Abstract:
An electronic assembly includes a bare IC die or a leadless electronic component having at least one electrically conductive contact formed on a surface of the component and a leadframe or a substrate having at least one electrically conductive trace. The conductive contact of the component is electrically and mechanically coupled to the conductive trace with a solder joint. The solder joint includes a plurality of solid electrically conductive metal particles having a substantially spherical shape and a diameter ranging from about one mil to about ten mils.
Abstract:
In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method comprises filling a microvia formed in a bond pad with solder paste comprising solder balls of the first size; and coating the bond pad with solder paste comprising solder balls of the second size, wherein the second size is greater than the first size.
Abstract:
A solder paste for fabricating bumps includes a flux and metallic alloy powder. The metallic alloy powder includes a plurality of low eutectic metallic alloy granules, and the size of these metallic alloy granules is 20-60 nullm and the average size of the metallic granules is 35 nullm to 45 nullm.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a bump formation method, comprising the steps of providing a mask, in which a plurality of openings have been formed corresponding to a plurality of electrode pads, to a substrate provided with this plurality of electrode pads, filling the openings with a solder paste, and heat treating the solder paste. The solder paste contains a solder powder. This solder powder is one that contains no more than 10 wt % particles whose diameter is greater than the thickness of the mask and no more than 1.5 times this thickness. Preferably, this solder powder is one that contains no more than 10 wt % particles whose diameter is greater than 40% of the diameter of the openings, or one that contains no more than 30 wt % particles whose diameter is 40 to 100% the thickness of the mask.
Abstract:
Spherical solder drops having precise and accurate shape are formed by an ejection device and solidified to form solder balls for making solder pastes. The diameters of the solidified solder balls are determined by an excitation signal applied to the ejection device and changes in the diameter of the orifice in the ejection device. A solder paste is produced by mixing solidified solder balls of a single diameter or a combination of several different diameters with a carrier.
Abstract:
The method for metallizing the surface of dielectric materials according to the invention comprises a first step wherein a metal powder, the size of the grains of which is comprised between 10 and 5000 nm, is deposited and then incorporated into the surface of the dielectric material. In a second step of the method, the dielectric material which is so impregnated with metal, is immersed into an autocatalytic bath to coat the impregnated zones of the material with a layer of the metal contained in the bath in a thickness which is proportional to the immersion time. This method enables to metallize materials such as oxides, polymers and composites containing these oxides and/or these polymers. The characteristics of the metal deposits are controlled, on the one hand, by the type of metal, and the size and the geometry of the metal powder grains and, on the other hand, by the type and the structure of the dielectric materials coated with these deposits.
Abstract:
A compliant element (23, 25) is provided between an integrated circuit (11) and a substrate (19) which are bonded and interconnected by an anisotropic conductive adhesive (20) comprising conductive particles (21) in a polymer matrix (22). In one embodiment, one set of bonding pads (12, FIG. 2) is coated with a layer (23) of a metal that is significantly softer than the metal from which the conductive particles are made, which permits an oversized conductive particle (21a) to indent into the soft metal layer (23). In another embodiment, one of the sets of bonding pads (15, FIG. 3) is arranged on a relatively thick layer of adhesive (25) which is sufficiently viscous at the temperature at which contact is made to permit the bonding pad (15) to pivot in response to pressure from an oversized conductive particle (21d).
Abstract:
An electrically conductive adhesive composition which provides electric conductivity between facing electrodes but maintains electric insulation in the lateral direction across the facing direction, said composition comprising (a) a nonconductive base resin and (b) electrically conductive particles incorporated and dispersed in the resin (a); wherein(I) said electrically conductive particles (b) are composed of(b-1) 10 to 75%, based on the total weight of the components (a), (b-1) and (b-2), of abrasive grain-like electrically conductive particles having an average particle diameter of at least 1 micrometer, and(b-2) 0.2 to 20% by weight, based on the total weight of the components (a), (b-1) and (b-2), of electrically conductive fine particles having an average particle diameter of not more than 0.5 micrometer, and(II) said electrically conductive adhesive composition contains a solvent for said base resin (a) in an amount required to form said composition into the state of a printing ink or a paint.
Abstract:
A test assembly for testing a high density circuit or a test board, which comprises a test head containing a mirror image circuit of the circuit to be tested on the test board, a plurality of test points on the test head circuit, the test points comprising a plurality of metal pads, and metal contacts soldered to the metal pads, the metal contacts being in the form of metal balls or flakes selected from the group consisting of brass, bronze or copper, of a size ranging from about 5 to about 30 mils. The test head is positiioned over the test board with the metal contacts on the test head in contact with corresponding test points on the high density circuit on the test board. Means are provided for connecting the circuit on the test head with a tester, thereby providing signals from the high density circuit under test through the test head circuit to the tester. A solder composition is provided which is especially adapted for soldering the metal contacts to the metal pads on the test head. Such solder composition comprises a liquid vehicle, finely divided solder metal dispersed in the vehicle, the solder metal having a particle size ranging from 40 to 70 microns, and additional metal particles dispersed in the vehicle, the additional particles being in the form of metal balls or flakes selected from the group consisting of brass, bronze and copper, the additional metal particles having a size ranging from about 5 to about 30 mils and being present in an amount ranging from about 5 to about 60% by weight of the total composition.
Abstract:
Novel solder composition or solder cream, particularly adapted for soldering components in electronic circuitry, comprising finely divided solder metals such as tin and lead, dispersed in a vehicle containing viscosity controlling agents, organic solvents, and a rosin or rosin derivative as a flux. By employing a narrow range of rosin-containing vehicle, that is between 13 and 14%, and between 86 and 87% of solder metal, by weight of the solder composition, and fine particle size solder metal of from 40 to 70 microns, the formation of solder balls is essentially eliminated, thus avoiding the necessity of removing such solder balls.