1. A thermal pad formed on a printed circuit board (PCB), the thermal pad comprising in its interior:
a coin, wherein: i) the coin has a height equal to a thickness of the PCB, ii) the coin is made of metal or alloy, iii) the coin is inserted into a corresponding plated cutout straight through the PCB in the thermal pad, wherein the cutout is essentially the same size as the coin, and iv) the coin is bonded to side walls of the corresponding cutout with a paste capable of resisting a temperature of 250\xb0 C.; and
a plurality of through vias, which are plated, and plugged with a solder mask, wherein
the thermal pad has a flat top surface and a flat bottom surface, either of which is coplanar with a corresponding one of top and bottom surfaces of the PCB.
2. The thermal pad according to claim 1, wherein the one coin is located in the central area of the thermal pad, and the plurality of through vias are uniformly distributed in the rest of the thermal pad.
3. The thermal pad according to claim 2, wherein a shape of the coin is one of a rectangle, a circle, and a cross.
4. The thermal pad according to claim 1, further comprising a second coin, wherein the two recited coins have the same shape and are distributed symmetrically about a central line of the thermal pad, and the plurality of through vias are uniformly distributed in the rest of the thermal pad.
5. The thermal pad according to claim 4, wherein the shapes of the two recited coins are both rectangles or circles.
6. The thermal pad according to claim 1, wherein the metal is copper.
7. The thermal pad according to claim 1, wherein the paste is conductive.
8. The thermal pad according to claim 7, wherein the paste is Ag-filled epoxy.
9. The thermal pad according to claim 1, wherein the solder mask is an epoxy.
10. A method of forming a thermal pad on a printed circuit board (PCB), the method comprising the steps of:
forming one or more coins, each being made of metal or alloy and having a height equal to a thickness of the PCB;
forming one or more cutouts and a plurality of through vias straight through the PCB in an area for forming the thermal pad, each of the one or more cutouts corresponding to a corresponding one of the one or more coins and having essentially the same size as the corresponding one of the one or more coins;
plating the one or more cutouts and the plurality of through vias;
inserting the one or more coins into the corresponding ones of the one or more plated cutouts and bonding the one or more coins to side walls of the corresponding ones of the one or more plated cutouts with a paste capable of resisting a temperature of 250\xb0 C. or above;
plugging the plurality of plated through vias with a solder mask; and
flattening a top surface and a bottom surface of the PCB with the thermal pad via a surface process.
11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the step of forming one or more cutouts and a plurality of through vias comprises the steps of:
forming one cutout straight through the PCB in the central part of the area for forming the thermal pad; and
forming the plurality of through vias straight through the PCB and uniformly distributed in the rest of the area for forming thermal pad.
12. The method according to claim 11, wherein a shape of the one cutout is one of a rectangle, a circle, and a cross.
13. The method according to claim 10, wherein the step of forming one or more cutouts and a plurality of through vias comprises the steps of:
forming two cutouts straight through the PCB in the area for forming the thermal pad, the two cutouts having the same shape and being distributed symmetrically about a central line of the area; and
forming the plurality of through vias straight through the PCB and uniformly distributed in the rest of the area for forming the thermal pad.
14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the shapes of the two cutouts are both rectangles or circles.
15. The method according to claim 10, wherein the metal is copper.
16. The method according to claim 10, wherein the paste is conductive.
17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the paste is Ag-filled epoxy.
18. The method according to claim 10, wherein the solder mask is an epoxy.
19. The thermal pad of claim 1, wherein the coin is fabricated as one piece at the height equal to the thickness of the PCB prior to inserting the coin into the PCB.
20. The thermal pad of claim 19, wherein the thickness of the PCB is not limited by the height of the coin.
21. The thermal pad of claim 1, wherein less than an entire surface area of the coin is bonded to the sidewalls of the corresponding one of the one or more plate cutouts.
22. The thermal pad of claim 1, wherein the coin is not a paste material.
23. The thermal pad of claim 1, wherein the coin is a rigid, solid member.
24. The thermal pad of claim 1, wherein the paste is separate and distinct from the coin.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A pre-formed printable blank label system for a slim-line CD jewel case, wherein said slim-line CD jewel case comprises a transparent cover, a transparent spine integral with said transparent cover, a tray for holding a CD, a first hinge and a second hinge, and wherein said pre-formed printable blank label system comprises;
a. a label comprising a preformed octagonal sheet having planar, contiguous and adjacent first and second portions adapted to receive a first set of printed matter from a computer printer in a first predetermined position and a second set of printed matter from said computer printer in a second predetermined position, wherein the computer printer has first and second mechanical margins;
b. a carrier sheet adapted for carrying said label through the computer printer; and,
c. means for composing said first and second sets of printed matter so that the first and second set of printed matter is transferred to said first and second predetermined positions respectively on the label.
2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first portion comprises a first rectangle having a front edge, a left edge, a right edge, a first width, a first length, a first face, and a thickness, and wherein said first face includes the first predetermined position for receiving the first set of printed matter.
3. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said second portion comprises a second rectangle having a rear edge, a left edge, a right edge, a second length and a second width that is slightly less than said first width, a second face and a third face having said second width, wherein said third face is defined between a first line of reduced strength and said rear edge, and further wherein the third face includes the second predetermined position adapted to receive the second set of printed matter.
4. The system as claimed in claim 3, wherein said carrier sheet includes a plurality of guidelines for centering the label thereupon in proper orientation so that the first and second sets of printed matter are accurately received within the first and second predetermined positions respectively during printing, and wherein the label is temporarily fixed adhesively to the carrier sheet so that when the combination carrier sheet and label are passed through the computer printer, the label remains stationary and stable on the carrier sheet.
5. The system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the combination of the label and the carrier sheet are placed in the computer printer in a portrait orientation, and wherein the label is centered upon the carrier sheet in portrait orientation intermediate of said first and second printer margins.
6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second portion comprises a second rectangle having a rear edge, a left edge, a right edge, a second length and a second width that is slightly less than said first width, a second face and a third face having said second width, wherein said second face includes at least a first, second and third parallel and spaced lines of reduced strength, wherein said at least first, second and third parallel lines of reduced strength are adapted to yield to contact pressures caused by closure of the CD slim-line jewel case so the label does not deform within the CD slim-line jewel case.
7. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said means for composing the first and second sets of printed matter so that the first set of printed matter is placed within the first predetermined position and the second set of printed matter is placed within the second predetermined positions comprises a digitized template adapted for display on a screen of a computer, wherein said digitized template comprises a virtual display of the label, and further wherein said virtual display includes a first data field for composing the first set of printed matter in a virtual first predetermined position and a second data field for composing the second set of printed matter in a virtual second predetermined position.
8. The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein said computer is adapted to print the virtual display onto the label as it passes through the computer printer.
9. The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the means for composing is adapted to connect to the Internet so that information contained therein may be transferred to the digitized template.
10. A pre-formed printable blank label system for a slim-line CD jewel case, wherein said slim-line CD jewel case comprises a transparent cover, a transparent spine integral with said transparent cover, a tray for holding a CD, a first hinge and a second hinge, and wherein said pre-formed printable blank label system comprises;
a. a preformed dodecagonal sheet having planar, contiguous and adjacent first, second and third portions adapted to receive a first set of printed matter from a computer printer in a first predetermined position and a second set of printed matter from said computer in a second predetermined position, wherein said computer printer has first and second mechanical margins; and,
b. means for composing said first and second set of printed matter so that the first and second set of printed matter is transferred to said first and second predetermined positions respectively on the label.
11. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the first portion comprises a first rectangle having a front edge, a left edge, a right edge, a first width, a first length, a first face, and a thickness, and wherein said first face includes the first predetermined position for receiving the first set of printed matter from the computer printer.
12. The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the second portion comprises a second rectangle having a second length and a second width that is slightly less than said first width, a second face and a co-planar third face having a third width and a co-planar fourth face, wherein said third face is defined between a first and a second parallel lines of reduced strength and includes the second predetermined position adapted to receive the second set of printed matter.
13. The system as claimed in claim 12, wherein said third portion comprises a fifth face having a third width equal to the first width and a third length.
14. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the label is inserted in a landscape orientation into the computer printer independent of a carrier sheet.
15. The system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the label is folded at a right angle along said first parallel line of reduced strength, and wherein the label is further folded at an angle that is at least a right angle along said second parallel line of reduced strength thereby creating a triangular folded portion adapted to ensure that the third face remains within the transparent spine of the CD jewel case.
16. The system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the second width is adapted to maintain positional agreement with said first and second CD slim line jewel case hinges thereby allowing the first and second hinges to pivot without interfering with the label.
17. A pre-formed printable blank label system for a slim line CD jewel case, wherein said slim line CD jewel case comprises a transparent cover, a transparent spine integral with said transparent cover, a tray for holding a CD, a first hinge and a second hinge, and wherein said system comprises a label comprising a pre-formed octagonal sheet having planar, contiguous and adjacent first and second portions, a plurality of adjacent and parallel lines of reduced strength within said second portion, and a carrier sheet adapted for carrying the label through a computer printer.
18. The system as claimed in claim 17, wherein said plurality of adjacent and parallel lines of reduced strength comprise a first, second and third line of reduced strength, and further wherein said first second and third lines of reduced strength are adapted to prevent deformation of the label within the CD slim line jewel case by absorbing compressive forces exerted on the label when the jewel case is closed.
19. A CD slim line jewel case for holding a CD having an outer diameter and a centered aperture having an inner diameter, wherein said CD slimline jewel case comprises a cover, a base pivotally fixed to said cover by hinging means, and a CD tray for holding said CD tightly therein, wherein:
a. the cover comprises a first rectangular body having a top surface, a bottom surface, a left skirt, a right skirt, a rear skirt, a front open end, a rearward left projection having a first inwardly protruding pin and a rearward right projection having a second inwardly protruding pin;
b. said base comprises a second rectangular body having a top surface, a bottom surface, a rear wall, a left side wall, a right side wall, a front wall, wherein said left side wall includes a left side flange and said right side wall includes a right side flange, and wherein the base further comprises an interior wall adjacent to and parallel to said rear wall and spaced a predetermined distance there from, and wherein said left side wall includes a rearward left apertured projection and said right side wall includes a rearward right apertured projection;
c. the CD tray comprises a first outer circular wall having an inside diameter equal to said outside diameter of a CD, a second inner wall having an outside diameter equal to the inside diameter of said CD aperture diameter, wherein said second inner wall is adapted to engage the CD aperture so that the CD is removeably fixed within the tray, and wherein said CD tray first outer circular wall is circumscribed within the rectangle formed by the base front wall, left side wall, right side wall and intermediate wall; and,
d. said hinge means comprises the rearward left projection having the first inwardly protruding pin, the rearward right projection having the second inwardly protruding pin, the rearward left projection having a first aperture and the rearward right projection having a second aperture such the first pin meshes with the first aperture and the second pin meshes with the second aperture so that the cover and base are joined in a pivoting relationship at their respective rearward ends.
20. A method of packaging a slim-line CD jewel cases comprising the steps of:
a. obtaining an empty slim-line CD jewel case;
b. folding a dodecagonal sheet along said second line of reduced strength so that the fourth and fifth faces are co-planer and located below the first, second and third faces;
c. placing said dodecagonal sheet on top of said empty slim-line CD jewel case;
d. repeating steps a to c for a plurality of empty slim-line CD jewel case;
e. stacking said plurality of slim-line CD jewel cases; and,
f. shrink-wrapping said plurality of slim-line CD jewel cases.