Abstract:
A soldering system which reduces the numbers of steps for paste supply and soldering onto a printed circuit board. A printed circuit board has through holes through which a lead of each provided part is to be inserted. A printing mask is matched with the through holes and a paste receiving plate having holes to which solder paste is supplied corresponding to the through holes is disposed. A printing roller is swept by forcibly rotating it to fill with solder paste, then a printing squeegee follows the printing roller to further fill through holes. Parts are loaded on the through holes and reflowing is carried out on the printed circuit board and paste receiving plate, so that the parts are soldered to the printed circuit board.
Abstract:
The invention provides an electronic apparatus having a metal core substrate including a metal plate, an insulating layer formed on the metal plate and a conductive layer formed on the insulating layer, and an electronic part, and to which the conductive layer and a terminal of the electronic part are connected. In the electronic apparatus, a member having a high thermal conductivity is arranged so as to be in contact with both of the metal plate and the electronic part. Accordingly, a heat radiating property of the electronic apparatus is increased.
Abstract:
An apparatus and a method for filling high aspect ratio holes in electronic substrates that can be advantageously used for filling holes having aspect ratios larger than 5:1 are disclosed. In the apparatus, a filler plate and a vacuum plate are used in conjunction with a connection means such that a gap is formed between the two plates to accommodate an electronic substrate equipped with high aspect ratio via holes. The filler plate is equipped with an injection slot while the vacuum plate is equipped with a vacuum slot such that when a substrate is sandwiched therein, via holes can be evacuated of air and injected with a liquid simultaneously from a bottom side and a top side of the substrate. The present invention novel apparatus and method allows the filling of via holes that have small diameters, i.e., as small as 10 &mgr;m, and high aspect ratios, i.e., at least 5:1 to be filled with an electrically conductive material such as a solder or a conductive polymer such that vias or interconnects can be formed in electronic substrates. The present invention apparatus and method can be advantageously used in fabricating substrates for display panels by forming conductive vias and interconnects for placing a voltage potential on pixel display elements formed on the display panels.
Abstract:
Each of junctions formed between a semiconductor device and a substrate comprises metal balls of Cu, etc., and compounds of Sn and the metal balls, and the metal balls are bonded together by the compounds.
Abstract:
A one-step bumping/bonding process for forming a semiconductor package is disclosed. In the method, a first electronic substrate which has either a plurality of conductive pads or a plurality of recessed openings formed on top of a plurality of apertures through the substrate is first provided and aligned with a second electronic substrate that has a plurality of conductive pads with each aperture aligned to a conductive pad on the second substrate. A plurality of solder balls is then planted on top of the plurality of conductive pads or the plurality of recessed openings on the surface of the first electronic substrate by a pick-and-place technique. Alternatively, a plurality of solder paste may be printed by a thick film stencil printing process similarly in place of the plurality of solder balls. After a solder reflow process, the solder balls placed on top of the apertures is reflown into the apertures forming solder plugs and making electrical connection with the conductive pads on the second electronic substrate thus completing the one-step bumping/bonding process for forming a semiconductor package. The electronic substrate may be either a printed circuit board or a silicon wafer.
Abstract:
A BGA package includes a semiconductor chip, and a PCB having a board body, a plurality of circuit patterns, a plurality of signal via holes, a solder resist, and a plurality of thermal emissive vias. The thermal emissive vias are holes located beneath a chip attach area, and these holes are filled with metal having a low melting point. The metal prevents moisture from being absorbed, while effectively transferring heat. The semiconductor chip is attached to the chip attach area of the PCB and is connected to circuit patterns of the PCB with bonding wires. The bonding wires and the semiconductor chip are encapsulated to protect them from external environmental stress. Solder bumps are formed on circuit patterns of the PCB. The BGA package has advantages in that it prevents moisture from penetrating to the chip through the thermal emissive vias, and effectively transfers the heat generated by the chip to the outside.
Abstract:
A method for fabricating a printed circuit board assembly comprising a via, wherein the method inhibits the flow of molten solder into the via during a wave soldering step, thereby preventing heat transfer that might otherwise degrade a solder joint at a top pad that is thermally coupled to the via. The method comprises the steps of: (1) fastening a bottom component to the bottom surface of the circuit board by a screening and reflow of solder paste that also generates a solder plug in the via; (2) fastening top components to the top surface of the circuit board by a screening and reflow of solder paste, wherein the top components comprise ball grid arrays and other surface mount devices that are to be affixed to pads which are connected to vias; and (3) wave soldering the bottom surface to affix additional components onto the circuit board, such as pin-in-hole components placed on the top surface. The solder plug formed in the via during the first step prevents molten solder from flowing into the via during the subsequent wave soldering step, thereby inhibiting heat transfer from the molten solder to the solder joint at the top pad.
Abstract:
An electronic assembly comprising an electrical device, an array of solder balls connected to the electrical device, and a sheet adjacent the electrical device. The sheet has a plurality of holes formed therethrough and a plurality of electrical lines formed thereon. Each electrical line has a first contact portion on a first surface of the sheet, a probe contact at a location away from the electrical device, and a trace interconnecting the probe contact with the first contact portion. Each ball extends through a respective hole in the sheet. Each ball is also in contact with a respective first contact portion of a respective electrical line.
Abstract:
A heat sink assembly includes a printed wiring board, a metal case and a circuit package containing a gallium arsenide field effect transistor heat dissipating circuit. The circuit package includes a metal slug formed integrally with the circuit package, the heat dissipating circuit being bonded to an obverse surface of the metal slug. The printed wiring board includes first and second metal lands, the first metal land being disposed on an obverse surface of the printed wiring board, the second metal land being disposed on a reverse surface of the printed wiring board. A solder film is formed bonded to and thermally coupling a reverse surface of the metal slug to the first metal land, and a plurality of solder posts are formed, each post bonding to and thermally coupling the first metal land to the second metal land. The metal case is pressed against the second metal land with a grease film of thermally conductive grease squeezed therebetween. At least one bolt extends through a hole in the printed wiring board and into the metal case so as to squeeze together the metal case, the printed wiring board, the first and second metal lands and the grease film.
Abstract:
A circuit board design featuring a fine pitch ball grid array ("BGA") having a simplified construction. The circuit board comprises: (1) an insulating substrate, the substrate having a via therethrough, (2) a conductive layer located over the substrate, the via passing through the layer and laterally uninterrupted through the circuit board, (3) a first solder having a first melting point located within and substantially blocking the via and (4) a second solder having a second melting point located over the blocked via, the second melting point lower than the first melting point, the first solder remaining substantially solid and preventing the second solder from substantially entering the via when the first and second solders are heated to a temperature between the first and second melting points. The present invention eliminates precision drilling required by current blind via BGA pad designs.