This application claims priority to Taiwan Application Serial Number 107147514, filed Dec. 27, 2018, which is herein incorporated by reference.
The present disclosure relates to a circuit board having a heat dissipation block and a method of manufacturing the same.
Electronic components (e.g., chips) in a wiring structure generate heat during operation, so a heat dissipation block is usually disposed to conduct the heat generated by the electronic components to outside of the wiring structure. Copper is currently and commonly used as the heat dissipation block due to its ductility and good processability. However, the copper heat dissipation block has a high coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), which is more susceptible to expansion and deformation when heated, and the difference in degree of thermal expansion between the components may cause a circuit board to warp.
In addition, when the heat dissipation block in the circuit board is made of a material having a low coefficient of thermal expansion and low ductility (e.g., silicon carbide), a method of manufacturing the circuit board having the heat dissipation block is to initially fix the heat dissipation block using an adhesive layer, and then to fill a resin material to fix the heat dissipation block. However, in this method, finally, the adhesive layer needs to be peeled off, and the heat dissipation block is easily displaced during the peeling process.
Therefore, there is a need for a novel method of manufacturing a circuit board having a heat dissipation block to solve the above problems.
According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a method of manufacturing a circuit board having a heat dissipation block is provided, which includes forming an opening through a substrate to form an open substrate. The opening has a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite to each other, and the open substrate includes a substrate body surrounding the opening, at least one first fixing portion extending from the substrate body toward the opening and protruding from the first sidewall, and at least one second fixing portion extending from the substrate body toward the opening and protruding from the second sidewall. The heat dissipation block is then clamped between the first fixing portion and second fixing portion to fix the heat dissipation block in the opening.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the substrate includes an insulating plate, a metal plate or a wiring board.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first fixing portion has a first width protruding from the first sidewall, and the second fixing portion has a second width protruding from the second sidewall, in which the first width and the second width are in a range of from about 0.05 mm to about 0.5 mm.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first fixing portion has at least two first protrusions and at least one first recess, and the first protrusions are in contact with the heat dissipation block, and the at least one first recess is located between the first protrusions and the heat dissipation block, and the second fixing portion has at least two second protrusions and at least one second recess, and the second protrusions are in contact with the heat dissipation block, and the at least one second recess is located between the second protrusions and the heat dissipation block.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the opening further has a third sidewall and a fourth sidewall opposite to each other, and the third sidewall and the fourth sidewall are connected to the first sidewall and the second sidewall, and the open substrate further has at least one third fixing portion and at least one fourth fixing portion, and the third fixing portion extends from the substrate body toward the opening and protrudes from the third sidewall, and the fourth fixing portion extends from the substrate body toward the opening and protrudes from the fourth sidewall, and the third fixing portion and the fourth fixing portion clamp the heat dissipation block.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the third fixing portion has at least two third protrusions and at least one third recess, and the third protrusions are in contact with the heat dissipation block, and the at least one third recess is located between the third protrusions and the heat dissipation block, and the fourth fixing portion has at least two fourth protrusions and at least one fourth recess, and the fourth fixing portions are in contact with the heat dissipation block, and the at least one fourth recess is located between the fourth protrusions and the heat dissipation block.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the third fixing portion has a third width protruding from the third sidewall, and the fourth fixing portion has a fourth width protruding from the fourth sidewall, in which the third width and the fourth width are in a range of from about 0.05 mm to about 0.5 mm.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the heat dissipation block includes a ceramic or a composite material.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the heat dissipation block is selected from one of the group consisting of aluminum silicon carbide (AlSiC), tungsten copper alloy (CuW), tungsten molybdenum alloy (CuMo), silicon carbide (SiC), silicon nitride (AlN), beryllia, chemical vapor deposition diamond (CVD diamond), diamond powder-doped copper, diamond powder-doped aluminum, carbon-based nano-aluminum composite material (CarbAl—N) and carbon-based nano-aluminum composite material (CarbAl-G).
According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a circuit board having a heat dissipation block is provided, which includes an open substrate and a heat dissipation block. The open substrate includes an opening, a substrate body, at least one first fixing portion and at least one second fixing portion. The opening has a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite to each other. The substrate body surrounds the opening. The first fixing portion and the second fixing portion extend from the substrate body toward the opening and respectively protrude from the first sidewall and the second sidewall. The heat dissipation block is clamped between the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first fixing portion has a first width protruding from the first sidewall, and the second fixing portion has a second width protruding from the second sidewall, in which the first width and the second width are in a range of from about 0.05 mm to about 0.5 mm.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first fixing portion has at least two first protrusions and at least one first recess, and the first protrusions are in contact with the heat dissipation block, and the at least one first recess is located between the first protrusions and the heat dissipation block, and the second fixing portion has at least two second protrusions and at least one second recess, and the second protrusions are in contact with the heat dissipation block, and the at least one second recess is located between the second protrusions and the heat dissipation block.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the opening further has a third sidewall and a fourth sidewall opposite to each other, and the third sidewall and the fourth sidewall are connected to the first sidewall and the second sidewall, and the open substrate further has at least one third fixing portion and at least one fourth fixing portion, and the third fixing portion extends from the substrate body toward the opening and protrudes from the third sidewall, and the fourth fixing portion extends from the substrate body toward the opening and protrudes from the fourth sidewall, and the heat dissipation block is clamped between the third fixing portion and the fourth fixing portion.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the third fixing portion has a third width protruding from the third sidewall, and the fourth fixing portion has a fourth width protruding from the fourth sidewall, in which the third width and the fourth width are in a range of from about 0.05 mm to about 0.5 mm.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the heat dissipation block includes a ceramic or a composite material.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the heat dissipation block is selected from one of the group consisting of aluminum silicon carbide (AlSiC), tungsten copper alloy (CuW), tungsten molybdenum alloy (CuMo), silicon carbide (SiC), silicon nitride (AlN), beryllia, chemical vapor deposition diamond (CVD diamond), diamond powder-doped copper, diamond powder-doped aluminum, carbon-based nano-aluminum composite material (CarbAl—N) and carbon-based nano-aluminum composite material (CarbAl-G).
Various aspects of the present disclosure will be fully understood from the following detailed description when reading the accompanying drawings. It is worth noting that various features are not drawn to scale in accordance with standard practice in the industry. In fact, dimensions of the various features may be arbitrarily increased or decreased for clarity of discussion.
The drawings disclose a plurality of embodiments of the present disclosure below. For the sake of clarity, many practical details will be explained in the following description. However, it should be understood that these practical details are not intended to limit the present disclosure. That is, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, these practical details are not necessary. Moreover, for the sake of simplicity of the drawings, some conventional structures and elements will be illustrated in a simplified schematic manner in the drawings.
In the description, spatially relative terms, such as “beneath,” “below,” “over,” “on,” and the like, may be used herein for ease of description to describe one element or feature's relationship to another element(s) or feature(s) as shown in the figures. The true meaning of the spatially relative terms includes other orientations. For example, when the figure is flipped up and down by 180 degrees, the relationship between one component and another component may change from “beneath” or “below,” to “over” or “on.” In addition, the spatially relative descriptions used herein should be interpreted the same.
Although a series of operations or steps are described below to illustrate the methods disclosed herein, the order of the operations or steps is not to be construed as limiting. For example, certain operations or steps may be performed in a different order and/or concurrently with other steps. In addition, not all illustrated operations, steps and/or features are required to implement embodiments of the present disclosure. Moreover, each of the operations or steps described herein can include a number of sub-steps or actions.
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In some embodiments, the first fixing portion 312 has a first width W1 protruding from the first sidewall 310, and the second fixing portion 322 has a second width W2 protruding from the second sidewall 320, and the first width W1 and the second width W2 are in a range of from about 0.05 mm to about 0.5 mm. The protruding first fixing portion 312 and the second fixing portion 322 may be used to fix the heat dissipation block disposed in the opening in subsequent processes.
In some embodiments, the opening 300 further has a third sidewall 330 and a fourth sidewall 340 opposite to each other, and the third sidewall 330 and the fourth sidewall 340 are connected to the first sidewall 310 and the second sidewall 320. It should be noted that although the first fixing portion 312 and the second fixing portion 322 respectively protrude from the longer first sidewall 310 and the second sidewall 320 of the opening 300, the present disclosure is not limited thereto. The first fixing portion 312 and the second fixing portion 322 may be disposed at the shorter third sidewall 330 and the fourth sidewall 340 of the opening 300, respectively.
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Subsequent steps of the method 10 will be described below by taking the open substrate 203 shown in
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In various embodiments, the heat dissipation block 400 includes a ceramic or composite material. In some embodiments, the heat dissipation block 400 is selected from one of the group consisting of aluminum silicon carbide (AlSiC), tungsten copper alloy (CuW), tungsten molybdenum alloy (CuMo), silicon carbide (SiC), silicon nitride (AlN), beryllia, chemical vapor deposition diamond (CVD diamond), diamond powder-doped copper, diamond powder-doped aluminum, carbon-based nano-aluminum composite material (CarbAl—N) and carbon-based nano-aluminum composite material (CarbAl-G). In some embodiments, CuW includes 10-20% copper (Cu). In some embodiments, CuMo includes 15-20% molybdenum (Mo). In some embodiments, the heat dissipation block 400 includes aluminum nitride, aluminum carbide, aluminum silicon carbide, or a combination thereof, but is not limited thereto. The heat dissipation block 400 may be other materials having a low coefficient of thermal expansion (e.g., less than 10 ppm/K) and low ductility. In some embodiments, the heat dissipation block 400 may have a metal layer (not shown in
In other embodiments, the heat dissipation block 400 may also be clamped between the third fixing portion 332a and the fourth fixing portion 342a. As shown in
In one embodiment, after the operation 14 is completed, the method 10 may include other operations or steps, as shown in
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In another embodiment, after the operation 14 is completed, the method 10 further includes forming a third dielectric layer 610 and a fourth dielectric layer 620 over a top surface S1 and a bottom surface S2 of the substrate 100, respectively, forming a third conductive layer 710 over the third dielectric layer 610, and forming a fourth conductive layer 720 beneath the fourth dielectric layer 620, as shown in
As described above, according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the method of manufacturing the circuit board having the heat dissipation block is provided. The heat dissipation block may be directly fixed in the opening by forming the open substrate having the opening with the specific shape and the specific fixing portion structure without using an additional adhesive layer on the bottom of the substrate for fixing the substrate and the heat dissipation block which is subsequent placed in the opening. In addition, the manufacturing method of the present disclosure may selectively fill the gaps between the heat dissipation block and the open substrate with the dielectric material, so that the heat dissipation block may be more firmly fixed in the opening to facilitate subsequent processes performed on the circuit board having the heat dissipation block. Since the heat dissipation block has been fixed by the specific fixing portion structure over the open substrate, the position of the heat dissipation block does not shift during the subsequent processes. Therefore, the method of the present disclosure can improve the problems of the offset heat dissipation block as compared with the prior art method, and can avoid the problems of air bubble residue generated by fixing the heat dissipation block using the adhesive layer. In addition, copper blocks are currently and commonly used as heat dissipation materials, and the heat dissipation blocks in the circuit board are fabricated by relying on ductility and good processability of copper. The method of the present disclosure can use ceramics or other composite materials having low processability as heat dissipation blocks, so that the selection of the heat dissipation materials is more diverse, and the heat dissipation quality of the circuit board may be improved.
The present disclosure has been disclosed in the above embodiments, and is not intended to limit the present disclosure, and it is obvious to those skilled in the art that various alternations and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure. The scope of the present disclosure is defined by the scope of the appended claims.
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107147514 | Dec 2018 | TW | national |