Abstract:
As a substrate having a fine line and capable of suppressing crack generation in the substrate and peeling of the fine line, the invention discloses a configuration in which plural recesses are arranged on the fine line, and particularly a configuration in which the interval of the plural recesses does not exceed 200 nullm. There is also disclosed a configuration in which the plural recesses are arranged along a direction crossing the longitudinal direction of the fine line.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a ceramic circuit board comprising: a ceramic substrate and a metal circuit plate bonded to the ceramic substrate through a brazing material layer; wherein the brazing material layer is composed of Al—Si group brazing material and an amount of Si contained in the brazing material is 7 wt % or less. In addition, it is preferable to form a thinned portion, holes, or grooves to outer peripheral portion of the metal circuit plate. According to the above structure of the present invention, there can be provided a ceramic circuit board having both high bonding strength and high heat-cycle resistance, and capable of increasing an operating reliability as electronic device.
Abstract:
A delamination resistant electronics module assembly includes a printed circuit board layer coupled to a pallet via a cured epoxy preform. The preform may include conductive epoxy, or non-conductive epoxy with conductive traces. Component wells are collectively formed by the preform and PCB layer for placement of heat generating components, such as RF components. Methods of manufacturing module assemblies include curing the epoxy preform by applying a predetermined elevated pressure and heat to a sub-assembly of the pallet, preform layer, and PCB layer.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device in which fatigue failure of a solder layer underneath a semiconductor chip mounted on a base can be prevented from occurring due to repetitions of turn-on and -off of power during operation thereof, is provided, that is, a recess is formed in the base in a part underneath the semiconductor chip so as to prevent occurrence of thermal expansion in the base.
Abstract:
The present invention includes electrical interconnections, methods of conducting electricity, and methods of reducing horizontal conductivity within an anisotropic conductive adhesive. In one embodiment, an electrical interconnection configured to electrically couple a first substrate and a second substrate includes: a bond pad of the first substrate having a male configuration; and a bond pad of the second substrate having a female configuration, the bond pad of the second substrate being configured to mate with the bond pad of the first substrate during electrical connection of the bond pads of the first substrate and the second substrate. A method of conducting electricity according to the present invention includes providing first and second bond pads individually defining a planar dimension; coupling the first and second bond pads at an interface having a surface area greater than the area of the planar dimension; and conducting electricity between the first and second bond pads following the coupling.
Abstract:
An electronic component structure assembly comprising a thin film structure bonded to a multilayer ceramic substrate (MLC) using solder connections and wherein a non-conductive, compliant spacer preferably with a layer of thermoplastic adhesive on each surface thereof is interposed between the underlying MLC carrier and overlying thin film structure. The spacer includes a pattern of through-holes which corresponds to opposing contact pads of the thin film structure and MLC. The contact pads of at least one of the thin film structure or MLC have posts (e.g., metallic) thereon and the posts extend partly into the spacer through-holes whereby the height of the posts are greater than the thickness of the adhesive. The posts of the MLC have solder bumps thereon. After reflow under pressure the thin film structure is electrically and mechanically connected to the MLC and the join method has been found to provide a reliable and cost-effective process. The joined components also have enhanced operating life.
Abstract:
An adhesion pad for adhering a semiconductor chip or a ball grid array module to a supporting substrate includes a stepped or tapered structure. The structure is composed of at least one solder wettable metal or alloy layer having solder deposited thereon. The stepped or tapered structure prevents a fatigue crack from propagating in the X-Y plane above the adhesion pad.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for mounting a semiconductor element, the method requiring no strict flatness for a substrate and being reliable in a semiconductor device produced by mounting a semiconductor element on a circuit substrate. In the multilayer circuit substrate comprising bump electrodes formed of a conductive paste, a conductive adhesive is applied to the top of bump electrodes and then leveled to obtain the end portions on the bump electrodes with a high coplanarity in height. The semiconductor element is mounted on this substrate using a combination of a conductive resin and a sealing resin or an anisotropic conductive sheet. Every top of the bump electrodes after the conductive adhesive is applied has a high coplanarity. The semiconductor element can be mounted with high reliability, on the substrate having such a poor flatness of the electrode face that mounting by a conventional method can not be applied.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for forming a recess portion having an predetermined shape on one side of a metal plate without giving the metal plate any remarkable stress while forming the other side flat, which is suitable for a package for electronic parts such as an integrated circuit, etc. The method according to the present invention is characterized in that a recess portion having an predetermined shape is formed by plastically deforming a metal plate having a predetermined thickness by means of a press, etc. so as to form the recess portion having a depth smaller than the thickness on one side thereof and to form at the same time a protruding portion protruding on the other side of the metal plate. In the steps of plastically deforming the metal plate, metal corresponding to the recess portion is displaced to the protruding portion. Then, the protruding portion on the other side is removed by cutting processing to form the recess portion only on the one side of the metal plate and to form the other side flat.
Abstract:
An in-line distortion generator is coupled to an RF amplifier on a single PC board for producing an output signal of useful amplitude but with low composite triple beat and cross modulation distortions. The backplane under the section of the PC board upon which the distortion circuit resides is removed and the portion of the heat sink under the removed portion of the backplane is also removed. This eliminates any parasitic capacitances that could degrade the performance of the RF amplifier, thereby making the distortion circuit transparent to the RF amplifier. Furthermore, the layout of the predistortion circuitry has been specifically designed to enhance the performance of the circuitry without inducing any negative operating characteristics on the associated RF amplifier.