STABLCOR Printed Circuit Boards

Applied Material Technologies, Inc.

Fountain Valley, CA

Printed circuit board with a high conductivity and low thermal expansion core material

• Developed a printed circuit board that improves thermal heat dissipation and reduces thermal expansion mismatch between the board and the integrated circuit components
• Production units manufactured and qualification tested by Boeing Commercial Space Systems
• Manufacturing process developed and transitioned to production at a commercial manufacturing facility

• AMT has sold all rights to this technology. Thermal Works, Inc. now owns the technology
• Approximately $400K has been authorized and spent to conduct qualification life tests
• Alliance between AMT and Thermal Works, Inc. was formed for servicing the commercial and military markets
• Thermal Works has spent over $1.5M on manufacturing development of the production process
• Primary commercial interest to date is from high tech data storage, cell phones, graphic cards, and all wafer level products

• Interest from government has been for space and military systems
• This technology is useful for other science applications

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