Abstract:
Provided is a manufacturing process for electronic circuit components such as bare dies, and packaged integrated chips, among other configurations, to form electronic assemblies. The surface of the electronic circuit component carries electronic elements such as conductive traces and/or other configurations including contact pads. A method for forming an electronic assembly includes providing a tacky layer (302A). Then an electronic circuit component (304A) is provided having a first side and a second side, where the first side carries the electronic elements. The first side of the electronic circuit component (304A) is positioned into contact with the tacky layer (302A). A bonding material (306A) is then deposited to a portion of the adhesive layer (302A) that is not covered by the first side of the electronic circuit component (304A), to a depth which is sufficient to cover at least a portion of the electronic circuit component (304A). The bonding material (306A) is then fixed or cured into a fixed or cured bonding material, and the tacky layer (302A) is removed. By these operations, the electronic circuit component is held in a secure attachment by the fixed or cured bonding material (306A), and circuit connections (308B) may be made.
Abstract:
A method is presented for assembling a component (30) with a flexible substrate (10), the component having electric contacts (31). The method comprises the steps of - placing the component (30) on a first main side (11) of the substrate, - applying a machine vision step to estimate a position of the electric contacts, - depositing one or more layers (32) of an electrically conductive material or a precursor thereof, said layer extending over an area of the substrate defined by the component to laterally beyond said area, - calculating partitioning lines depending on the estimated position of the electric contacts, - partitioning the layer into mutually insulated areas (32d) by locally removing material from said layer along said partitioning lines. Also an apparatus is presented that is suitable for carrying out the method. In addition an assembly is present that can be obtained by the method and the apparatus according to the invention.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for disposing a polymer film (35) on an irregularly-shaped substrate at relatively high temperatures. In particular, the method and apparatus of the present invention provide a system for the packaging of very large scale integrated circuit chips (33). The system of the present invention particularly solves problems associated with high temperature processing and problems associated with the highly irregular surfaces that result. Nonetheless, the resultant product is capable of being fashioned into circuit chip systems which are independently testable and which may be reconfigured after testing by removal of the polymer film itself.
Abstract:
L'invention concerne un système de manipulation (1) destiné à manipuler des dispositifs micrométriques (3), le système de manipulation (1) comprenant un corps principal (10) délimitant intérieurement une chambre d'aspiration (13), des buses d'aspiration (31) comprenant un canal d'aspiration (33) débouchant d'une part vers la chambre d'aspiration (13), et d'autre part au niveau d'une extrémité de préhension (37) destinée à être mise en contact avec un dispositif micrométrique (3) ; des éléments d'obturation (51), configurés pour obturer une buse d'aspiration (31) de sorte à empêcher la préhension d'un dispositif micrométrique (3) ou pour permettre une communication fluidique entre une ouverture de préhension (o37) de l'extrémité de préhension (37) et la chambre d'aspiration (13), de sorte à permettre la préhension d'un dispositif micrométrique (3) en contact avec ladite extrémité de préhension (37). L'invention concerne également un procédé de manipulation pour manipuler des dispositifs micrométriques (3) par un tel système de manipulation (1).
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a method of assembling an array of light emitting diode (LED) dies on a substrate comprising : positioning dies in fluid; exposing the dies to a magnetic force to attract the dies onto magnets that are arranged at pre-determined locations either on or near the substrate; and forming permanent connections between the dies and the substrate thereby constituting an array of LED dies on a substrate.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for fabricating a multiple display modular assembly. In one example of a method, a first flexible layer is coupled to a substrate, a second flexible layer is coupled to the first flexible layer, and a third flexible layer is coupled to the second flexible layer. Each of the flexible layers may be generated from a separate web-line process. In one example, one flexible layer may have a display plane with a driver backplane, a second flexible layer may have a fine interconnect, and a third flexible layer may have gross interconnect. The multiple flexible layer modular assembly may apply to either flexible or rigid displays.
Abstract:
A method and process sequence for accurately aligning (14) die (108) to interconnect metal (112) on flex substrate (100) such as polyimide flex is described. A mask (102) for via formation is first patterned (12) in a metal layer on the bottom surface of the flex substrate (100). Die attach means (104) such as die attach adhesive is then applied (13) to the top side of flex substrate (100). The bond pads (106) on die are locally, adaptively aligned (14) to the patterned metal via mask (102) on the flex (100) with high accuracy. Vias (110) down to the die bond pads (106) are then created (15) by either plasma etching or excimer laser ablation through the existing aligned metal mask (102) on the flex substrate (100), and interconnect metal (112) is then deposited (16), patterned and etched (17). As a result of this process, the flex metal interconnect artwork does not have to be customized for each die misplacement using "adaptive lithography". Lower cost commercially available lithography equipment can be used for processing, reducing capital equipment and processing cost. The method is compatible with the projected designs of the next generation die which will have bond pads on the order of 40µm in size.
Abstract:
An adaptive method and system are disclosed for providing high density interconnections of very large scale integrated circuits on a substrate 28. The procedure is performed in four basic steps: first an artwork representation for the interconnections of the integrated circuits is generated. This artwork representation is stored in a computer data base and assumes the integrated circuits to be at predetermined ideal locations and positions on the substrate. Second, using imaging (26,38,40), the actual positions of each integrated circuit on the substrate are determined. The actual positions of the integrated circuits are compared with their ideal positions to compute an offset and rotation for each integrated circuit on the substrate. Third, the computed offsets and rotations are then used to modify the artwork representation stored in the data base to account for the actual locations and positions of the integrated circuits on the substrate. Finally, the modified artwork representation is used to drive a direct writing laser lithography system (10,12,16,18,20,22,24) that actually forms the high density interconnections of the integrated circuits on the substrate. The artwork representations are stored in computer data bases in vector form to minimize storage requirements. The laser beam produced by the lithography system is raster scanned on the substrate. Modulation of the laser beam is controlled by the real time conversion of the vector representation of the modified artwork to be a bit mapped representation. To assure accurate formations of the interconnects, a feedback alignment system (42,44,46,48) is used to accurately position the laser beam throughout its raster scan.
Abstract:
Provided is a manufacturing process for electronic circuit components such as bare dies, and packaged integrated chips, among other configurations, to form electronic assemblies. The surface of the electronic circuit component carries electronic elements such as conductive traces and/or other configurations including contact pads. A method for forming an electronic assembly includes providing a tacky layer (302A). Then an electronic circuit component (304A) is provided having a first side and a second side, where the first side carries the electronic elements. The first side of the electronic circuit component (304A) is positioned into contact with the tacky layer (302A). A bonding material (306A) is then deposited to a portion of the adhesive layer (302A) that is not covered by the first side of the electronic circuit component (304A), to a depth which is sufficient to cover at least a portion of the electronic circuit component (304A). The bonding material (306A) is then fixed or cured into a fixed or cured bonding material, and the tacky layer (302A) is removed. By these operations, the electronic circuit component is held in a secure attachment by the fixed or cured bonding material (306A), and circuit connections (308B) may be made.