Abstract:
Structure and method for reinforcing a solder column grid array attachment of a ceramic or the like substrate to a printed circuit board, the reinforcement providing support for a heat sink which is bonded or affixed by pressure to a structural element of the substrate. In one form, the invention involves the concurrent formation of materially larger solder columns along the perimeter of the substrate in conjunction with the array of thin electrically interconnecting solder columns on the substrate. The reinforcing and electrical signal columns are thereafter aligned and attached by solder reflow to a corresponding pattern of pads on the printed circuit board. The heat sink is thermally connected to a structural element of the substrate by bonding or mechanical compression. Stresses in the solder columns caused by heat sink compressive forces or vibration induced flexing are materially decreased without adding complex or unique manufacturing operations.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for efficiently repairing or reworking a printed circuit board having a solder ball grid array thereon efficiently and at minimum cost includes the steps of drilling out a plated-through hole to sever electrical connections between a ball grid array pad on one surface of the printed circuit board and internal circuits and circuits on an opposite surface of the printed circuit board; inserting a pin having an insulated sleeve surrounding a portion thereof into the drilled-out hole, the pin having attached to one end a wire for attachment to the ball grid array on one surface of the printed circuit board and a post at the other end of the pin for attachment of a wire to the post; the pin having a stop along its length to control vertical positioning of the pin in the drilled-out hole, the pin referred to as a via replacement (VR) pin. Alternately, after the plated through hole is drilled out, an insulated wire may be inserted into the hole with insulation removed from the length of the wire which extends beyond one surface of the printed circuit board. The bare length of wire is bent parallel to the surface of the printed circuit board and attached thereto by a solder reflow process. In a dog bone configuration, the wire is formed around a pad on the surface of the printed circuit board which receives the solder ball.
Abstract:
A solder interconnection between a module and printed circuit board or card is provided by a plurality of solder connections arranged in a micro grid array joining solder wettable pads on a major surface of the module to a corresponding set of solder wettable pads of the printed circuit board or card. The solder connections are column shaped with the height of each connection being at least about 1.4 times the diameter of the connection.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a solder member for external connection joined to a connection terminal formed on a surface of a printed wiring board corresponding to a conductor pattern and having an electroless Ni/Au plated layer, wherein the solder member is a ball-shaped solder containing finely powdered copper and has an excellent joint strength to the connection terminal.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit assembly has pads of a chip electrically connected to pads of a substrate with rolling metal balls. A pliable material bonds the balls in movable contact with pads of the chip and substrate. Because the balls are relatively free to move, thermal expansion differences that would ordinarily cause enormous stresses in the attached joints of the prior art, simply cause rolling of the balls of the present invention, avoiding thermal stress altogether. Reliability of the connections is substantially improved as compared with C4 solder bumps, and chips can be safely directly mounted to such substrates as PC boards, despite substantial thermal mismatch.
Abstract:
A method of forming an electrical connection between two devices is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the method includes soldering a second solderable cap of an interconnection to a first contact pad of a first component. The interconnection further includes a conductive polymer comprising a polymer component and a conductive component A first solderable cap is disposed in contact with the conductive polymer, and the second solderable cap is disposed in contact with the conductive polymer opposite the first solderable cap. The first solderable cap is then soldered to a second contact pad of a second component.
Abstract:
A method is proposed for bonding a BGA (Ball Grid Array) package to a circuit board without causing the collapsing of the BGA package against the circuit board. The proposed method is characterized in the use of two groups of solder balls of different reflow collapse degrees, which are arranged in an interspersed manner among each other in the ball grid array. In one embodiment, the first group of solder balls are homogenously made of a solder material of a specific melting point; and the second group of solder balls each include an outer portion and a core portion, with the outer portion having substantially the same melting point as the first group of solder balls, and the core portion being greater in melting point than the outer portion. In another embodiment, the second group of solder balls are greater in melting point than the first group of solder balls. During the solder-reflow process, when the first group of solder balls are entirely melted, the second group of solder balls are only partly melted or entirely unmelted and thus are capable of providing a solid support to the BGA package to prevent the collapsing of BGA package against circuit board.
Abstract:
A packaging process providing a die with C4 solder bumps and a polymer substrate first. It then jets the melted second solder onto each of the C4 solder bumps forming a second solder bump. After reflowing and leveling the solder bumps, the die is flipped and combined with the substrate. Then heat treatment proceeds with the combination of the die and the substrate forming a flip chip package with collapse-controlled solder bump on the polymer substrate.
Abstract:
The object of the invention is to obtain solder bonding of high reliability in which the heat resisting properties of a circuit substrate and electronic parts are taken into consideration. In order to achieve the object, there are provided semiconductor devices each having solder bumps as external pads, and a circuit substrate bonded to the external pads of each of the semiconductor devices through a solder paste, each of the solder bumps being made of a first lead-free solder, the solder paste being made of a second lead-free solder having a melting point lower than that of the first lead-free solder.
Abstract:
A paste is described for capping electrodes with an oxide free metal layer incorporating a solvent, an unzippable polymer and particles. The electrode could be an interconnect such as a C4 bump. A method for forming a coating and for testing integrated circuit chips is also described. The invention overcomes the problem of interconnecting Pb containing electrodes that are covered with an insulating oxide on integrated circuit chips by coating the Pb containing electrode with Au to provide an oxide free surface for testing and interconnection.