Abstract:
An interposer member having strategically positioned apertures for electrically connecting an electronic device to a circuitized substrate. The member includes a homogeneous elastomer core having strategically positioned apertures. The apertures are positioned through the member approximately equidistant between adjacent plated through holes and/or conductive pads. Such positioning relieves stress from the plated through holes and/or conductive pads, and increases the contact compliancy of the member.
Abstract:
An anisotropic conductive adhesive film contains a first insulating adhesive layer, a second insulating adhesive layer whose modulus of elasticity after curing is less than the modulus of elasticity of the cured first insulating adhesive layer, and electrically conductive particles which are dispersed in at least either the first insulating adhesive layer or the second insulating adhesive layer.
Abstract:
A method of making an interposer having an array of contact structures for making temporary electrical contact with the leads of a chip package. The contact structures may make contact with the leads substantially as close as desired to the body of the chip package. Moreover, the contact structures can be adapted for making contact with leads having a very fine pitch. In a first embodiment, the contact structures include raised members formed over a body of the interposer. A conductive layer is formed over each of the raised members to provide a contact surface for engaging the leads of the chip package. In another embodiment, the raised members are replaced with depressions formed into the interposer. A conductive layer is formed on an inside surface of each depression to provide a contact surface for engaging the leads of the chip package. Moreover, any combination of raised members and depressions may be used.
Abstract:
A method for enhancing the adhesion between a metal surface and a circuit board substrate comprises contacting the metal surface with adhesion promoting solution comprising poly(vinyl butyral) having a molecular weight of about 70,000 to about 200,000 and a carrier; allowing the carrier to evaporate and forming an adhesion promoting layer; contacting the adhesion promoting layer with a curable thermosetting circuit board substrate composition; and curing the thermosetting composition. Use of an adhesion promoting layer comprising poly(vinyl butyral) having a molecular weight of about 70,000 to about 200,000 causes a large increase in both the tensile bond strength between the metal surface and thermoset resin and the uniformity of the tensile bond strength.
Abstract:
A layer of an anisotropic material has a pair of substantially flat oppositely-directed major faces, a vertical direction extending between the faces and horizontal directions transverse to the vertical direction, the layer including a dielectric material and a plurality of conductive particles in the dielectric material. The particles are distributed non-uniformly in the horizontal directions so as to provide areas of high particle concentration interspersed with areas of low particle concentration.
Abstract:
An electrical structure, and associated method of fabrication, for reducing thermally induced strain in a soldered interface, such as a solder ball or a solder column, between a chip carrier (or chip) and an electronic carrier such as a circuit card. The thermally induced strain may be caused during thermal cycling by a mismatch in coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), and consequent differential rates in thermal expansion, between the chip carrier (or chip) and the electronic carrier. The thermally induced strain may also exist with a large chip carrier characterized by a large temperature difference during thermal transients between the electronic carrier and localized regions of the chip carrier, even in the absence of a CTE mismatch. The electrical structure of the present invention includes an interposing compliant layer of soft and spongy material between the chip carrier (or chip) and the electronic carrier. Thermal strains resulting from the differential rates of thermal expansion are diverted from the soldered interface into small motions of material within the compliant layer.
Abstract:
In an insulating film having improved adhesive strength and a multilayer printed circuit board having the same, the insulating film made of an epoxy resin, a rubber and a filler, for use in an insulating layer of a multilayer printed circuit board, is composed of a first coating layer and a second coating layer. The first coating layer has a greater amount of rubber and filler and a smaller amount of epoxy resin than the second coating layer.
Abstract:
A cover-lay film comprising a heat-resistant film and an adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer is formed of an epoxy resin composition containing (a) an epoxy resin, (b) a curing agent, (c) a phenolic hydroxyl-containing polyamide-poly(butadiene-acrylonitrile) copolymer, and (d) an ion capturing agent and having a glass transition temperature of 80null C. or higher after cure, and the heat-resistant film mainly comprises a polyimide containing a 3,3null,4,4null-biphenyltetracarboxylic acid component and a p-phenylenediamine component and has a specific coefficient of linear thermal expansion and a specific tensile modulus in both machine and transverse directions.
Abstract:
A method of forming a circuit material comprises disposing an adhesion promoting elastomer composition between a conductive copper foil and a thermosetting composition; and laminating the copper foil, adhesion promoting composition, and thermosetting composition to form the circuit material. The adhesion promoting layer may be uncured or partially cured before contacting with the curable thermosetting composition. Preferably the adhesion promoting layer has electrical characteristics such as dissipation factor, dielectric breakdown strength, water absorption, and dielectric constant that are similar to and/or compatible with the electrical characteristics of the thermosetting composition.
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.