Patents by Inventor Gerald Weidinger

Gerald Weidinger has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20170339783
    Abstract: A circuit board and a method of manufacturing a circuit board or two circuit boards are illustrated and described. The circuit board includes (a) a dielectric layer with a planar extension in parallel with respect to an xy-plane which is spanned by an x-axis and a y-axis perpendicular thereto and a layer thickness along a z-direction which is perpendicular with respect to the x-axis and to the y-axis; (b) a metallic layer which is attached to the dielectric layer in a planar manner; and (c) a component which is embedded in the dielectric layer and/or in a dielectric core-layer of the circuit board. The dielectric layer includes a dielectric material which has (i) an elastic modulus E in a range between 1 and 20 GPa and (ii) a coefficient of thermal expansion in a range between 0 and 17 ppm/K along the x-axis and along the y-axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Hannes Stahr, Andreas Zluc, Timo Schwarz, Gerald Weidinger
  • Publication number: 20170181293
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a circuit board or a circuit board intermediate product, wherein the method comprises providing a carrier structure, applying a layer of flowable low-viscosity adhesive on the carrier structure over a surface area of the carrier structure which is larger than a mounting area in which an electronic component is to be mounted on the carrier structure, and pressing the electronic component into a subsection of the layer of adhesive in the mounting area so that at least part of the electronic component is immersed within the adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Gerald Weidinger, Timo Schwarz, Andreas Zluc
  • Publication number: 20170048984
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for the bonding of a component embedded into a printed circuit board exhibiting the following steps: Provision of a core exhibiting at least one insulating layer and at least one conductor layer applied to the insulating layer, Embedding of at least one component into a recess of the insulating layer, wherein the contacts of the component are essentially situated in the plane of an outer surface of the core exhibiting the at least one conductor layer, Application of a photoimageable resist onto the one outer surface of the core on which the component is arranged, while filling the spaces between the contacts of the component, Clearing of end faces of the contacts and of the areas of the conductor layer covered by the photoimageable resist by exposing and developing the photoimageable resist, by application of a semi-additive process, deposition of a layer of conductor material onto the cleared end faces of the contacts and the cleared areas of the conductor layer and form
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: AT&S Austia Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerald Weidinger, Andreas Zluc
  • Publication number: 20170020001
    Abstract: A method for producing a printed circuit board (10) having at least one embedded sensor chip (3), in which at least one sensor face (5) and terminals (4) are arranged on a face of the chip, said method comprising the following steps: a) providing an adhesive film (1), b) printing a conductor structure (2) formed from a conductive paste onto a surface of the adhesive film, c) placing the at least one sensor chip (3) with the face comprising the at least one sensor face (5) and the terminals (4) onto the conductor structure (2) formed from a conductive paste, in an indexed manner, d) curing the conductive paste, e) applying an insulation layer (6) having a conductor layer (7) arranged thereabove to the surface of the structure, created in the previous steps, comprising the chip (3), f) laminating the structure created in the previous steps, g) structuring the conductor layer (7) and forming vias (9) from the conductor layer to conductive tracks (7b, 7c) of the conductor structure on the surface of the adhesi
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventor: Gerald WEIDINGER
  • Patent number: 9253888
    Abstract: In a method for integrating at least one electronic component into a printed circuit board or a printed circuit board intermediate product, the following steps are provided: providing a layer for at least temporarily supporting the electronic component, fixing the electronic component on the layer, arranging a conductive layer on the supporting layer with at least one cutout corresponding to the dimensions of the electronic component to be fixed, at least partly encapsulating or covering the component fixed on the supporting layer with an insulating material, exposing the electronic component, and at least partial regions of the conductive layer, which adjoins the component and is arranged on the supporting layer, and at least partly making contact between the electronic component and the conductive layer adjoining the component. Furthermore, a printed circuit board and a printed circuit board intermediate product having an integrated electronic component are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: AT & S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerald Weidinger, Andreas Zluc, Johannes Stahr
  • Publication number: 20140373350
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a circuit board involving the removal of a subregion thereof. In said method, at least two layers or plies of the circuit board (1) are interconnected, the subregion (6) to be removed is prevented from being connected to an adjacent ply of the circuit board by providing a layer (7) of adhesion-preventing or bonding-preventing material, and peripheral zones (8) of the subregion (6) to be removed are separated from adjoining zones of the circuit board (1). According to the invention, a fissure formation and/or a detachment from the subregion (6) of the circuit board (1) to be removed is initiated in a subregion in or on the layer (7) of adhesion-preventing or bonding-preventing material, and the subregion (6) to be removed is then removed, thus making it possible to remove a subregion (6) to be removed from a circuit board (1) in a simple and reliable, and if necessary automated, manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Markus Leitgeb, Gerald Weidinger, Gregor Langer, Volodymyr Karpovych
  • Publication number: 20140331494
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a circuit board (1) involving the removal of a subregion (6) thereof. In said method, at least two layers or plies (2, 3, 4, 5) of the circuit board (1) are interconnected, the subregion (6) to be removed is prevented from being connected to an adjacent ply (4) of the circuit board (1) by providing or applying an adhesion-preventing material (7), and peripheral zones (8) of the subregion (6) to be removed are separated from adjoining zones of the circuit board (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Markus Leitgeb, Gerald Weidinger, Gerhard Schmid, Ljubomir Mareljic
  • Publication number: 20140216795
    Abstract: In a method for producing a multilayer printed circuit board from a plurality of conducting or conductive and non-conducting or insulating layers or plies to be connected to each other, in particular to be pressed together, wherein after connecting at least partially planar layers at least a partial region (11) thereof is removed, and wherein in order to prevent adherence of the partial region (11) to be removed a material (8) preventing adhesion is applied in accordance with the partial region to be removed onto a layer (9) which adjoins the partial region to be removed, it is provided that the material (8) preventing adhesion is formed by a mixture comprising a release agent on the basis of at least one metal soap, preferably the fatty acid salts of Al, Mg, Ca, Na and Zn, a binding agent, and a solvent, whereby a partial region to be removed can be removed easily and reliably after appropriate treatment and/or processing steps of the multilayer printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: AT & S AUSTRIA TECHNOLOGIE & SYSTEMTECHNIK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Günther Weichslberger, Johannes Stahr, Markus Leitgeb, Andreas Zluc, Gerald Weidinger
  • Patent number: 8685196
    Abstract: In a method for producing a multilayer printed circuit board from a plurality of conducting or conductive and non-conducting or insulating layers or plies to be connected to each other, in particular to be pressed together, wherein after connecting at least partially planar layers at least a partial region (11) thereof is removed, and wherein in order to prevent adherence of the partial region (11) to be removed a material (8) preventing adhesion is applied in accordance with the partial region to be removed onto a layer (9) which adjoins the partial region to be removed, it is provided that the material (8) preventing adhesion is formed by a mixture comprising a release agent on the basis of at least one metal soap, preferably the fatty acid salts of Al, Mg, Ca, Na and Zn, a binding agent, and a solvent, whereby a partial region to be removed can be removed easily and reliably after appropriate treatment and/or processing steps of the multilayer printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: AT & S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Günther Weichslberger, Johannes Stahr, Markus Leitgeb, Andreas Zluc, Gerald Weidinger
  • Publication number: 20140000941
    Abstract: In a method for integrating at least one electronic component into a printed circuit board or a printed circuit board intermediate product, the following steps are provided: providing a layer for at least temporarily supporting the electronic component, fixing the electronic component on the layer, arranging a conductive layer on the supporting layer with at least one cutout corresponding to the dimensions of the electronic component to be fixed, at least partly encapsulating or covering the component fixed on the supporting layer with an insulating material, exposing the electronic component, and at least partial regions of the conductive layer, which adjoins the component and is arranged on the supporting layer, and at least partly making contact between the electronic component and the conductive layer adjoining the component. Furthermore, a printed circuit board and a printed circuit board intermediate product having an integrated electronic component are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: AT & S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerald Weidinger, Andreas Zluc, Johannes Stahr
  • Patent number: 8541689
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for removing a part of a substantially planar material layer (2) which is connected to at least one further, substantially planar material layer (9) in a connecting step. According to the invention, a zone where the material layers (2, 9) are not directly interconnected is provided in the zone where the part (11) is later on removed, said first zone being provided by applying a material (8) that prevents the material layers to be interconnected from sticking to each other. The invention also relates to a multilayer structure and to the use of the method and to a multilayer structure especially for producing a multilayer printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: AT & S Austria Technologie & Systemtecknik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerald Weidinger, Markus Leitgeb, Johannes Stahr, Günther Weichslberger, Andreas Zluc
  • Patent number: 8388792
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nonstick material for use during removal of a part (11) of a substantially planar material layer (2) which is connected in a connecting step to at least on further, substantially planar material layer (9). According to the invention, the nonstick material (8) has a different polarity than the adjoining, substantially planar material layers (2, 9). The invention also relates to a method for removing a part (11) of a substantially planar material layer (2) which is connected in a connecting step to at least one further, substantially planar material layer (9), to a multilayer structure which consists of at least two substantially planar material layers (2, 9) to be interconnected, and to a use of the same, especially in a multilayer printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: AT & S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerald Weidinger, Günther Weichslberger, Markus Leitgeb, Johannes Stahr
  • Publication number: 20110272177
    Abstract: In a method for producing a multilayer printed circuit board from a plurality of conducting or conductive and non-conducting or insulating layers or plies to be connected to each other, in particular to be pressed together, wherein after connecting at least partially planar layers at least a partial region (11) thereof is removed, and wherein in order to prevent adherence of the partial region (11) to be removed a material (8) preventing adhesion is applied in accordance with the partial region to be removed onto a layer (9) which adjoins the partial region to be removed, it is provided that the material (8) preventing adhesion is formed by a mixture comprising a release agent on the basis of at least one metal soap, preferably the fatty acid salts of Al, Mg, Ca, Na and Zn, a binding agent, and a solvent, whereby a partial region to be removed can be removed easily and reliably after appropriate treatment and/or processing steps of the multilayer printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Günther Weichslberger, Johannes Stahr, Markus Leitgeb, Andreas Zluc, Gerald Weidinger
  • Publication number: 20100059262
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for removing a part of a substantially planar material layer (2) which is connected to at least one further, substantially planar material layer (9) in a connecting step. According to the invention, a zone where the material layers (2, 9) are not directly interconnected is provided in the zone where the part (11) is later on removed, said first zone being provided by applying a material (8) that prevents the material layers to be interconnected from sticking to each other. The invention also relates to a multilayer structure and to the use of the method and to a multilayer structure especially for producing a multilayer printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Gerald Weidinger, Markus Leitgeb, Johannes Stahr, Günther Weichslberger, Andreas Zluc
  • Publication number: 20100009178
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nonstick material for use during removal of a part (11) of a substantially planar material layer (2) which is connected in a connecting step to at least on further, substantially planar material layer (9). According to the invention, the nonstick material (8) has a different polarity than the adjoining, substantially planar material layers (2, 9). The invention also relates to a method for removing a part (11) of a substantially planar material layer (2) which is connected in a connecting step to at least one further, substantially planar material layer (9), to a multilayer structure which consists of at least two substantially planar material layers (2, 9) to be interconnected, and to a use of the same, especially in a multilayer printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Gerald Weidinger, Günther Weichslberger, Markus Leitgeb, Johannes Stahr