Abstract:
An anisotropically conductive structure for providing electrical interconnection between electronic components, and the process for making such anisotropically conductive structure. The anisotropically conductive structure includes a dielectric matrix having a substantially uniform thickness; an array of vias extending into or through the matrix; a plurality of conductive elements, wherein individual via contains at least one conductive element; a first adhesive layer adhered to the first major surface of the matrix; and optionally, a second adhesive layer adhered to the second major surface of the matrix.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for connecting integrated circuits placed on opposite sides of a circuit board through utilization of conduction elements embedded in the circuit board and extending from one surface of the board to the other. Conductive traces extend along the surface of the circuit board from the conduction elements to the integrated circuits. The conductive traces may be formed from multiple conductive layers.
Abstract:
A compressible interposer comprising an interposer sheet having a plurality of apertures filled with a dielectric material having a substantially uniform suspension of conductive particles therein forming a plurality of conductive sites. Preferably, the number of conductive sites on the interposer are greater in number than the number of contact pads on the electronic components such that precise alignment of the interposer between the electronic components is not required. The apertures of the interposer sheet confine the conductive particles within the dielectric material such that during compression of the interposer between the electronic components, z-axis conductive pathways are formed without shorting in the x and y directions. Preferably, the interposer sheet comprises polyimide. Preferably, the dielectric material comprises polyimide-siloxane. Preferably, the conductive particles have a diameter of about 2 to about 20 &mgr;m and comprise of a material selected from the group consisting of copper, gold, silver, nickel, palladium, platinum, and alloys thereof. The particles may also be coated with an additional conductive material such as solder having a lower melting temperature. Most preferably, the conductive particles comprise solder coated copper particles. The conductive particles are present in an amount of about 30 to about 90 wt. % of the total weight of the conductive particles and the dielectric material.
Abstract:
An isotropically electroconductive resin film material produced by sticking electroconductive particles to a sticking layer formed on a support and fixing therein, and filling a film-forming resin incompatible with the sticking material among the electroconductive particles, has electroconductivity only in the film thickness direction via the electroconductive particles uniformly dispersed in the plane direction, and is suitable for electrically connecting oppositely placed circuits and fine electrodes of a plurality of electronic parts, and for testing electronic parts.
Abstract:
A process for the preparation of an anisotropic conducting material including the steps of providing a strip or sheet of a non-conducting matrix and laminating at least one layer of a release material to each side thereof to form a composite matrix, forming an array of holes in a predetermined pattern in the composite matrix, passing the matrix through a coating head which simultaneously fills the holes in the array in the composite matrix from both sides of the matrix with a conducting material, curing or drying the composite filled matrix and removing at least one layer of release material from each side of the matrix.
Abstract:
Electronic circuit prototype wiring board is fabricated with layers of electrically conductive material separated by layers of dielectric material. Contact pads of electrically conductive material are arrayed on a surface of the board. Columns of electrically conductive material extend upward from each of the conductive layers to selected contact pads, passing through perforations in any intermediate layers above, such that each of the pads is in electrical communication with only one of the conductive layers. All of the pads connected to a common conductive layer are of a similar geometric plan form which is associated with that layer and which is different and distinguishable from the plan form of pads in electrical communication with any other of the conductive layers. In an alternative embodiment, the wiring board is fabricated of an elastic dielectric material. Access points for each conductive layer of the board are identified by similar geometric shapes associated with that layer and which are different and distinguishable from shapes identifying access points for any other of the conductive layers. Pins fabricated of electrically conductive material are inserted into the elastic dielectric material to establish electrical contact with a desired conductive layer and be retained by the dielectric material to serve as a wiring post.
Abstract:
Electronic devices having at least two components wire mating contact pads are provided with high-aspect-ratio solder joints between the mating pads. These joints ar formed by placing a composite solder medium containing solder wires in an electrically insulating matrix such that at least two solder wires are in contact with the mating pads, and fusing the wires to the pads. The insulating matrix with remainder of solder wires is then optionally removed from between the said at least two component. The composite solder medium is formed by preparing an elongated body of solder wires in an insulating matrix and cutting off slices of the composite solder medium, the solder wires having a high-aspect-ratio of length to the diameter. Alternatively sheets of the composite solder medium are prepared by magnetically aligning solder coated magnetic particles into columns arranged transverse of an insulating matrix and heating sufficiently to fuse the solder in each column into a continuously conducting solder path.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for providing an array of metal microbeads on a substrate, preferably in a regular pattern of very fine, uniform size microspheres or microbeads at precise spacing or scale previously unachievable. The method of the present invention comprises the steps of providing a metal layer on a substrate that is partitioned into metal regions; heating the metal layer to a temperature sufficient to melt the metal and to permit beading of the layer into discrete microbeads.
Abstract:
Multilayer circuit assemblies are made by stacking circuit panels having contacts on their top surfaces, through conductors extending between top and bottom surfaces and terminals connected to the bottomend of each through conductor. The terminals and contacts are arranged so that when the panels are stacked the terminals on the bottom of one panel are in alignment with the contacts on the top surface of the immediately underlying panel. The panels are selectively treated on their top and/or bottom surfaces so as to selectively disconnect or connect each contact to a terminal on the bottom surface of the same panel. For example, the top surface of the panel may be selectively etched to disconnect a contact from one through conductor and hence from the associated terminal. The aligned terminals and contacts are nonselectively connected to one another at each interface so that wherever a terminal and contact on adjacent panels are aligned with one another there are connected to one another. This forms composite vertical conductors extending through a plurality of the panels. The selective treatment of the panel top and bottom surfaces provides selective interruptions in the vertical conductors. A circuit panel precursor having the through conductors and methods of making the same are also provided.
Abstract:
Electrically conductive elements on two substrates can be electrically interconnected by an adhesive tape containing electrically conductive particles, most of which are substantially uniformly spaced from their six nearest neighbors. Preferably the particles are spherical and of substantially equal diameter slightly exceeding the thickness of the adhesive layer. The adhesive tape can be made by forming a dense monolayer of the particles, covering a stretchable adhesive layer with that dense monolayer, biaxially stretching the adhesive layer to separate each particle from other particles of the monolayer, and then embedding the particles either into that adhesive layer or into the adhesive layer of another tape.