Abstract:
An anticompromise pyrotechnic eradication thin film circuit module having thin films of perfluoropolymer and metal thereon in sufficient quantity to produce a pyrotechnic reaction to cause heat of fusion of the metals of the thin film circuit to destroy the circuit beyond recognition and repair.
Abstract:
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THIN-FILM CIRCUITS FROM SUBSTRATES HAVING SUPERIMPOSED FILMS OF A RESISTIVE AND A CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, THE UNDERCUTTING OF RESISTORS OR THE UNINTENTIONAL REDUCTION OF CONDUCTOR-TERMINATION PAD DIMENSIONS BY MISREGISTRATION IS ELIMINATED THROUGH THE USE OF A FIRST "ROUGH" MASK TO PERMIT REMOVAL OF THE CONDUCTIVE FILM FROM THE GENERAL AREA WHERE THE RESISTORS WILL BE FORMED. A SECOND MASK IN THE CONFIGURATION OF THE ENTIRE THIN-FILM CIRCUIT IS USED TO PERMIT THE REMOVAL OF THE REMAINING UNWANTED PORTIONS OF THE THIN FILMS. SINCE THE RESISTOR PORTION OF THE SECOND MASK FALLS DIRECTLY ON THE RESISTIVE FILM IN THE GENERAL AREA WHTER THE CONDUCTIVE FILM WAS REMOVED BY THE FIRST MASK, AND THE SECOND MASK CONTAINS THE ENTIRE THIN-FILM CIRCUIT, BOTH UNDERCUTTING AND MISREGISTRATION, WHICH LEADS TO UNINTENTIONAL REDUCTION OF CONDUCTOR-TERMINATION PAD DIMENSIONS, ARE AVOIDED.
Abstract:
A method for producing reliable bonding bumps on large-scale array substrates and hybrid add-on components, the present invention is compatible with a wide variety of microcircuit components. Generally, the method envisions fabrication of bonding bumps by thin-film vacuum deposition through a mechanical mask. In particular, a first metal is deposited on a substrate to a desired thickness whereupon said first metal is then codeposited with a second metal. The bump is completed with the sole deposition of the second metal. A bump thus produced may be further processed to produce a ''''solder-dipped bump'''' or may be used in the thin-film state for component mounting.
Abstract:
A method of forming a two-dimensional electrical circuit assembly. A substrate is coated with a thin gold layer. The gold layer is removed from marginal areas not associated with the regions of conductive elements and resistive elements of the assembly. The gold layer in the regions of the conductive layers are plated with more gold and the resistive layer in the marginal areas is removed using the gold as a resist. Finally the remaining gold is etched to remove the gold layer from the regions of the resistive elements and to leave gold plating forming the conductive elements.
Abstract:
A circuit module includes: a substrate including a first main surface and a second main surface; a resin layer on the first main surface of the substrate; an electronic component; a penetrating portion penetrating the resin layer in a thickness direction; a first conductor that is a pillar conductor present in the penetrating portion, the first conductor including a first bottom closer to the substrate and a second bottom inward of an outer surface of the resin layer; a second conductor that is a metal film covering at least a portion of a side surface of the first conductor, the second conductor including a portion extending continuously from the side surface of the first conductor to the same plane with the outer surface of the resin layer.