The present invention relates to circuit boards and semiconductor devices used in information and communication equipment and a method of manufacturing the same.
In recent years, semiconductor devices have been required to be smaller, thinner, lighter in weight and cheaper in cost in response to the development of information and communication equipment and technical advancements such as a higher speed of signal processing as well as employing a higher frequency. Semiconductor devices as small as a semiconductor IC (bare chip) are proposed in various forms.
FIG. 8 and
In the conventional construction discussed above, protrusions 103b are individually formed on respective electrodes 106. This time consuming process prevents a forming time from being shortened. As a result, this type of construction has been a bottleneck for reducing the cost of semiconductor devices. Further, respective protrusions 103b are desirably formed in an identical shape and at the same height so that electrode 106 of IC 105 can be perfectly conductive with electrode pad 103a of board 101. However, the conventional method discussed above rarely produces protrusions 103b in the identical shape.
The present invention addresses the problems discussed above. It provides circuit boards having protrusions with the same shape as well as semiconductor devices employing the circuit board, and realizes a method of manufacturing the same.
The circuit board of the present invention is mounted with electronic components, and comprises wiring patterns on the board surface and protrusions disposed at desired locations on the wiring patterns. The protrusions are made of the same conductive material as used in the wiring patterns.
The semiconductor device of the present invention comprises the following elements:
(a) semiconductor chip components;
(b) a board;
(c) wiring patterns disposed on the board; and
(d) protrusions disposed at desired locations on the wiring patterns.
The protrusions are electrically coupled with electrodes provided to the semiconductor chips mounted on the board, and are made of the same conductive material as used in the wiring patterns.
The method of manufacturing the board of the present invention forms the wiring patterns and protrusions unitarily and simultaneously.
The construction according to the present invention allows the protrusions to be formed unitarily on the wiring patterns, so that the protrusions are always formed in the same shape, and respective electrical connections between the wiring patterns, protrusions and electronic components are ensured.
FIG. 6A and
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings.
(Exemplary Embodiment 1)
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A plurality of wiring patterns 2 made of conductive materials such as Ag, Ag—Pd, or Cu are formed on the upper surface of circuit board 1 made of ceramic or glass-epoxy resin. As shown in
In this exemplary embodiment, protrusion 3 is unitarily formed with wiring pattern 2 using the same material as used in wiring pattern 2. Conductive paste 8 is utilized to ensure the electrical contact between protrusion 3 and electrode 6, and it also relaxes thermal stress at the contacting section.
On a second end of wiring pattern 2, through-hole-electrode 4 is formed and a conductive paste made of Ag—Pd or Ag is filled therein. The presence of through-hole-electrode 4 thus couples electrically upper and lower surfaces of circuit board 1. Accordingly, wiring pattern 2 on the upper face can be coupled with ease to a mother board (not shown) via solder ball 9 disposed on electrode 9a made of aluminum or the like and disposed on the lower surface. Solder ball 9 is made of Pb, Sn or Ag.
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A method of forming the protrusions in accordance with the first exemplary embodiment is described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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(a) greater numbers of laser irradiation to second groove 23 than first groove 22;
(b) greater power of laser irradiation to second groove 23 than first groove 22; or
(c) using different mask patterns for laser irradiation.
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Since second groove 23 is narrower and deeper than first groove 22, various means are employed to fill second groove 23 with conductive material 24, such as repeating the fill-up operations, filling-up using centrifugal force, or using smaller size fillers included in conductive material 24. Second groove 23 is thus filled with conductive material 24 efficiently and perfectly.
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Bonding layer 26 has been uniformly applied to entire board 11 before film 20 is adhered to bonding layer 26 so that conductive material 24 filled in grooves 22 and 23 can be peeled off from film 20 free from deformation. Bonding layer 26 is vaporized by the firing after transferring conductive material 24 on board 11.
Another peeling off method is to utilize a difference of thermal expansion coefficients between board 11 and film 20. For instance, when the thermal expansion coefficient of board 11 is greater than that of film 20, film 20 shrinks less than board 11 when heated and cooled. Due to this difference, film 20 can be peeled off board 11 with ease.
As discussed above, according to the first exemplary embodiment, wiring pattern 2 on board 11 and protrusion 3 used for mounting semiconductor 5 are simultaneously formed in a plurality of places in bulk. This reduces the numbers of manufacturing steps for the circuit board. Further, the dispersion of protrusion-heights can be limited to the dispersion range of groove depth on film 20. The heights of protrusions 3 are leveled out, so that the electrical connection between semiconductor 5 and circuit board 1 is ensured.
The dispersion of grooves' depth on film 20 by an excimer laser is not more than 3 mm which is negligible for the electrical coupling of semiconductor 5 and circuit board 1. The grooves are formed by a laser in this embodiment. However, etching or molding is applicable for forming the grooves.
(Exemplary Embodiment 2)
Another method of coupling electrode 6 of semiconductor 5 to protrusion 3 is described hereinafter with reference to FIG. 4.
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Forming the same protection layer 30 on the surface of electrode 6 increases the reliability at the coupling section.
The electrical contact between protrusion 3 and electrode 6 is ensured, and employing material such as Ag—Pd having low resistance value as conductive paste 31 allows the semiconductor device to accommodate a higher frequency.
Still another method of coupling electrode 3 to electrode 6 is shown in FIG. 5. Protrusion 3 is formed by Au paste, and electrode 6 is formed by Al. Then, an ultrasonic wave is applied to the coupling section, where heat is generated locally and is activated. As a result, protrusion 3 and electrode 6 are coupled.
This method produces eutectic bonding between Au and Al at the coupling section of protrusion 3 and electrode 6, and ensures electrical coupling without a bonding layer such as solder and the like.
(Exemplary Embodiment 3)
A method of coupling protrusion 3 to electrode 6, different from the first and second exemplary embodiments, is described hereinafter with reference to FIG. 6.
FIG. 6A and
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(Exemplary Embodiment 4)
The present invention is applicable to a multi-layered circuit board, which is described hereinafter with reference to FIG. 7. The same elements used in the first exemplary embodiment are denoted with the same reference numbers, and the descriptions thereof are omitted here.
In this embodiment, the insulating layer is polished every time it is formed so that warp can be corrected and failures in electrical connection between respective layers can be reduced.
(Exemplary Embodiment 5)
A method of coupling protrusion 3 and electrode 6 of semiconductor 5, different from that in the previous embodiments, is described hereinafter with reference to FIG. 11.
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Protrusion 3 and electrode 6 are coupled in a metal bonding manner by solder 33. This coupling ensures an electrical contact with low resistance and allows the semiconductor device to accommodate a higher frequency.
Another method of coupling protrusion 3 and electrode 6 is shown in
When anisotropic conductive resin 34 is used, conductive particles 34a connects electrically protrusion 3 to electrode 6, and at the same time, resin component of anisotropic conductive resin 34 can seal the space between semiconductor 5 and circuit board 1. The conventional step of sealing with resin can be eliminated, and a better connection with a higher reliability can be realized.
Another method of coupling protrusion 3 and electrode 6 is available, i.e. protrusion 3 is plated with Au or formed by Au paste, and electrode 6 is plated with Au. Then an ultrasonic wave is applied to the coupling section of these two elements. This method couples the two elements in an Au—Au bonding manner, so that they are coupled with a lower resistance free from a bonding layer made of solder.
(Exemplary Embodiment 6)
A method of coupling protrusion 3 to electrode 6 of semiconductor 5, different from the previous embodiments, is described hereinafter with reference to FIG. 13.
Protrusion 3 and wiring pattern 2 (not shown) are unitarily formed on circuit board 1 by the same method as the first embodiment. As shown in
Instead of using the flat plate, e.g. a metallic plate, for leveling off the heights of protrusions 3, a load is imposed to the protrusions by electrodes 6 of semiconductor to be mounted, as shown in
This method allows the height dispersion of protrusions 3 to accord with that of electrodes 6, so that the space dispersion between protrusions 3 and electrodes 6 are minimized. The contact can be further ensured. When a film, made of solder of which thickness-dispersion is rather great, is formed, this method is particularly effective.
(Exemplary Embodiment 7)
A method of coupling protrusion 3 to electrode 6 of semiconductor 5, different from the previous embodiments, is described hereinafter with reference to FIG. 15 and FIG. 16.
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As the embodiments discussed above show, according to the present invention, protrusions on the pattern can be formed by the same conductive material of the wiring pattern, which ensures the electrical contact of the protrusions to the wiring pattern. As a result, electrodes of the components to be mounted can be coupled to the protrusions with high reliability.
Further, when a wiring pattern is formed on a board, protrusions can be formed in bulk simultaneously. Productivity is greatly improved, and at the same time, the shapes of protrusions are uniformed, which ensures the electrical contact of the wiring pattern to the electrodes of semiconductor.
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10-166648 | Jun 1998 | JP | national |
10-355837 | Dec 1998 | JP | national |
This is a Division of application Ser. No. 09/332,968 filed Jun. 15, 1999 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,218,736.
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