Patents by Inventor Pierre M. Langevin

Pierre M. Langevin 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).

  • Patent number: 7408264
    Abstract: An electronic fabrication process and structure is provided for attaching discrete passive surface mount devices (SMD) to a substrate in a single step. A liquid noflow resin encapsulant containing flux material is dispensed between presoldered pads on a substrate. The SMD, having a pair of electrical contacts, is pressed into said encapsulant so that the electrical contacts make contact with said presoldered pads. Heat is applied to first activate said flux material and then reflow the solder on said presoldered pads to bond said SMD contacts to said presoldered pads. The reflow temperature is maintained for about 180 seconds during which time the resin solidifies. The resin encapsulant fills the space between substrate and SMD and forms fillets around the solder bonded contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Clément J. Fortin, Pierre M. Langevin, Son K. Tran, Michael B. Vincent
  • Patent number: 7109592
    Abstract: An electronic fabrication process and structure is provided for attaching discrete passive surface mount devices (SMD) to a substrate in a single step. A liquid noflow resin encapsulant containing flux material is dispensed between presoldered pads on a substrate. The SMD, having a pair of electrical contacts, is pressed into said encapsulant so that the electrical contacts make contact with said presoldered pads. Heat is applied to first activate said flux material and then reflow the solder on said presoldered pads to bond said SMD contacts to said presoldered pads. The reflow temperature is maintained for about 180 seconds during which time the resin solidifies. The resin encapsulant fills the space between substrate and SMD and forms fillets around the solder bonded contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Clément J. Fortin, Pierre M. Langevin, Son K. Tran, Michael B. Vincent
  • Patent number: 6904673
    Abstract: Ink jet printing apparatus is employed to form a non-polar ink stop line around a chip site on the polar surface of an organic laminate substrate. The non-polar ink stop line acts to confine polar liquid flux from spreading after application of the flux to the chip site prior to chip joining. Excessive flux spreading results in insufficient flux being present at the chip site for the formation of good electrical connections during solder reflow upon chip joining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Claude Blais, Julie Nadeau Filteau, Pierre M. Langevin, Robert L. Toutant, Alain Warren
  • Publication number: 20040180469
    Abstract: An electronic fabrication process and structure is provided for attaching discrete passive surface mount devices (SMD) to a substrate in a single step. A liquid noflow resin encapsulant containing flux material is dispensed between presoldered pads on a substrate. The SMD, having a pair of electrical contacts, is pressed into said encapsulant so that the electrical contacts make contact with said presoldered pads. Heat is applied to first activate said flux material and then reflow the solder on said presoldered pads to bond said SMD contacts to said presoldered pads. The reflow temperature is maintained for about 180 seconds during which time the resin solidifies. The resin encapsulant fills the space between substrate and SMD and forms fillets around the solder bonded contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Clement J. Fortin, Pierre M. Langevin, Son K. Tran, Michael B. Vincent
  • Patent number: 6739497
    Abstract: An electronic fabrication process and structure is provided for attaching discrete passive surface mount devices (SMD) to a substrate in a single step. A liquid noflow resin encapsulant containing flux material is dispensed between presoldered pads on a substrate. The SMD, having a pair of electrical contacts, is pressed into said encapsulant so that the electrical contacts make contact with said presoldered pads. Heat is applied to first activate said flux material and then reflow the solder on said presoldered pads to bond said SMD contacts to said presoldered pads. The reflow temperature is maintained for about 180 seconds during which time the resin solidifies. The resin encapsulant fills the space between substrate and SMD and forms fillets around the solder bonded contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: International Busines Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Clément J. Fortin, Pierre M. Langevin, Son K. Tran, Michael B. Vincent
  • Publication number: 20030209590
    Abstract: An electronic fabrication process and structure is provided for attaching discrete passive surface mount devices (SMD) to a substrate in a single step. A liquid noflow resin encapsulant containing flux material is dispensed between presoldered pads on a substrate. The SMD, having a pair of electrical contacts, is pressed into said encapsulant so that the electrical contacts make contact with said presoldered pads. Heat is applied to first activate said flux material and then reflow the solder on said presoldered pads to bond said SMD contacts to said presoldered pads. The reflow temperature is maintained for about 180 seconds during which time the resin solidifies. The resin encapsulant fills the space between substrate and SMD and forms fillets around the solder bonded contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Clement J. Fortin, Pierre M. Langevin, Son K. Tran, Michael B. Vincent