The present invention relates to a method of mounting an electronic component, having a bump containing solder and formed on its underside, to an electrode formed on a substrate by solder joint.
When an electronic component, e.g. semiconductor device, is mounted to a substrate, a bump containing solder and formed on an underside of the semiconductor device is jointed with solder to an electrode of the substrate, thereby achieving conduction therebetween. This mounting method is widely used. However, only the solder joint between the bump and the electrode often encounters lack of force to firmly hold the electronic component on the substrate. Thermosetting resin, e.g. epoxy resin, is thus used in general for reinforcing the joint between the electronic component and the substrate.
This resin reinforcement has been done this way: Under-fill resin is filled between the substrate and the electronic component after the component is mounted on the substrate. However, electronic components have been downsized and become micro-sized in recent years, so that it is difficult to fill the resin between the substrate and the component. To overcome this problem, “an advance resin application method” is used as a resin reinforcement method after mounting the component. This method applies, before the mounting, a resin reinforcing member for rigidly mounting the corners, which are to be reinforced, of the electronic component to the substrate together with a joint material, e.g. flux, for soldering the bump, and then hardens the resin reinforcing member after the mounting (refer to Patent Literature PTL 1).
This Patent Literature PTL 1 discloses the following method: Before mounting a semiconductor package to a substrate by the solder joint, apply reinforcing material having a function of flux to multiple places on a mounting surface of the substrate, and after the mounting, thermally harden the reinforcing member to reinforce locally the solder joint sections of the semiconductor package. This resin reinforcing method has an advantage over the previous one, in which the entire underside of the electronic component has been reinforced, because a defective electronic component can be removed with ease from the substrate. Repairs thus can be done simply. On top of that, the solder joint on the bump is not hermetically covered with the resin reinforcing section, so that a solder flush, namely, the solder joint melts and splashes during a next reflow process, can be advantageously prevented.
However, the related art including what is disclosed in Patent Literature PTL 1 has the following problem caused by a positional inaccuracy of applying the reinforcing material before the mounting. The resin reinforcing material is supplied and applied by an application means, e.g. dispenser. At this time, the resin reinforcing material sometimes covers a part of the electrode depending on an accuracy of positional control of application action. When the bump is soldered to the electrode with the resin reinforcing material staying on the electrode, and if the function of flux of the resin reinforcing material is insufficient, the solder joint properties are weakened, so that an excellent solder joint cannot be expected.
This positional inaccuracy that causes the resin reinforcing material to cover the electrode can be prevented by lowering an application speed of the application means; however, in this case the operation becomes slow and the productivity lowers.
As discussed above, the related art has difficulty preventing degradation in solder joint. The degradation is caused by a local cover on the electrode with the resin reinforcing material when the electronic component is mounted to the electrode formed on the substrate, and this electronic component comes with a bump on its underside, and the bump contains solder.
The present invention addresses the problem discussed above, and aims to provide a mounting method that can effectively prevent the solder joint from degrading. The degradation is caused by a local cover on an electrode with a resin reinforcing member when an electronic component with bumps is rigidly mounted to a substrate by using the resin reinforcing member for locally reinforcing the component.
The mounting method of the present invention is to mount an electronic component with bumps containing solder and formed on the underside of the component to electrodes formed on a substrate by soldering the bumps onto the electrodes. The method includes the steps of:
flux supplying step of supplying thermosetting flux to the electrodes or the bumps;
reinforcing member supplying step of supplying a resin reinforcing member, which will not lose shape after being applied to the substrate, to the substrate at positions corresponding to sections, including at least corners, to be reinforced of the electronic component; and after the flux supplying step and reinforcing member supplying step,
component mounting step of mounting an electronic component on the substrate thereby landing the bumps on the electrodes via thermosetting resin and bringing the resin reinforcing member in contact with the sections to be reinforced; and then
reflow step of heating the substrate following a given heat profile, thereby melting and solidifying the bumps to form solder joint sections where the electrodes and the electronic component are joined together, and hardening the thermosetting flux to form a resin reinforcement section that reinforces the solder joint section from the surroundings, and thermally hardening the resin reinforcing member to form a partial reinforcement section that fixes the section to be reinforced onto the substrate.
The thermosetting resin contains a first thermosetting resin including a first active ingredient, and the resin reinforcing member contains a second active ingredient and thixo-component. Those materials are mixed such that the second active ingredient is mixed at a greater mixing ratio than that of the first active ingredient.
Use of this material mixing ratio, i.e. the mixing ratio of the second active ingredient in the resin reinforcing member is greater than that of the first active ingredient in the thermosetting flux, allows the mounting method of the present invention to maintain the solder joint properties between the electrodes and the bumps with the aid of the second active ingredient, even if the resin reinforcing member, of which active ingredient works less effectively, is squeezed out onto the electrodes.
The embodiment is demonstrated with reference to the accompanying drawings. The mounting method in accordance with the embodiment is carried out this way: Electronic component 1 with multiple humps 2 containing solder and formed on an underside of component 1 is mounted on substrate 5 by soldering bumps 2 to electrodes 6 formed on substrate 5. In this case, stresses intensively occur at corners of rectangular component 1, whereby a circuit at the solder joint section is sometimes broken. The corners of electronic component 1 thus need to be reinforced by resin reinforcing member 10.
Respective steps of the method are detailed hereinafter. First, as shown in
Next, as shown in
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The composition of thermosetting flux 8 is described with reference to
As the foregoing composition shows, thermosetting flux 8 is formed of epoxy resin 8a, i.e. first thermosetting resin, and activator 8c, i.e. first active ingredient. Flux 8 can be supplied to bumps 2 by a transfer printing method; however, it can be supplied onto electrodes 6 with a dispenser or by a printing method. In other words, thermosetting flux 8 formed of the first thermosetting resin containing the first active ingredient is supplied to electrodes 6 or bumps 2 (flux supplying step). In parallel with the flux supplying step, resin reinforcing member 10 is supplied to substrate 5 with a dispenser.
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An example of composition of resin reinforcing member 10 is described with reference to
Thixo-agent 10d is provided in order to give thixo-properties to resin reinforcing member 10. It employs inorganic thixo-agent having greater thixo-properties the organic one, and is contained at a mixing ratio of 0.5 wt % in resin reinforcing member 10. Plasticizer 10e is provided in order to give plasticity to member 10. Plasticizer 10e employs rubber component which is contained at a mixing ratio of 24.0 wt % in resin reinforcing member 10. In the foregoing composition, the inorganic thixo-agent employs silica fine particles which provide greater thixo-properties, so that the thixo-properties of resin reinforcing member 10 is much greater than that of thermosetting flux 8. Resin reinforcing member 10 applied on substrate 5 does not lose shape from the bank-shape formed on substrate 5, and can maintain the bank-shape in cross section. When electronic component 1 is mounted to substrate 5, this structure allows reinforcement section 1a of electronic component 1 to be brought into contact, without fail, with resin reinforcing member 10 having a bank-shape in cross section.
To be more specific, resin reinforcing member 10, which is free from shape-loss in the applied state on substrate 5, is supplied to the positions corresponding to the sections, including corners, to be reinforced of electronic component 1 (reinforcing member supplying step). Resin reinforcing member 10 is formed of epoxy resin 10a as the second thermosetting resin, activator 10c as the second active ingredient, and thixo-agent 10d as a thixo-component.
As shown in the composition examples of thermosetting flux 8 and resin reinforcing member 10, the mixing ratio of activator 10c in member 10 is set greater than that of activator 8c in flux 8. As shown in
Next, electronic component 1 is mounted to substrate 5. To be more specific, as shown in
In this step, after the flux supplying step and the reinforcing member supplying step, electronic component 1 is mounted onto substrate 5. Bumps 2 are landed on electrodes 6 via thermosetting flux 8, and reinforcement section 1a of component 1 is brought into contact with resin reinforcing member 10 supplied on substrate 5 (component mounting step).
The behavior of resin reinforcing member 10 during the component mounting step is described with reference to
As shown in
In other words, the reflow step discussed above heats substrate 5 according to the given heating profile after the component mounting step, thereby melting and solidifying bumps 2 to form solder joint sections 2r that bonds electrodes 6 to electronic component 1. At the same time, thermosetting flux 8 is hardened to form resin reinforcement sections 8r that reinforces solder joint sections 2r from the surroundings. On top of that, resin reinforcing member 10 is thermally hardened to form partial reinforcement section 10r that fixes reinforcement section 1a to substrate 5 (reflow step).
Next, the behavior of resin reinforcing member 10 during the foregoing reflow step is described with reference to
In other words, resin reinforcing member 10 to be supplied for fixing reinforcement section 1a of electronic component 1 to substrate 5 needs to have high thixo-properties that prevents the shape-loss. Therefore, among the active ingredients contained in resin reinforcing member 10, only the active ingredient included at the sections brought into contact with surface 2a and top face 6a will enhance the junction properties of the solder junction. To be more specific, the active ingredient of resin reinforcing member 10 works less effectively than that of thermosetting flux 8, because the composition of flux 8 allows flux 8 to be free-flowing liquid on top face 6a. To obtain an excellent junction properties of solder junction between electrode 6 and bump 2 located closely to the reinforcement section to which resin reinforcing member 10 is supplied, the mixing ratio of activator 10c in resin reinforcing member 10 needs to be higher than that of activator 8c in thermosetting flux 8.
In this embodiment as shown in
Setting the mixing ratio of activator 10c in resin reinforcing member 10 at 1.2 times as much as that of activator 8c in thermosetting resin 8 will allow the oxide film removing capability of resin reinforcing member 10 to be generally equal to that of flux 8. If the mixing ratio is set less than 1.2 times, the oxide film removing capability of resin reinforcing member 10 becomes smaller than that of flux 8, so that the junction properties between electrode 6 and bump 2 is insufficient. A greater mixing ratio of activator 10c will increase the oxide film removing capability; however, if it goes too far, preservation stability will be degraded or migration will occur, so that it is preferable that the mixing ratio should be not greater than 1.8 times as much as that of activator 8c in flux 8.
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As discussed above, the method of mounting an electronic component in accordance with this embodiment mounts electronic component 1 with bumps 2 containing solder and formed on the underside of component 1 by bonding bumps 2 to electrodes 6 formed on substrate 5 through a solder junction. This method includes the steps of flux supplying step, reinforcing member supplying step, component mounting step, and reflow step to be carried out after the component mounting step.
The flux supplying step supplies thermosetting flux 8 to electrodes 6 or bumps 2. The reinforcing member supplying step supplies resin reinforcing member 10, which can stay free from losing shape when it is applied on substrate 5, to places corresponding to reinforcement sections 1a including at least corners of electronic component 1 on substrate 5.
The component mounting step mounts electronic component 1 to substrate 5 after the flux supplying step and the reinforcing member supplying step, and lands bumps 2 on electrodes 6 via thermosetting flux 8, and at the same time, reinforcement sections 1a are brought into contact with resin reinforcing member 10. In other words, bumps 2 are landed on electrodes 6 via thermosetting flux 8 which is formed of epoxy resin 8a (the first thermosetting resin) containing activator 8c (first active ingredient). On top of that, reinforcement sections 1a of component 1 are brought into contact with resin reinforcing member 10 which is formed of epoxy resin 10a (second thermosetting resin) containing activator 10c (second active ingredient),
The reflow step heats substrate 5 following the given heating profile after the component mounting step, whereby bumps 2 are melted and solidified to form solder joint sections where electrodes 6 are bonded to electronic component 1 with solder. At the same time, thermosetting flux 8 is hardened to form resin reinforcement section 8r that will reinforce the solder joint sections from the surroundings. On top of that, resin reinforcing member 10 is thermally hardened to form partial reinforcement sections that will fix reinforcement sections 1a to substrate 5.
In other words, after component 1 is mounted on substrate 5, which is then heated to form solder joint section 2r, thereby bonding bumps 2 to electrodes 6. On top of that, resin reinforcement section 8r is formed for reinforcing this solder joint section 2r from the surroundings. Thermosetting flux 8 used in this embodiment is formed of the first thermosetting resin containing a first active ingredient, and resin reinforcing member 10 used in this embodiment is formed of the second active ingredient and a thixo-component. The mixing ratio of activator 10c in resin reinforcing member 10 is set greater than that of activator 8c in thermosetting flux 8.
Even if resin reinforcing member 10, of which active ingredient works less effectively, is squeezed out on electrodes 6 due to a positional deviation of supplied resin reinforcing member 10 or stretching by electronic component 1 when it is mounted, activator 10c included at the sections brought into contact with bumps 2 or electrodes 6 will ensure the solder joint between electrodes 6 and humps 2. When resin reinforcing member 10 locally covers electrode 6, the joint properties of solder joint between bumps 2 and electrodes 6 at the reinforcement section are degraded; however, the foregoing structure prevents the degradation effectively.
The mounting method of an electronic component of the present invention rigidly mounts an electronic component having humps to a substrate and also reinforces the component locally with a resin reinforcing member. The method advantageously prevents the joint properties of solder joint from degrading caused by a local cover on the electrode with the rein reinforcing member. This method is useful in the field of manufacturing a printed wired assembly where the electronic component with bumps is soldered to the substrate.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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2010-214878 | Sep 2010 | JP | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind | 371c Date |
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PCT/JP2011/005367 | 9/26/2011 | WO | 00 | 8/9/2012 |