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Process for fabricating a low dielectric composite substrate

Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1990-03-30
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Granted: 1992-08-04
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Expires: 2010-03-30
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Abstract

Abstract The cracking experienced during thermal cycling of metal:dielectric semiconductor packages results from a mismatch in thermal co-efficients of expansion. The non-hermeticity associated with such cracking can be addresssed by backfilling the permeable cracks with a flexible material. Uniform gaps between the metal and dielectric materials can similarly be filled with flexible materials to provide stress relief, bulk compressibility and strength to the package. Furthermore, a permeable, skeletal dielectric can be fabricated as a fired, multilayer structure having sintered metallurgy and subsequently infused with a flexible, temperature-stable material to provide hermeticity and strength.

Inventors

  • 👤 John Acocella
  • 👤 Peter A. Agostino
  • 👤 Arnold I. Baise
  • 👤 Richard A. Bates
  • 👤 Ray M. Bryant
  • 👤 Jon A. Casey
  • 👤 David R. Clarke
  • 👤 George Czornyj
  • 👤 Allen J. Dam
  • 👤 Lawrence D. David
  • 👤 Renuka S. Divakaruni
  • 👤 Werner E. Dunkel
  • 👤 Ajay P. Giri
  • 👤 Liang-Choo Hsia
  • 👤 James N. Humenik
  • 👤 Steven M. Kandetzke
  • 👤 Daniel P. Kirby
  • 👤 John U. Knickerbocker
  • 👤 Sarah H. Knickerbocker
  • 👤 Anthony Mastreani
  • 👤 Amy T. Matts
  • 👤 Robert W. Nufer
  • 👤 Charles H. Perry
  • 👤 Srinivasa S. N. Reddy
  • 👤 Salvatore J. Scilla
  • 👤 Mark A. Takacs
  • 👤 Lovell B. Wiggins

Bibliographic Details

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CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W70/00; H10W70/01; H10W70/05; C; C04; C04B; C04B41/00; C04B41/45; C04B41/46; C04B41/48; C04B41/488; C04B41/49; C04B41/4905; C04B41/495; C04B41/4961; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/40; H05K3/4038; H05K3/4053; H05K3/4061; H10W70/60; H10W70/611; H10W70/67; H10W70/68; H10W70/685; C04B2111/00; C04B2111/00474; C04B2111/00663; C04B2111/00672; C04B2111/00844; H05K1/00; H05K1/02; H05K1/03; H05K1/0306; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/09; H05K2201/09209; H05K2201/095; H05K2201/09581; H05K2203/00; H05K2203/11; H05K2203/1147; H05K2203/30; H05K2203/308

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim 143 words
A process for fabricating a multilayered ceramic substrate comprising the steps of: mixing a slurry comprising at least a dielectric material, a binder and a solvent; casting said slurry into a plurality of greensheets; forming a pattern of via holes in said greensheets; filling said via holes with a conductive material; applying a plurality of conductive patterns on at least one of said greensheets, wherein each of said patterns comprises a metallurgical feature at least partially encapsulated by selectively disposed additional dielectric material which does not form a complete coating over said at least one of said greensheets; stacking said greensheets in alignment with each other; laminating said stack; and firing said stack to a temperature sufficient to sinter said dielectric material and said metallurgical features but not sufficient to densify said additional dielectric material such that said additional dielectric material contains porosity.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 143 words
A process for fabricating a multilayered ceramic substrate comprising the steps of: mixing a slurry comprising at least a dielectric material, a binder and a solvent; casting said slurry into a plurality of greensheets; forming a pattern of via holes in said greensheets; filling said via holes with a conductive material; applying a plurality of conductive patterns on at least one of said greensheets, wherein each of said patterns comprises a metallurgical feature at least partially encapsulated by selectively disposed additional dielectric material which does not form a complete coating over said at least one of said greensheets; stacking said greensheets in alignment with each other; laminating said stack; and firing said stack to a temperature sufficient to sinter said dielectric material and said metallurgical features but not sufficient to densify said additional dielectric material such that said additional dielectric material contains porosity.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 12 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said sintered dielectric material is non-porous.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 19 words
The method of claim 1 wherein each of said metallurgical features is entirely encapsulated by said additional dielectric material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 34 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the step of applying a plurality of conductive patterns comprises first applying said metallurgical features on said greensheets followed by applying said additional dielectric over said metallurgical features.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 46 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the step of applying a plurality of conductive patterns comprises first applying said additional dielectric material on said greensheets followed by applying said metallurgical features on said additional dielectric material followed by applying additional dielectric material over said metallurgical features.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 17 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said additional dielectric material comprises ceramic material and a sintering retardant.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 14 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said additional dielectric material comprises hollow glass microspheres.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 34 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said via conductive material comprises a sintering retardant such that said vias, after sintering, contain permeable pores and further comprising a polymeric material disposed within said permeable pores.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 65 words
The method of claim 1 wherein there is a mismatch in the respective thermal expansions of said conductive material vias and said sintered dielectric material, resulting in permeable voids in said substrate, and further comprising a polymeric material disposed in said permeable voids, wherein said polymeric material is a polymeric material selected from the group consisting of polyimides, bismaleimides, acetylenes, epoxies, and thermally--stable silicon--containing polymers.

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