Abstract:
A method and structure to electrically couple a semiconductor device to a substrate that is divided into a plurality of segments. Alternatively, a semiconductor device may be divided into a plurality of segments and the plurality of segments are electrically coupled to a single substrate.
Abstract:
A chip mounting assembly is provided which includes a dielectric substrate having at least one integrated circuit (I/C) chip mounted thereon. An electrically conductive cover plate is in contact with all the chips with an electrically non-conducting thermally conducting adhesive. A stiffener member is provided which is mounted on the substrate and laterally spaced from the integrated circuit chip. At least one electrically conductive ground pad is formed on the substrate. The stiffener has at least one through opening therein and electrically conductive adhesive extending through each opening and contacting the cover plate and each ground pad. The invention also provides a method of forming such an I/C chip assembly.
Abstract:
Fixtures for attaching a semiconductor chip to a substrate. The semiconductor chip has an array of joining material bumps, such as C4 solder balls. The substrate has an array of conductive pads corresponding to the array of joining material bumps. In a first embodiment the fixture has a body having a first cavity for containing the semiconductor chip and a second cavity in communication with the first cavity for containing the substrate. Whereby the substrate is placed over the semiconductor chip with the conductive pads opposing and in contact with the joining material bumps, such that during reflow of the joining material bumps, the weight of the substrate acts against the joining material bumps and aids in the attachment of the semiconductor chip to the substrate to form electrical connections therebetween. In a second embodiment the fixture has a first plate having a first opening for disposal of the semiconductor chip therein, a second plate stacked below the first plate and having a thickness substantially equal to the thickness of the substrate, the second plate further having a second opening opposing the first opening for disposal of the substrate therein, and a third plate stacked below the second plate such that the substrate is flattened in the second opening under the weight of the first plate thereby aiding in the attachment of the joining material bumps to their corresponding conductive pads during solder reflow to form electrical connections therebetween. Methods for use of the fixtures is also provided.
Abstract:
A method of forming a printed circuit board with a metal power plane layer between two photoimageable dielectric layers is provided. Photoformed metal filled vias and plated through holes are in the photopatternable material, and signal circuitry is on the surfaces of each of the dielectric materials connected to the vias and plated through holes. A border may be around the board including a metal layer terminating in from the edge of one of the dielectric layers. Copper foil with clearance holes is provided. First and second layers of photoimageable curable dielectric material are on opposite sides of the copper. Patterns are developed on the first and second layers of the photoimageable material to reveal the metal layer through vias. Through holes are developed where holes were patterned in both dielectric layers. The surfaces of the photoimageable material, vias and through holes are metallized by copper plating, preferably using photoresist.
Abstract:
A chip mounting assembly is provided which includes a dielectric substrate having at least one integrated circuit (I/C) chip mounted thereon. An electrically conductive cover plate is in contact with all the chips with an electrically non-conducting thermally conducting adhesive. A stiffener member is provided which is mounted on the substrate and laterally spaced from the integrated circuit chip. At least one electrically conductive ground pad is formed on the substrate. The stiffener has at least one through opening therein and electrically conductive adhesive extending through each opening and contacting the cover plate and each ground pad. The invention also provides a method of forming such an I/C chip assembly.
Abstract:
An electronic package and method of making the electronic package is provided. A layer of dielectric material is positioned on a first surface of a substrate which includes a plurality of conductive contacts. At least one through hole is formed in the layer of dielectric material in alignment with at least one of the plurality of conductive contacts. A conductive material is positioned in the at least one through hole substantially filling the through hole. At least one conductive member is positioned on the conductive material in the through hole and in electrical contact with the conductive material. The electronic package improves field operating life of an assembly which includes a semiconductor chip attached to a second surface of the substrate and a printed wiring board attached to the conductive members.
Abstract:
An electrical structure, and associated method of fabrication, for reducing thermally induced strain in a structure that couples a first conductive body of a first substrate to a second conductive body of a second substrate (e.g., a chip to a chip carrier; a chip carrier to a circuit card). The melting point of the first conductive body exceeds the melting point of the second conductive body. The second conductive body may include eutectic lead-tin alloy, while the first conductive body may include non-eutectic lead-tin alloy. A portion of the first conductive body is coated with, or volumetrically surrounded by, a material that is nonsolderable and nonconductive. The first and second conductive bodies are coupled mechanically and electrically by surface adhesion at an uncoated portion of the first conductive body, by application of a temperature that lies between the melting points of the first and second conductive bodies.