US4965657A
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Resin encapsulated semiconductor device
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1988-08-02
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Granted: 1990-10-23
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Expires: 2008-08-02
Abstract
Abstract A resin encapsulated semiconductor device sealed with an epoxy resin molding material particularly containing a brominated epoxy resin as a flame retardant with the bromine content of 0.5% by weight or less, antimony oxide as a flame retardant in an amount of 2.0% by weight or more and a quaternary phosphonium tetrasubstituted borate as a curing accelerator is excellent in connection reliability at Au/Al junctions and heat resistance.
Inventors
- 👤 Masatsugu Ogata
- 👤 Tadanori Segawa
- 👤 Hidetoshi Abe
- 👤 Shigeo Suzuki
- 👤 Tatsuo Kawata
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 01:38
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W74/00; H10W74/40; H10W74/47; H10W74/476; C; C08; C08G; C08G59/00; C08G59/18; C08G59/20; C08G59/32; C08G59/3218; C08G59/22; C08G59/30; C08G59/38; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/23; Y10T428/239
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
84 words
In a resin encapsulated semiconductor device sealed with an epoxy resin molding material, the improvement wherein said epoxy resin molding material comprises an epoxy resin, a brominated epoxy resin as a flame retardant, the bromine content in the molding material being 0.5% by weight or less, antimony oxide as a flame retardant in an amount of 2.0% by weight or more, an inorganic particle filler in an amount of 60 to 85% by weight, and a quaternary phosphonium tetrasubstituted borate as a curing accelerator.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
84 words
In a resin encapsulated semiconductor device sealed with an epoxy resin molding material, the improvement wherein said epoxy resin molding material comprises an epoxy resin, a brominated epoxy resin as a flame retardant, the bromine content in the molding material being 0.5% by weight or less, antimony oxide as a flame retardant in an amount of 2.0% by weight or more, an inorganic particle filler in an amount of 60 to 85% by weight, and a quaternary phosphonium tetrasubstituted borate as a curing accelerator.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the antimony oxide is antimony trioxide.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the brominated epoxy resin is a brominated cresol novolak epoxy resin, a brominated phenol novolak epoxy resin or a brominated bisphenol A epoxy resin.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the quaternary phosphonium tetrasubstituted borate is butyltriphenylphosphonium tetraphenylborate, tetrabutylphosphonium tetraphenylborate, tetraphenylphosphonium butyltriphenylborate, tetraphenylphosphonium tetrabutylborate or tetrabutylphosphonium tetrabutylborate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
37 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the inorganic particle filler is at least one member selected from the group consisting of molten silica having an average particle size of 5-30 μm, crystalline silica and alumina.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the semiconductor device has a semiconductor element in which an electrode portion is made of aluminum and bonding wire is made of gold or copper.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
87 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the individual components of said epoxy resin molding material have Cl - and Br - contents in amounts of 10 ppm or less, respectively, said contents being determined by pulverizing said components so as to pass 200 mesh sieve without being subject to heat treatment, dipping 5 g of the resulting powder in 50 g of pure water at 120° C. for 120 hours for extracting, and measuring the Cl - and Br - contents by a conventional method.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 1 wherein the brominated epoxy resin is a brominated cresol novolak epoxy resin, a brominated phenol novolak epoxy resin, or a brominated bisphenol a epoxy resin.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 8, wherein the quaternary phosphonium trisubstituted borate is butyltriphenylphosphonium tetraphenylborate, tetrabutylphosphonium tetraphenylborate, tetraphenylphosphonium butyltriphenylborate, tetraphenylphosphonium tetrabutylborate, or tetrabutylphosphonium tetrabutylborate.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
36 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 9, wherein the inorganic filler is at least one member selected from the group consisting of molten silica having an average particle size of 5-30 μm, crystalline silica and alumina.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
32 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 10, wherein the semiconductor device has a semiconductor element in which an electrode portion is made of aluminum and bonding wires made of gold or copper.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
31 words
A semiconductor device according to claim 11, wherein extracted contents of Cl - and Br - in individual components in the epoxy resin molding material are 10 ppm or less, respectively.
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