Abstract:
Semiconductor devices such as transistors are manufactured by use of a longitudinally extending tape-like carrier including a metallic layer secured to a flexible insulative layer, with the insulative layer having centrally located longitudinally spaced apertures. These apertures are covered by the metallic layer and are dimensioned to encompass contact regions of a semiconductor body such as a transistor or monolithic integrated circuit pellet. Longitudinally spaced sets of finger-like leads are formed from the metallic layer with the inner portions of the leads of each set extending cantilever-wise within the periphery of a respective adjacent aperture for registry with the contact portions of a semiconductor pellet. The leads of each set are connected to the contacts of a pellet registered with the adjacent aperture, the respective pellets and portions of the leads connected thereto are encapsulated, and the carrier may be reeled or otherwise automatically handled, with individual devices obtainable by severance from the carrier.
Abstract:
A layer of titanium is deposited on a glass substrate and a layer of gold is deposited over the layer of titanium. The titanium layer is approximately 100 to 1,000 A thick and the gold layer is approximately 5,000 to 15,000 A, thick. The goldtitanium layer is then masked and etched so that a selected portion of the glass substrate is exposed. The selected portion has dimensions slightly smaller than those of the surface of the N-layer of a gallium arsenide light-emitting diode pellet. A layer of germanium approximately 1,000 to 5,000 A thick is deposited over the gold-titanium layer and is masked and etched so that it, too, exposes the selected portion of the glass substrate. The light-emitting diode pellet is placed with the peripheral portion of the surface of its N-layer in overlapping contact with the germanium layer and the remainder of the surface of the N-layer in registry with the selected portion of the substrate. The light-emitting diode is then pressed against the germanium layer for several seconds at an elevated temperature sufficient to form a gold-germanium alloy which bonds the pellet to the titanium.