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Film carrier and bonding method using the film carrier
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1987-09-25
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Granted: 1989-02-28
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Expires: 2007-09-25
Abstract
Abstract A film carrier according to this invention comprises a base film, a plurality of conductors formed on the base film, and a plurality of layers formed on the conductors, each being made of a low-melting point bonding metal. A bonding method of this invention comprises the steps of aligning the bonding metal layers of the film carrier with the terminals of an electronic part, and half-melting the bonding metal layers by thermo-compression, thereby to electrically connect the conductors of the film carrier to the terminals of the electronic part. The object of the present invention is to provide a film carrier which can serve to connect electronic parts to a circuit by means of a low pressure and at a low temperature, without causing damage to the electronic parts such as semiconductor elements, and also a bonding method using this film carrier.
Inventors
- 👤 Hirotaka Nakano
- 👤 Thunekazu Yoshino
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-29 16:34
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/36; H05K3/361; H05K3/363; H10; H10W; H10W70/00; H10W70/60; H10W70/67; H10W70/688; H10W72/00; H10W72/071; H10W72/072; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/10; H05K2201/10007; H05K2201/10128; H05K2201/10136; H05K2201/10613; H05K2201/10621; H05K2201/10681; H05K2203/00; H05K2203/01; H05K2203/0195; H05K3/10; H05K3/18; H05K3/188; H05K3/30; H05K3/32; H05K3/34; H05K3/3465; H05K3/3473; H10W72/07231; H10W72/07236; H10W72/07251; H10W72/20; H10W72/251; H10W72/252; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49117; Y10T29/49124; Y10T29/4913; Y10T29/49144
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
47 words
A film carrier comprising: a base film; a plurality of conductors formed on base film, and a plurality of layers formed on the conductors, each being made of a bonding metal having a melting point of approximately 195° C. and a softening point of approximately 165° C.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
47 words
A film carrier comprising: a base film; a plurality of conductors formed on base film, and a plurality of layers formed on the conductors, each being made of a bonding metal having a melting point of approximately 195° C. and a softening point of approximately 165° C.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The film carrier according to claim 1, wherein each of said layers of the bonding metal is formed on at least one end portion of the corresponding conductor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
The film carrier according to claim 2, wherein said end portion of the conductor is a bonding section.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The film carrier according to claim 3, wherein the bonding section of said conductor is an inner-lead section or an outer-lead section.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
The film carrier according to claim 4, wherein the inner-lead section of said conductor projects from said base film.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
65 words
The film carrier according to claim 4, wherein the following relation is established: h.sub.B <h.sub.C ≦h.sub.A where h A is the height of said one end portion of said conductor, h B is the height of the non-bonding section of said conductor and h C is the height of the portion of said conductor which does not correspond to the inner-lead section or outer-lead section.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
The film carrier according to claim 1, wherein said bonding metal is a low-melting point adherent alloy.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
38 words
The film carrier according to claim 7, wherein said adherent alloy comprises a low-melting point solder alloy, and an element which promotes the bonding at the interface between the alloy layers and the terminals of an electronic part.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
The film carrier according to claim 8, wherein said solder alloy comprises In and two elements selected from the group consisting of Pb, Sn, Zn, Cd, and Bi.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
The film carrier according to claim 8, wherein said element which promotes the bonding at the interface is Sb.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
47 words
The film carrier according to claim 7, wherein said adherent alloy comprises a low-melting point solder alloy, an element which promotes the bonding at the interface between the alloy layers and the terminals of an electronic part, and an element which has a prominent affinity with oxygen.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
28 words
The film carrier according to claim 11, wherein said solder alloy comprises In and two elements selected from the group consisting of Pb, Sn, Zn, Cd, and Bi.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
19 words
The film carrier according to claim 11, wherein said element which promotes the bonding at the interface is Sb.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
39 words
The film carrier according to claim 11, wherein said element which has a prominent affinity with oxygen is one or two elements selected from the group consisting of Zn, Al, Ti, Si, Cr, Be, and a rare earth metal.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
17 words
The film carrier according to claim 1, wherein said bonding metal layers are used as said conductors.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
31 words
A film carrier according to claim 11 wherein the material which forms the terminal of the electronic part is selected from the group consisting of Al and ITO (Indium Tin Oxide).
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
133 words
A bonding method comprising the steps of: positioning a film carrier having a base film, a plurality of conductors formed on the base film, and a plurality of bonding metal layers formed on the conductors, each said bonding metal layer being made of a bonding metal having a melting point of approximately 195° C. and a softening point of approximately 165° C., so that said bonding metal layers align with the terminals of an electronic part; half melting said bonding metal layers at a temperature so that said bonding metal layers are neither liquid nor solid compression bonding said heated bonding metal layers to said terminal of an electronic part, said electronic part being in solid form, thereby electrically connecting the conductors of said film carrier to the terminals of the electronic part.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
133 words
A bonding method comprising the steps of: positioning a film carrier having a base film, a plurality of conductors formed on the base film, and a plurality of bonding metal layers formed on the conductors, each said bonding metal layer being made of a bonding metal having a melting point of approximately 195° C. and a softening point of approximately 165° C., so that said bonding metal layers align with the terminals of an electronic part; half melting said bonding metal layers at a temperature so that said bonding metal layers are neither liquid nor solid compression bonding said heated bonding metal layers to said terminal of an electronic part, said electronic part being in solid form, thereby electrically connecting the conductors of said film carrier to the terminals of the electronic part.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
31 words
The bonding method according to claim 17, wherein those potions of said conductors on which said bonding metal layers are formed constitute an inner-lead section which projects from said base film.
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