Abstract:
Disclosed is a ceramic substrate having a protective coating on at least one surface thereof which includes: a ceramic substrate (52) having at least one electrically conductive via (54) extending to a surface of the substrate; an electrically conductive I/O pad (56) electrically connected to at least one of the vias; an I/O pin (58) brazed to the I/O pad (56), the brazed pin having a braze fillet (60); and a protective layer of polymeric material (62) fully encapsulating the I/O pad, wherein the layer of polymeric material protects the I/O pad, from corrosion. Also disclosed is a method of protecting a ceramic substrate from corrosion, the ceramic substrate of the type having a plurality of electrically conductive vias extending to a surface of the substrate, a multilayer metallic I/O pad electrically connected to at least one of the vias, and an I/O pin brazed to the I/O pad, the brazed pin having a braze fillet, the method comprising the step of: encapsulating fully the I/O pad with a protective layer of polymeric material wherein the layer of polymeric material protects the I/O pad from corrsoion. In a preferred embodiment, the I/O pin is selectively exposed to plasma ashing to remove any errant polymeric material from the pin shank, thereby assuring electrical contact to the pin shank.
Abstract:
A method of making a multilayer thin film structure on the surface of a dielectric substrate which includes the steps of: a) forming a multilayer thin film structure including the steps of: applying a first layer of dielectric polymeric material on the surface of a dielectric substrate, applying a second layer of dielectric polymeric material over the first layer of polymeric material wherein the second polymeric material is photosensitive, imagewise exposing and developing the second polymeric material to form a feature therein, the second layer feature in communication with at least one feature formed in the first polymeric material; and b) filling the features in the entire multilayer structure simultaneously with conductive material. Preferably, the first layer feature is a via and the second layer feature is a capture pad or wiring channel. Also disclosed is a multilayer thin film structure made by this method.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a packaging semiconductor structure and method for obtaining same. The structure is comprised of at least one level of dielectric and metallurgy layers. The at least one level is comprised of a wiring metallurgy (18) plane and a 'through-via' plane of interconnecting metallurgy in association with both one and two layers of polymeric dielectric materials (13, 19). The self-alignment method of fabrication of the level provides a streamlined technique wherein stringent masking and alignment requirements are relaxed, undue processing such as at least one polishing step is eliminated and a structure having adhesive integrity is fabricated.