Abstract:
A method of providing thermal vias in a printed circuit board that includes one or more layers of board material is disclosed. The vias provide for conducting heat from components mounted on the board. One or more holes (4) are provided in a printed circuit board that may include several metal layers. A metal ball (6) is inserted into each hole and subjected to pressure such as to deform said ball, and tightly fixating the resultant slug against the wall (5) of said hole. The deformed ball or slug fixed in the hole, which may have a metallised inner surface, functions to conduct heat and/or electricity between a metallised topside (2) and bottom side (3) of the printed circuit board and also between intermediate metallised layers in the case of a multi-layer board.
Abstract:
A process for manufacturing a flexible wiring board according to the present invention comprises growing metal bumps 16 using a mask film patterned by photolithography. Fine openings can be formed with good precision, therefore, fine metal bumps 16 can be formed with good precision because laser beam is not used to form openings in a polyimide film. After metal bumps 16 have been formed, the mask film is removed and a liquid resin material is applied and dried to form a coating, which is then cured into a resin film. The coating can be etched at surface portions during coating stage to expose the tops of metal bumps 16.
Abstract:
A solvent-free filling material comprising a filler, a thermosetting resin, a curing agent, and a curing catalyst, wherein the thermosetting resin is an epoxy resin, and the curing agent is a dicyandiamide curing agent; a multilayer printed wiring board comprising a substrate, a through-hole, the filling material filling the through-hole, and a conductor layer formed on an exposed surface of the filling material in the through-hole; and a process for producing the multilayer printed wiring board.
Abstract:
A process for manufacturing a flexible wiring board according to the present invention includes growing metal bumps (16) using a mask film patterned by photolithography. Fine openings are formed in a polyimide film with good precision allowing fine metal bumps (16) to be formed with good precision. After metal bumps (16) have been formed, the mask film is removed and a liquid resin material is applied and dried to form a coating, which is then cured into a resin film. The coating can be etched at surface portions during coating stage to expose the tops of metal bumps (16).
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:
A paste for one of a via and an external feature, such as a pad, tab, or line, of a ceramic substrate, includes at least one of titania and zirconia, and a filler material mixed with the at least one of titania and zirconia. Further, the via structure or external feature such as an input/output pad, tab, or line, includes a metallic plating thereover. A method of forming the via structure or the external feature on the ceramic substrate, includes steps of either depositing the paste in the via of the ceramic substrate or depositing the paste on the ceramic substrate, and depositing, by a dry process metallic plating, a metallic plating on the paste. The paste includes at least one of titania and zirconia for reducing residual stress without effecting the platability of the metallic plating.
Abstract:
A reusable burn-in/test fixture for testing unsingulated dice on a semiconductor wafer consists of two halves. The first half of the test fixture is a wafer cavity plate for receiving the wafer, and the second half establishes electrical communication between the wafer and electrical test equipment. A rigid substrate has conductors thereon which establish electrical contact with the wafer. The test fixture need not be opened until the burn-in and electrical test are completed. After burn-in stress and electrical testing, it is possible to establish interconnection between the single die or separate and package dice into discrete parts, arrays or clusters, either as singulated parts or as arrays.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for fabricating vias in solder pads of a ball grid array (BGA) substrate. The substrate is drilled to form the plural vias, and then the interior surfaces of said vias are plated with a copper layer for forming the electrically conductive vias. After the high solid content of the resin is adopted for being plugged into the electrically conductive vias, the both ends of the electrically conductive vias and the upper surface and the lower surface of the substrate are plated with a copper layer. Then said copper layers are etched to form the upper circuit layer and the lower circuit layer and the solder pads. The method in present invention can increase the density of the circuits. Because the both ends of the electrically conductive vias plugged with the resin are very planar, it can be made use of forming a core layer for the built-up fabrication.
Abstract:
A method for creating an impedance controlled printing wiring board, particularly the formation of a structure for high speed printed wiring boards incorporating multiple differential impedance controlled layers. Furthermore, disclosed is the provision of a method for producing an impedance controlled printed circuit wiring board. Also, there is the provision of a method for producing high speed printed wiring boards with multiple differential impedance controlled layers.
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.