US20150187529A1 - Fuse element - Google Patents
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Abstract
A fuse element, in particular suited for use in electric and/or electronic circuits constructed by multilayer technology, including a printed circuit board substrate material, which is usable particularly in the multilayer technology and is coated with a metal or metal alloy from which the fuse is generated by means of photolithographic and/or printing image-producing techniques and ensuing etching or engraving processes, is proposed. The fuse is distinguished in that the printed circuit board substrate material, on which the fuse can be provided, includes at least a high-temperature-stable, electrically insulating material, with a coefficient of thermal expansion that varies essentially analogously to the coefficient of thermal expansion of the metal or metal alloy from which the fuse is made.
Description
- 1. Field of the Invention
- The invention relates to a fuse element, in particular suited for use in electric and/or electronic circuits constructed by multilayer technology, including a printed circuit board material, which is usable particularly in the multilayer technology and is coated with a metal or metal alloy, from which metal or metal alloy the fuse is generated by means of photolithographic and/or printed image-producing techniques and ensuing etching or engraving processes.
- 2. Related Art
- Circuit boards of the kind used in the manufacture of both electronic and electric circuits, whether with the classical one- or two-sided coating with conductive materials for forming conductor tracks, but also in what is known as the multilayer technology, in which printed circuit boards formed in many layers are used, are assembled with all conceivable kinds of active and passive electronic and electric components, and this assembly is today typically done with PCB assembly machines. All the active and passive electric and electronic elements used must, for the sake of uniform assembly processes using PCB assembly machines, be suitable for automatic assembly with regard to their construction and their manipulability.
- Fuse elements form one passive element for this arrangement on printed circuit boards or printed circuit board substrates and are used in many electric and/or electronic circuits that are configured into functional circuits by means of the above-described printed circuit boards or printed circuit board substrates. In the prior art, besides fuse elements formed as separate elements, fuse elements are also known which are typically made from the same materials as in printed circuit board technology; that is, the fuses are formed by means of suitably calculated and dimensioned cross sections out of the material that forms the electrical conductors on the printed circuit board substrates by means of etching or engraving processes; that is, the fuse itself, which so far has been an integral component of the electric and/or electronic circuit, comprises the conductor material, such as copper or copper alloys, that likewise form the other conductor tracks. The conductor material can for instance also be silver or a silver alloy, but all other metals and metal alloys are possible for forming the conductor tracks and conductor material, to the extent that they meet the pertinent demands.
- One essential problem in the embodiment of fuse elements in the case of the metals or metal alloys, such as copper or copper alloys, that are laminated onto the printed circuit board substrate, is that the actual printed circuit board material that the printed circuit board substrate comprises, which as a rule is epoxy resin-reinforced, woven glass fabric, has a different temperature expansion coefficient from the material of the conductors, such as copper, for instance. The coefficient of expansion of the epoxy resin mentioned above as an example, which is reinforced with glass fabric, is in the range from 14 to 17 ppm/K, while the coefficient of expansion of copper, for instance, that forms the conductor tracks is in the range of 17 ppm/K. One disadvantage of the known printed circuit board substrates or printed circuit board material that until now has generally been used for producing printed circuit boards assembled with electric and electronic components is that the operating temperatures of printed circuit board materials thus far typically allow temperatures only below 200° C., because higher operating temperatures damage the printed circuit board substrate material. As a consequence of high temperatures, this material loses strength, and delamination and finally decomposition and carbonization of the polymer ensue. The result is conductive, relatively low-impedance layers, the disadvantageous consequence of which is that the minimum requisite insulation resistances of fuses and fuse elements constructed in this way fail to be attained.
- In another type of fuse known in the prior art, an Al2O3 ceramic, which even at very much higher temperatures are stable as fuses on the basis of the above-described printed circuit board substrate material, serves as a basis; however, these fuses on Al2O3 ceramic have a temperature expansion coefficient that as a rule is below 8 ppm/K, which in turn also has an adverse effect on the stability of the fuse and thus of the entire electric and/or electronic circuit, since between the actual printed circuit board substrate material and the ceramic, stresses arise that cause cracks in the ceramic and damage it, making it unusable.
- A further factor is that a great deal of heat energy flows from the actual fuse element into the thermally highly conductive ceramic. Fuse elements with low rated currents and a fast-acting characteristic can be achieved only with difficulty using the two materials presented above as examples.
- It is thus the object of the present invention to create a fuse element which can also be formed integrally in the metal or metal alloy that is applied to a conventional printed circuit board substrate or a multilayer printed circuit board substrate which is suitable for stably withstanding high operating temperatures even above 200° C. that the electronic circuit, including the printed circuit board substrate material on which it is applied, is exposed to. A fuse of this kind should be capable of withstanding high ambient temperatures as well and should also have a high insulation strength. This kind of fuse should furthermore be capable of being manufactured by means of the manufacturing techniques of the kind used for printed circuit boards for receiving electric and electronic elements.
- The object of the invention is attained in that the printed circuit board substrate material on which the fuse can be provided comprises an at least high-temperature-stable, electrically insulating material, and at least its coefficient of thermal expansion varies essentially corresponding with the coefficient of thermal expansion of the metal or metal alloy from which the fuse is made.
- The advantage of the embodiment according to the invention is essentially that a stable insulation strength of the fuse is ensured at the highest possible ambient temperatures for electric and/or electronic circuits, and it has a current-time behavior that is distinguished highly positively over the previous versions offered in the prior art for making fuses, and moreover the material and production costs can be reduced considerably compared to the typical fuses known from the prior art.
- In an advantageous embodiment of the fuse element, the metal material or metal alloy from which the fuse is generated is copper or a copper alloy, which has the advantage that, with regard to the embodiment of the fuse element as well, the techniques for producing the final embodiment of the printed circuit boards with regard to the electric and/or electronic circuit or components to be received thereon need not be departed from. The same applies essentially if the metal material or metal alloy from which the fuse is made is silver or a silver alloy, or some arbitrary suitable metal or arbitrary suitable metal alloy. The conductor tracks that also form the fuse element should themselves also comprise at least a two-layer coating of the above-described metals or metal alloys. Then the outer layer has the function of a cover layer or jacket for the material located beneath it.
- One essential component for making the fuse element of the invention is the material of the printed circuit board substrate, whether it is in the form of a conventionally made printed circuit board or a plurality of printed circuit boards made by the multilayer technology. It is advantageous to select the material of the printed circuit board substrate such that the printed circuit board substrate material comprises at least one heat-hardened, glass-fiber-reinforced hydrocarbon/ceramic laminate. Material of this kind is available on the market, for instance from the Rogers Corporation under the product name R04000.
- In a second advantageous embodiment of the fuse element, the printed circuit board substrate material preferably comprises at least one ceramic-enriched, temperature-conducting epoxy resin laminate, and this material is known and available on the market under the product name Arlon91ML from the Arlon Corporation.
- However, it should be expressly pointed out that the two materials named above of which the printed circuit board substrate material is comprised, and which are indicated here only as possible examples that are available on the market, are usable for the embodiment of the invention.
- As noted at the outset, the temperature stability, or a better term for it is temperature resistance, of the fuse element is an essential factor for being suitable to be capable of being made integrally with the printed circuit board, or in other words, during the same process as the production of the printed circuit board. If a classically constructed printed circuit board substrate is used, and the actual fuse element is formed from the metal or metal alloy lining it, then he fuse element has one side virtually free, so that the fuse element can in this way dissipate heat to the surroundings. However, if the fuse is used in a multilayer system comprising a plurality of printed circuit board substrates resting on one another, then the actual fuse element, which is also somewhat vaguely called a melting conductor, is embedded or laminated completely in the aforementioned multilayer system. As a result, the heat dissipation of the fuse element because of its heating is consequently more greatly hindered by the currents that flow through the fuse element.
- In order in such a case as well to ensure good heat dissipation, it is advantageous in that, in the vicinity of the site of a first printed circuit board substrate of a multilayer system on which the fuse is formed in the metal or the metal alloy, a void is formed in the second printed circuit board substrate resting adjacent to the first printed circuit board substrate, the void being formed as a recess in the second printed circuit board substrate.
- By utilizing this advantageous principle to create an unhindered heat dissipation of the actual fuse element, it can furthermore be advantageous in the vicinity of the site of a printed circuit board substrate on which the fuse (12) is provided in the metal or the metal alloy (15), for one void each to be provided in the second printed circuit board substrate resting adjacent to the first printed circuit board substrate and in the vicinity of the site of the first printed circuit board substrate on which the fuse is provided, the voids being in the form of respective recesses. This has the extraordinary advantage that in fact, the fuse element (melting conductor) is provided with an adjacent void on both of its sides in the multilayer substrate, so that the heat produced by a high current flow through the fuse element can be dissipated to both sides.
- This principle of the embodiment of voids adjacent to the actual fuse (melting conductor) can analogously be employed with more than two printed circuit board substrates, positioned on one another, either conventionally or by a multilayer technology.
- In many cases, the void is open on the side facing away from the fuse element, so that circulating air or a gaseous ambient medium can also reach the fuse element, either from one side, which is the first possibility described above, or from both sides, which is the second possibility described above.
- However, for certain applications it can also be advantageous to close off the void or voids with a layer on the side facing away from the fuse element.
- This layer can perform multiple tasks; for instance, it can prevent an electric arc or molten components of the fuse from escaping to the surroundings from the immediate vicinity of the fuse, and it is equally capable, upon the occurrence of an electric arc, of preventing the escape of the electric arc from the void to the surroundings.
- To be capable of absorbing high pressures, for instance, in the void as a result of an increase in volume of the air from currents flowing through the fuse without bursting this layer, it is advantageous to form this layer as a flexible layer, specifically in the manner of a membrane.
- Although the membrane should permit an air exchange into the void and out of the void, it also should prevent molten components of the fuse from being able to escape from the void and also should prevent components adjacent to the fuse element and the multilayer system overall from bursting into flame.
- The layer, which typically preferably has a foil-like structure, or in other words has only a slight thickness, can preferably be provided with an additional metal layer. As a result of the metalizing of the layer, this layer can be still further stabilized against thermal and mechanical stress, so that it can even more strongly withstand the aforementioned stresses listed above as examples.
- In a further, still different advantageous embodiment of the fuse element, the metal or metal alloy forming the actual melting part of the fuse has a plurality of through-holes; however, it can also be advantageous to provide the printed circuit board substrate, in the vicinity of the melting part of the actual fuse, alternatively or in addition with a plurality of through-holes, as a result of which the thermal conductivity of the metal or metal alloy and/or the thermal conductivity of the actual printed circuit board substrate material can be varied. As a result, the characteristic time-current curve, for instance, of the fuse can be designed as faster-acting or slower-acting. Moreover, by means of this provision, the current-time integral can be varied.
- The fuse element can preferably be further formed such that at least one void is at least partly filled with an insulating means, and this insulating means essentially has the function of preventing inflammation upon melting of the fuse, or in other words of acting as an arc quenching medium. Insulating means of this kind can for instance be silicone, sand, or air, or also the materials of which the above-described preferred materials are constructed, that is, those that the printed circuit board substrate material itself comprises. By means of the insulating means, an electric arc that can normally occur upon melting of the fuse can moreover be largely suppressed.
- In principle, there are no limitations in the mechanical or geometric sizes for the embodiment of the fuse element of the invention. However, if the fuse element of the invention is to be received, just like other electric and/or electronic components, on conventional printed circuit board substrates or printed circuit board substrates like the aforementioned multilayer technology, then it is advantageous that the face in which the layer is formed essentially determines the face of the body of the fuse element in two dimensions. In other words, the size of the face of the layer in the x-y plane corresponds to the size of the face of the fuse element in plan view. In a practical sense, the face can correspond to the face of the kind encountered, for instance, in typical integrated circuits of rectangular, square or even circular form.
- The height of the fuse element is preferably determined at least by the thickness of two printed circuit board substrates resting on one another, plus the thickness of the metal melting part of the conductor that forms the actual fuse, or in other words in a third dimension. The height or total thickness can, in discrete fuse elements not constructed by conventional printed circuit board technology or the multilayer technology, can be oriented to the height or thickness of typical models of integrated circuits.
- In the case of the aforementioned discrete model of fuse elements according to the invention, in a further, different advantageous embodiment of the fuse element, both ends of the melting part of the fuse element have connection terminals, by way of which the fuse element can be connected to the remainder of the electric and/or electronic circuit on the printed circuit board substrate or multilayer substrate, or also to separate lines with which the two poles of the fuse can be connected.
- Finally, in the fuse element of the invention, if as noted it has an essentially three-dimensional embodiment, or in other words is made as a fuse element of discrete construction, the body that forms the fuse element can have the aforementioned connection terminals, designed such that they are connected to the two ends (poles) of the melting conductor by means of plated through-hole connections.
- The invention will now be described in detail in terms of two exemplary embodiments in conjunction with the ensuing schematic drawings. In the drawings:
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FIG. 1 , in a greatly enlarged side view, shows a fuse element of the invention in which a void is provided above the melting conductor that forms the actual fuse; -
FIG. 2 is a view corresponding toFIG. 1 , but in perspective; -
FIG. 3 shows the fuse element in side view as inFIG. 1 , but showing a second embodiment, in which a void is provided both above and below the melting conductor that forms the actual fuse; and -
FIG. 4 , in a perspective view, shows the second embodiment of the fuse element shown inFIG. 3 , in which plated through-holes are also visible as conductive terminals to one of the poles or ends of the fuse. - First, to the views in
FIGS. 1 and 2 will be discussed, in which afuse element 10 of a first embodiment of the invention is shown. -
FIGS. 1 and 2 pertain to thefuse element 10, in which thefuse 12 of the invention is provided on a printed circuit board substrate or printed circuitboard substrate material 11. Thefuse 12 is provided on the printedcircuit board substrate 11, which is coated in a known manner with a metal ormetal alloy 12 by a coating procedure, and thefuse 12 is generated by means of photolithographic and/or printing image-producing techniques, such as screen printing, and ensuing etching or engraving processes, as is generally done to make printed circuit boards with conductor tracks that are to be provided on the printed circuit boards. Both conventionally constructed printed circuit board substrates with one- and/or two-sided coating with metal or metal alloys and the known printed circuit board substrates that are formed by the multilayer technology or used for it, are intended for the printed circuitboard substrate material 11 or printed circuit board substrate. - As the printed circuit board substrate material, an at least high-temperature-stable material is used, and at least its coefficient of thermal expansion varies essentially corresponding with the coefficient of thermal expansion of the metal or
metal alloy 25 of which thefuse 12 is made. - It should be pointed out that the metal material or the metal alloy from which the
fuse 12 is generated is typically copper or a copper alloy, but it will also be expressly noted that still other metals and metal alloys, such as silver and silver alloys, that are suitable for makingelectric fuses 12 of this generic type can be used. Multilayer structures, for instance with copper or a copper alloy as the first layer and a layer of silver or silver alloy on top of it, can also form thefuse 12. Many-layered structures with arbitrary suitable metals and metal alloys are also possible within the scope of the invention. - Above or below the layer of metal or
metal alloy 15, which lines the printedcircuit board substrate 11 and from which the conductor tracks of a printed circuit board can also be formed, and also in the present case in which theactual fuse 12 is formed in the manner described above, there is a void 16 located in the vicinity of thesite 14 at which thefuse 12 is formed in the metal ormetal alloy 15. The void 16 is at least partly closed or closed off by means of alayer 15 with a foil-like structure, specifically on theside 17 facing away from theactual fuse 12. Thelayer 18 can also be a membrane that is permeable in both directions for certain gaseous media, such as air, so that theactual fuse 12 can be acted upon for instance by air circulation; however, it is also possible, either alternatively or in addition, to provide thelayer 18 with anadditional metal layer 19, for instance by means of vapor deposition of metal, so that the gaseous ambient medium can still pass through, but an electric arc, which may form for example, at thefuse 12 because of an overload after the melting of the melting part of the fuse, cannot escape from the void 16. - In the vicinity of the
fuse 12, the printedcircuit board substrate 11, and this applies equally to the printedcircuit board substrates FIGS. 3 and 4 , through-holes not shown here can be formed, which can be created for instance by means of laser devices, by means of which the characteristic time-current curve of thefuse 12 can be designed as faster-acting or slower-acting, and the current-time integral can also be varied by means of this provision. It is equally possible for the metal or metal alloy that forms the melting part of the fuse to have a plurality of such through-holes, so that by that means as well, either alternatively or in addition, it is possible to vary the aforementioned parameters. The void 16 and/or the void 16, 160 of the embodiment of thefuse element 10 ofFIGS. 3 and 4 can be filled at least in part by an insulating means, not shown here; this insulating means can for instance be sand, silicone, powdered quartz, or other suitable electrically nonconductive are quenching media. Glass, sand, quartz or ceramic, for instance in bead form, can also at least partly fill the void 16 or thevoids - In the embodiment of the
fuse element 10 ofFIGS. 3 and 4 , a void 16, 160 is formed both above and below thefuse 12 in the printedcircuit board substrate fuse element 10 along with the views inFIGS. 1 and 2 can act as it were from both sides on thefuse 12. This applies equally to thelayer 18, as it has already been described in conjunction withFIGS. 1 and 2 for thefuse element 10 shown there. - Based on the views of the embodiment of the
fuse element 10 inFIGS. 3 and 4 , reference will be made to an embodiment, not shown here, of thefuse elements 10 which, with the same construction as those shown inFIGS. 3 and 4 , do not have anadjacent void 16. The two fuses 12, 13, spaced apart from and essentially parallel to one another, are in fact laminated into or from the adjacent printedcircuit board substrates - It is also possible by this above-described principle of the construction to construct multi-layered structures, for instance on the principle of multilayer printed circuit board substrates, with and without respective
adjacent voids - Such embodiments of the
fuse elements 10 and of theactual fuses - The
face 20 of thelayer 18 defined by the length x and the width y—see FIG. 2—essentially determines the face of thebody 21 of thefuse element 10. Thethickness 26 is determined essentially by two printedcircuit board substrates fuse 12, or in other words in the third dimension z. The volume of thebody 21 of thefuse element 10 can be designed intrinsically arbitrarily, for instance in the form of a right parallelepiped, a cube, or a columnar portion of circular cross section. Arbitrary other suitable mixed forms of the shape of the volume of thebody 21 are also possible, however. For instance, thebody 21 of thefuse element 10 can also be made like an integral circuit, or the kind known in the field of electric and/or electronic circuits. - The
fuse element 10 in the embodiment ofFIGS. 3 and 4 hasmetal terminals fuse element 10. The two ends 22, 23 of the actual melting part of thefuse 12, shown inFIG. 1 as an intersection point with the line that there extends vertically and is shown in dot-dashed lines, are provided withconnection terminals -
- 10 Fuse element
- 11 Printed circuit board substrate, printed circuit board substrate material
- 110 First printed circuit board substrate/first printed circuit board substrate material
- 111 Second printed circuit board substrate/second printed circuit board substrate material
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- 23 End
- 24 Connection terminal
- 25 Connection terminal
- 26 Thickness
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- 28 Terminal (pole)
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43. A fuse element for use in electric and/or electronic circuits co meted by multilayer technology and other technology comprising a printed circuit board carrier material for use in the multilayer technology and other technology, coated with a metal or metal alloy defining a fuse and being formed by photolithographic and/or printing image-producing techniques and ensuing etching or engraving processes, wherein the printed circuit board carrier material, on which the fuse can be formed, comprises at least a high-temperature-stable, electrically insulating material having a coefficient of thermal expansion that varies corresponding with the coefficient of the thermal expansion of the metal or metal alloy from which the fuse is formed.
44. The fuse element as defined by claim 43 , wherein the metal material or metal alloy from which the fuse is generated is copper or a copper alloy.
45. The fuse element as defined by claim 43 , wherein the metal material or the metal alloy from which the fuse is generated is silver or a silver alloy.
46. The fuse element as defined by claim 43 , wherein the fuse is formed from a plurality of layers of metal or a metal alloy.
47. The fuse element as defined by claim 46 , wherein an outer layer of the plurality of layers is formed of silver or a silver alloy.
48. The fuse element as defined by claim 43 , wherein the printed circuit board substrate material comprises at least one heat-hardened, glass-fiber reinforced hydrocarbon/ceramic laminate.
49. The fuse element as defined by claim 43 , wherein the printed circuit board substrate material comprises at least one ceramic-enriched, temperature-conducting epoxy resin laminate.
50. The fuse element as defined by claim 43 , wherein for the first printed circuit board substrate, on which the fuse is provided in the metal or the metal alloy, a second printed circuit board substrate resting adjacent to the first printed circuit board substrate is provided.
51. The fuse element as defined by claim 43 , wherein in the vicinity of the site of a first printed circuit board substrate, on which the fuse is formed in the metal or the metal alloy, a void is provided in a second printed circuit board substrate, resting adjacent to the first printed circuit board substrate, the void being in the form of a recess in the second printed circuit board substrate.
52. The fuse element as defined by claim 43 , wherein in the vicinity of the site of a printed circuit board substrate, on which the fuse is formed in the metal or the metal alloy, one void each is provided both in a second printed circuit board substrate resting adjacent on the first printed circuit board substrate and in the vicinity of the site of the first printed circuit board substrate on which the fuse is provided, the voids being in the form of respective recesses.
53. The fuse element as defined by claim 51 , wherein the void or voids are closed off with a layer on the side facing away from the fuse.
54. The fuse element as defined by claim 53 , wherein the layer is a membrane.
55. The fuse element as defined by claim 53 , wherein the layer is a flexible layer.
56. The fuse element as defined by claim 53 , wherein the layer is a foil-like structure.
57. The fuse element as defined by claim 53 , wherein the layer has an additional metal layer.
58. The fuse element as defined by claim 43 , wherein the printed circuit board substrate, at least in the vicinity of the melting part of the fuse, has a plurality of through-holes.
59. The fuse element as defined by claim 43 , wherein the metal or metal alloy forming the melting part of the fuse has a plurality of through-holes.
60. The fuse element as defined by claim 51 , wherein at least one void is at least partly filled with an insulating means.
61. The fuse element as defined by claim 53 , wherein the face in which the layer is provided essentially determines the face of the body of the fuse in the plane.
62. The fuse element as defined by claim 53 , wherein at least the thickness of two printed circuit board substrates resting on one another, plus the thickness of the conductor forming the melting part of the fuse element, determines the thickness of the body of the fuse element.
63. The fuse element as defined by a claim 43 , wherein both ends of the melting part of the fuse element are provided with connection contacts.
64. The fuse element as defined by claim 63 , wherein in a three-dimensional embodiment of the body forming the fuse element, the connection contacts are connected to the ends of the melting part of the fuse by means of plated through-hole connections.
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