US5109601A
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Method of marking a thin film package
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1990-02-12
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Granted: 1992-05-05
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Expires: 2010-02-12
Abstract
Abstract The disclosure describes a method of manufacturing a structure of a thin, flexible package assembly that permits electrical devices to be bonded to an electrical circuit utilizing mixed bonding techniques. A sacrificial metal carrier material is used to support a thin polyimide or TEFLON substrate, through which openings, called "vias", are formed at locations where bonding pad areas are needed to affix electrical devices. An electrical circuit is formed on the thin flexible substrate, including making the vias conductive, utilizing known processes, and then, the sacrificial metal carrier material is removed, as for example by etching it away, except in locations where metal bumps will be needed to bone a device by thermo compression bonding.
Inventors
- 👤 Donald G. McBride
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 09:46
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W99/00; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/40; H05K3/4007; H10W70/00; H10W70/60; H10W70/611; H10W70/62; H10W70/63; H10W70/635; H10W70/67; H10W70/68; H10W70/6875; H10W70/688; H10W90/00; H10W90/701; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/03; H05K2201/0332; H05K2201/0364; H05K2201/0367; H05K2203/00; H05K2203/01; H05K2203/0147; H05K2203/0152; H05K2203/03; H05K2203/0369; H05K2203/0376; H05K3/007; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49117; Y10T29/49124; Y10T29/49126; Y10T29/4913; Y10T29/49144; Y10T29/49155
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
173 words
The method of manufacturing a thin flexible package assembly for utilizing different bonding techniques to affix electrical devices to be functionally operable with an electrical circuit, comprising the steps of: casting a film of a predetermined electrically insulating material onto a predetermined sacrificial metal carrier material; forming openings through said electrically insulating material at predetermined locations to identify bonding pad areas; forming a predetermined electrical circuit on said electrically insulating material to be supported thereby and to use at least some of said openings for electrical connections to one device, or to a plurality of devices; removing said sacrificial metal carrier material except in the areas of predetermined ones of said openings where metal material remaining is for use as bumps to affix at least one electrical device, by a predetermined bonding process, to be functionally operable with said electrical circuit; and affixing a second electrical device to said electrical circuit on the side of said insulating material opposite said one electrical device, by a bonding process different from said predetermined bonding process.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
173 words
The method of manufacturing a thin flexible package assembly for utilizing different bonding techniques to affix electrical devices to be functionally operable with an electrical circuit, comprising the steps of: casting a film of a predetermined electrically insulating material onto a predetermined sacrificial metal carrier material; forming openings through said electrically insulating material at predetermined locations to identify bonding pad areas; forming a predetermined electrical circuit on said electrically insulating material to be supported thereby and to use at least some of said openings for electrical connections to one device, or to a plurality of devices; removing said sacrificial metal carrier material except in the areas of predetermined ones of said openings where metal material remaining is for use as bumps to affix at least one electrical device, by a predetermined bonding process, to be functionally operable with said electrical circuit; and affixing a second electrical device to said electrical circuit on the side of said insulating material opposite said one electrical device, by a bonding process different from said predetermined bonding process.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of manufacturing a thin flexible package assembly as defined in claim 7 wherein said predetermined electrically insulating material consists of polyimide.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of manufacturing a thin flexible package assembly as defined in claim 2 wherein said predetermined sacrificial metal carrier material is from the group consisting of aluminum and copper.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of manufacturing a thin flexible package assembly as defined in claim 3 wherein said predetermined electrical circuit is formed of a chromium-copper-chromium foil material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
49 words
The method of manufacturing a thin flexible package assembly as defined in claim 4 wherein the thickness of said electrically insulating material is in the order of 5 microns, and the thickness of said chromium is: approximately 200 Angstroms, and the thickness of said copper is: approximately 80,000 Angstroms.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of manufacturing a thin flexible package assembly as defined in claim 5 wherein said bonding process used for affixing said one electrical device is a thermo compression bonding process.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
47 words
The method of manufacturing a thin flexible package assembly as defined in claim 6 wherein said bonding process to affix said second electrical device to said electrical circuit that is different from said predetermined bonding process consists of a Controlled Collapse Chip Connection type of bonding process.
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