred A. Zinn

    IPC分类号: H05K1/02 H05K1/09 H05K3/40

    摘要: Vias may be established in printed circuit boards or similar structures and filled with a monolithic metal body to promote heat transfer. Metal nanoparticle paste compositions may provide a ready avenue for filling the vias and consolidating the metal nanoparticles under mild conditions to form each monolithic metal body. The monolithic metal body within each via can be placed in thermal contact with one or more heat sinks to promote heat transfer.

    Thermal Management in Circuit Board Assemblies

    公开(公告)号:US20240206048A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-20

    申请号:US18413275

    申请日:2024-01-16

    申请人: Kuprion Inc.

    发明人: Alfred A. Zinn

    摘要: Vias may be established in printed circuit boards or similar structures and filled with a monolithic metal body to promote heat transfer. Metal nanoparticle paste compositions, such as copper nanoparticle paste compositions, may provide a ready avenue for filling the vias and consolidating the metal nanoparticles under mild conditions to form each monolithic metal body. The monolithic metal body within each via can be placed in thermal contact with one or more heat sinks to promote heat transfer. Adherence of the monolithic metal bodies within the vias may be promoted by a coating upon the walls of the vias. A tin coating, for example, may be particularly suitable for promoting adherence of a monolithic metal body comprising copper.

    Thermal Management In Circuit Board Assemblies

    公开(公告)号:US20210227680A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-22

    申请号:US17201528

    申请日:2021-03-15

    申请人: Kuprion, Inc.

    发明人: Alfred A. Zinn

    IPC分类号: H05K1/02 H05K3/40 H05K1/09

    摘要: Vias may be established in printed circuit boards or similar structures and filled with a monolithic metal body to promote heat transfer. Metal nanoparticle paste compositions, such as copper nanoparticle paste compositions, may provide a ready avenue for filling the vias and consolidating the metal nanoparticles under mild conditions to form each monolithic metal body. The monolithic metal body within each via can be placed in thermal contact with one or more heat sinks to promote heat transfer. Adherence of the monolithic metal bodies within the vias may be promoted by a coating upon the walls of the vias. A tin coating, for example, may be particularly suitable for promoting adherence of a monolithic metal body comprising copper.

    Thermal management in circuit board assemblies

    公开(公告)号:US11503700B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-15

    申请号:US16802899

    申请日:2020-02-27

    申请人: Kuprion, Inc.

    发明人: Alfred A. Zinn

    摘要: Vias may be established in printed circuit boards or similar structures and filled with a monolithic metal body to promote heat transfer. Metal nanoparticle paste compositions may provide a ready avenue for filling the vias and consolidating the metal nanoparticles under mild conditions to form each monolithic metal body. The monolithic metal body within each via can be placed in thermal contact with one or more heat sinks to promote heat transfer.

    Metal nanoparticles formed around a nucleus and scalable processes for producing same

    公开(公告)号:US11141785B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-12

    申请号:US16740776

    申请日:2020-01-13

    申请人: Kuprion Inc.

    发明人: Alfred A. Zinn

    摘要: Metal nanoparticles and compositions derived therefrom can be used in a number of different applications. Methods for making metal nanoparticles can include providing a first metal salt in a solvent; converting the first metal salt into an insoluble compound that constitutes a plurality of nanoparticle seeds; and after forming the plurality of nanoparticle seeds, reacting a reducing agent with at least a portion of a second metal salt in the presence of at least one surfactant and the plurality of nanoparticle seeds to form a plurality of metal nanoparticles. Each metal nanoparticle can include a metal shell formed around a nucleus derived from a nanoparticle seed, and the metal shell can include a metal from the second metal salt. The methods can be readily scaled to produce bulk quantities of metal nanoparticles.

    High-Temperature Solders and Connections Formed Therefrom

    公开(公告)号:US20210308807A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-07

    申请号:US17250596

    申请日:2019-08-08

    IPC分类号: B23K35/02 B23K35/30

    摘要: Copper nanoparticle paste compositions may be formulated for forming connections that are capable of operating at high temperatures by including a grain growth inhibitor with copper nanoparticles in a suitable amount. Such nanoparticle paste compositions may comprise copper nanoparticles and 0.01-15 wt. % of a grain growth inhibitor or a precursor to a grain growth inhibitor admixed with the copper nanoparticles, in which the grain growth inhibitor comprises a metal. The grain growth inhibitor is insoluble in a bulk copper matrix and is capable of residing at one or more grain boundaries in the bulk copper matrix. The one or more grain boundaries may be formed after the copper nanoparticles undergo consolidation to form bulk copper. The grain growth inhibitor may comprise various metals that are insoluble in bulk copper.