Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention provide an interconnect substrate capable of improving the connection reliability and yield of a semiconductor device, a method of manufacturing the interconnect substrate, and a semiconductor device using the interconnect substrate.An interconnect substrate according to an embodiment of the invention includes: a substrate; an electrode pad formed over the substrate; an insulating film (solder resist film) formed over the substrate; an opening formed in the insulating film, in which the upper surface of the electrode pad is exposed on the bottom surface of the opening; and a metal film formed over the upper surface of the electrode pad and side surface of the insulating film in the opening. At least a portion of the edge of an upper surface of the metal film is higher than the other portions of the upper surface of the metal film.
Abstract:
A method of forming a circuit board which includes generating laser light with a carbon dioxide laser and making a hole through an insulating substrate by irradiating the insulating substrate with the laser light. The hole includes a top opening in a top surface of the insulating substrate, a bottom opening in a bottom surface of the insulating substrate, and an inner wall extending from the top opening to the bottom opening along a thickness direction of the insulating substrate, the inner wall including a bulge which extends in a direction generally orthogonal to the thickness direction. A via hole is formed in the insulating substrate by providing metal in the hole such that the metal extends from the top opening to the bottom opening along the inner wall, and completely closes each of the top and bottom openings.
Abstract:
A method for forming a plated microvia interconnect. An external dielectric layer (EDL) is mounted on a substrate in direct mechanical contact with a conductive element thereon. An opening in the EDL exposes the conductive element and create a microvia in the EDL. A sidewall and bottom wall surface of the microvia are treated to promote adhesion of copper and are plated with a layer of copper that includes a copper layer on a copper seed layer and is in direct mechanical and electrical contact with the conductive element. A wet solder paste is deposited on the layer of copper to overfill a remaining portion of the microvia. The solder paste is reflowed to form a solder bump in and over the remaining portion of the microvia to form the plated microvia interconnect. A stiffener is attached to the EDL using a first adhesive.
Abstract:
A method of forming an electronic part having a circuit pattern, by forming a cavity mold having trench lines in the cavity mold with a first area perpendicular to an axis and a second area having a negative slope with respect to the axis. The part is molded and removed, and a conductive material is deposited to form conductive and nonconductive areas thereon. The preferred deposit step is by blanket metallization which coats all surfaces except the sides of the trench lines and the second area of the part. The method may include the additional step of molding vertical flash portions on the part instead of or in addition to the trench lines that are removed after the conductive material is deposited thereon to form the circuit pattern.
Abstract:
A wiring board in which lower-layer wiring composed of a wiring body and an etching barrier layer is formed in a concave portion formed on one face of a board-insulating film, upper-layer wiring is formed on the other face of the board-insulating film, and the upper-layer wiring and the wiring body of the lower-layer wiring are connected to each other through a via hole formed in the board-insulating film. The via hole is barrel-shaped, bell-shaped, or bellows-shaped.
Abstract:
A wiring board is disclosed that includes a first insulating layer, a conductor which is formed on a surface of the first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer which is formed on surfaces of the first insulating layer and of the conductor. The wiring board is provided with a semispherical-shaped or conical-shaped hole-forming portion which penetrates through the second insulating layer into the conductor.
Abstract:
An opening is formed in resin 20 by a laser beam so that a via hole is formed. At this time, copper foil 22, the thickness of which is reduced (to 3 nullm) by performing etching to lower the thermal conductivity is used as a conformal mask. Therefore, an opening 20a can be formed in the resin 20 if the number of irradiation of pulse-shape laser beam is reduced. Therefore, occurrence of undercut of the resin 20 which forms an interlayer insulating resin layer can be prevented. Thus, the reliability of the connection of the via holes can be improved.
Abstract:
High aspect ratio (5:1-30:1) and small (5 &mgr;m-125 &mgr;m) diameter holes in a dielectric substrate are provided, which are filled with a solidified conductive material, as well as a method of filling such holes using pressure and vacuum. In certain embodiments, the holes are lined with conductive material and/or capped with a conductive material. The invention also contemplates a chip carrier formed by such material.
Abstract:
The method for producing a printed wiring board comprising the steps of preparing a conductive substrate, forming an insulating layer on one surface of the said substrate, forming at least one via hole in the insulating layer, thermally curing the insulating layer, and reducing at least one oxidized layer formed on the other conductive surface of the substrate during the curing operation. Alternatively, the thermal cure may be accomplished in an atmosphere (e.g., reducing gas, inactive gas, or mixtures thereof) not conducive to oxide formation on metallized circuit surfaces.
Abstract:
An apparatus and a method for filling high aspect ratio holes in electronic substrates that can be advantageously used for filling holes having aspect ratios larger than 5:1 are disclosed. In the apparatus, a filler plate and a vacuum plate are used in conjunction with a connection means such that a gap is formed between the two plates to accommodate an electronic substrate equipped with high aspect ratio via holes. The filler plate is equipped with an injection slot while the vacuum plate is equipped with a vacuum slot such that when a substrate is sandwiched therein, via holes can be evacuated of air and injected with a liquid simultaneously from a bottom side and a top side of the substrate. The present invention novel apparatus and method allows the filling of via holes that have small diameters, i.e., as small as 10 nullm, and high aspect ratios, i.e., at least 5:1 to be filled with an electrically conductive material such as a solder or a conductive polymer such that vias or interconnects can be formed in electronic substrates. The present invention apparatus and method can be advantageously used in fabricating substrates for display panels by forming conductive vias and interconnects for placing a voltage potential on pixel display elements formed on the display panels.