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A method for electrically connecting IC chips, a resinous bump-forming composition used therein and a liquid-crystal display unit electrically connected thereby

Assignee: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co Ltd
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Filing: 1988-08-10
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2008-08-10
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Abstract

Abstract The invention provides a very efficient and reliable method for electrically connecting the electrodes of an electronic device, e.g., IC chips (1), and the electrodes of, for example, a glass-made cir­cuit board substrate (3) with good repairability. Thus, the electrodes of the IC chip are first coated each with an electroconductive ther­mally meltable adhesive resinous composition (2) to form a resinous bump, the IC chip is mounted on the substrate with the adhesive-­coated electrodes contacting with the respective electrodes of the substrate, and remelting and then solidifying the resinous bumps so that the electrodes are bonded and electrically connected togeth­er. As compared with the conventional methods in which an elec­troconductive thermosetting resinous composition is used for the bumps on the electrodes, the electrical connection can be obtained with a smaller thermal effect and good replaceability of the IC chip found unacceptable with an acceptable one.

Inventors

  • 👤 Akio Nakamura
  • 👤 Naoki Kodama
  • 👤 Osami Hayashi
  • 👤 Hirofumi Saita

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 22:58
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/1333; G02F1/1345; G02F1/13452; H; H10; H10W; H10W74/00; H10W74/01; H10W74/012; H10W74/10; H10W74/15; H10W72/00; H10W72/071; H10W72/072; H10W72/07251; H10W72/20; H10W72/851; H10W72/853; H10W72/856; H10W90/00; H10W90/701; H10W90/721; H10W90/724; H10W90/731; H10W90/734

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 128 words
A method for electrically connecting electrodes of an elec­tronic device with respective electrodes of a circuit board which comprises the steps of: (a) forming a coating layer of an electroconductive thermoplastic adhesive resinous composition on the electrodes of the electronic device; (b) putting the electronic device on the circuit board in such a dis­position that the electrodes of the electronic device coated with the electroconductive thermoplastic resinous composition are each contacted with the respective electrodes of the circuit board; (c) pressing the electronic device and the circuit board together with a pressure; (d) heating the coating layer of the electroconductive thermoplas­tic adhesive resinous composition to cause melting thereof; and (e) coolng the molten electroconductive thermoplastic adhesive resinous composition to effect solidification of the same with the pressure unreleased.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 128 words
A method for electrically connecting electrodes of an elec­tronic device with respective electrodes of a circuit board which comprises the steps of: (a) forming a coating layer of an electroconductive thermoplastic adhesive resinous composition on the electrodes of the electronic device; (b) putting the electronic device on the circuit board in such a dis­position that the electrodes of the electronic device coated with the electroconductive thermoplastic resinous composition are each contacted with the respective electrodes of the circuit board; (c) pressing the electronic device and the circuit board together with a pressure; (d) heating the coating layer of the electroconductive thermoplas­tic adhesive resinous composition to cause melting thereof; and (e) coolng the molten electroconductive thermoplastic adhesive resinous composition to effect solidification of the same with the pressure unreleased.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 45 words
The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the coating layer of an electroconductive thermoplastic adhesive resinous composi­tion is formed on the electrodes of the electronic device by using the composition diluted with an organic solvent followed by eva­poration of the organic solvent to dryness.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 37 words
The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the coating layer of an electroconductive thermoplastic adhesive resinous composi­tion formed on the electrodes of the electronic device has a thickness in the range from 5 to 50 µm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 41 words
The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the coating layer of an electroconductive thermoplastic adhesive resinous composi­tion formed on the electrodes of the electronic device has a volume resistivity in the range from 1 × 10⁻⁵ ohm·cm to 10 ohm·cm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 166 words
In a liquid-crystal display unit comprising two circuit board substrates disposed in parallel with a space therebetween filled with a liquid crystal, at least one of the substrates being electric­ally connected to an IC chip for driving the liquid-crystal display, an improvement that the electrodes of the substrate and the re­spective electrodes of the IC chip are electrically connected by the steps of: (a) forming a coating layer of an electroconductive thermoplastic adhesive resinous composition on the electrodes of the IC chip; (b) putting the IC chip on the substrate in such a disposition that the electrodes of the IC chip coated with the electroconductive thermoplastic resinous composition are each contacted with the respective electrodes of the substrate; (c) pressing the IC chip and the substrate together with a pressure; (d) heating the coating layer of the electroconductive thermoplas­tic adhesive resinous composition to cause melting thereof; and (e) coolng the molten electroconductive thermoplastic adhesive resinous composition to effect solidification of the same with the pressure unreleased.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 166 words
In a liquid-crystal display unit comprising two circuit board substrates disposed in parallel with a space therebetween filled with a liquid crystal, at least one of the substrates being electric­ally connected to an IC chip for driving the liquid-crystal display, an improvement that the electrodes of the substrate and the re­spective electrodes of the IC chip are electrically connected by the steps of: (a) forming a coating layer of an electroconductive thermoplastic adhesive resinous composition on the electrodes of the IC chip; (b) putting the IC chip on the substrate in such a disposition that the electrodes of the IC chip coated with the electroconductive thermoplastic resinous composition are each contacted with the respective electrodes of the substrate; (c) pressing the IC chip and the substrate together with a pressure; (d) heating the coating layer of the electroconductive thermoplas­tic adhesive resinous composition to cause melting thereof; and (e) coolng the molten electroconductive thermoplastic adhesive resinous composition to effect solidification of the same with the pressure unreleased.

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