Abstract:
A flip chip method of joining a chip and a substrate is described. A thermocompression bonder is utilized to align the chip and substrate and apply a contact force to hold solder bumps (305) on the substrate against metal bumps (320) on the chip. The chip is rapidly heated from its non-native side by a pulse heater (415) in the head (410) of the bonder until the re-flow temperature of the solder bumps (305) is reached. Proximate with reaching the re-flow temperature at the solder bumps (305), the contact force is released. The solder is held above its re-flow temperature for several seconds to facilitate wetting of the substrate's metal protrusions (320) and joining. Metal caps (330) comprised of a noble metal such as palladium is applied to the surface of the metal bumps (320) to prevent the metal bumps (320) (which generally comprise a highly-conductive and highly-reactive metal such as copper) from oxidizing in the elevated temperatures just prior to and during the re-flow operation.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit package is constructed to potential reduce stress and damage to an integrated circuit die. A rigid transition medium (42) is attached using adhesive layers (38,40) and interfaces between a tape carrier (20) and the integrated circuit die (18). The integrated circuit package prevents damage such as die cracks and also enhances the service life of the packaged integrated circuit part.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method which is used to simplify the contacting of printed circuit boards to a support which is preferably embodied as a cockpit module in a motor vehicle. According to the inventive method, the printed circuit board is initially connected to the conductors which are disposed on the support, whereby (preferably) various conductors arranged inside said vehicle are electroconductively connected to each other.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method which is used to simplify the contacting of printed circuit boards to a support which is preferably embodied as a cockpit module in a motor vehicle. According to the inventive method, the printed circuit board is initially connected to the conductors which are disposed on the support, whereby (preferably) various conductors arranged inside said vehicle are electroconductively connected to each other.
Abstract:
In conventional ETM (Etched Tri-Metal) circuit structures a pin connector in which the pin (30) is etched from the ETM substrate (16) and the mating cavity (32) is etched from the ETM substrate (18) to be mated. The connector utilizes the subtractive ETM structure processing to define any one of several pin-cavity configurations. The pin (30) serves as an anchor with the metallurgical bonds with solder (34) in the cavity (32) that forms on the copper surfaces (24,26) of the ETM circuit structures (16,18) to give good mechanical strength to the connection. In particular four different configurations of interconnections are shown and described.
Abstract:
The flexible connector for high density circuit applications comprises a multi-layer flexible substrate (10) upon which are formed a plurality of contact pads (12), in a density required by a particular application. This density may exceed two hundred contact pads per square inch. Contact pads (38) of similar size and configuration are formed on the surface of another device, i.e., circuit board (40), and provision made to align the contact pads (12) of the connector with those (38) of the circuit board (40). Micro-pads (20) are formed on the surface of the contact pads (12) on the connector such, that when the connector is brought into contact with the circuit board (40), and sufficient pressure is applied, the micro-pads (20) make actual electrical contact with the pads (38) of the circuit board (40). Since the total surface area in contact, namely the sum of the surface areas of the micro-pads (20), is a small fraction of the total area of the connector, a large pressure is provided at the electrical contact interface even when low pressure is provided to the connector as a whole.
Abstract:
Passive electrical components such as capacitors, resistors, inductors, transformers, filters and resonators are integrated into electrical circuits utilizing a process which maximizes the utilization of the planar surfaces of the substrates for high density placement of active components such as logic or memory integrated circuits. The passive components are integrated into a conventional circuit board utilizing a photoimageable dielectric material (20). The dielectric (20) is photoimaged and etched to provide one or more recesses or openings (26) for the passive devices, and photovias interconnecting the inputs and outputs of the integrated circuit board. The electronic structure comprising at least one of the passive devices integrated into a photoimaged dielectric (20) is described as well as the method of manufacturing the same.