US5371178A
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Rapidly curing adhesive and method
Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corp
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Filing: 1993-12-03
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Granted: 1994-12-06
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Expires: 2013-12-03
Abstract
Abstract Described is a rapidly curing adhesive formulation and a method of reducing the curing time of an adhesive formulation containing cyanate ester.
Inventors
- 👤 My N. Nguyen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 18:32
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08G; C08G73/00; C08G73/06; C08G73/0622; C08G73/0638; C08G73/065; C08G73/0655; C08G73/0661; C09; C09J; C09J179/00; C09J179/04; C09J179/08; H; H01; H01B; H01B1/00; H01B1/20; H01B1/22; H10; H10W; H10W20/00; H10W20/40; H10W40/00; H10W40/20; H10W40/25; H10W40/251; H10W72/00; H10W72/071; H10W72/073; H10W72/07331; H10W72/07337; H10W72/30; H10W72/321; H10W72/325; H10W72/351; H10W72/352; H10W72/353; H10W72/354; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24893; Y10T428/24909
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
132 words
A rapidly curing adhesive for bonding a semiconductor device to a substrate capable of being cured in less than five minutes at 200° C. consisting essentially of a cyanate ester vehicle, an active hydrogen compound from the group of aromatic amines and alkylphenols, a metal-containing curing catalyst and a small but effective amount of silver to act as a co-catalyst to facilitate the rapid curability of said adhesive, said silver being present in an amount of not greater than about 20 wt. % and selected from the group consisting of uncoated flake and powder particles and flake and powder particles coated with a surfactant, and mixtures thereof, said particles having a particle size within the range of 0.1 to 50 μm and a surface area of 0.1 to 2 m 2 /g.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
132 words
A rapidly curing adhesive for bonding a semiconductor device to a substrate capable of being cured in less than five minutes at 200° C. consisting essentially of a cyanate ester vehicle, an active hydrogen compound from the group of aromatic amines and alkylphenols, a metal-containing curing catalyst and a small but effective amount of silver to act as a co-catalyst to facilitate the rapid curability of said adhesive, said silver being present in an amount of not greater than about 20 wt. % and selected from the group consisting of uncoated flake and powder particles and flake and powder particles coated with a surfactant, and mixtures thereof, said particles having a particle size within the range of 0.1 to 50 μm and a surface area of 0.1 to 2 m 2 /g.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
144 words
A method of reducing the curing time at a temperature less than its glass transition temperature of cyanate ester-containing adhesives used for bonding a semiconductor device to a substrate to less than five minutes at 200° C., said adhesive consisting essentially of 10 to 40 wt. % cyanate ester vehicle, 0.1 to 2 wt. % alkylphenol, and 0.01 to 0.1 wt. % of a metal-containing curing catalyst, said method comprising adding to said adhesive a small but effective amount of a co-curing catalyst comprising commercially pure silver in an amount not greater than about 20 wt. %, said silver selected from the group consisting of uncoated flake and powder particles and flake and powder particles coated with a surfactant, said particles having a particle size within the range of 0.1 to 50 μm and a surface area of 0.1 to 2 m 2 /g.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
144 words
A method of reducing the curing time at a temperature less than its glass transition temperature of cyanate ester-containing adhesives used for bonding a semiconductor device to a substrate to less than five minutes at 200° C., said adhesive consisting essentially of 10 to 40 wt. % cyanate ester vehicle, 0.1 to 2 wt. % alkylphenol, and 0.01 to 0.1 wt. % of a metal-containing curing catalyst, said method comprising adding to said adhesive a small but effective amount of a co-curing catalyst comprising commercially pure silver in an amount not greater than about 20 wt. %, said silver selected from the group consisting of uncoated flake and powder particles and flake and powder particles coated with a surfactant, said particles having a particle size within the range of 0.1 to 50 μm and a surface area of 0.1 to 2 m 2 /g.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
114 words
A rapidly curing adhesive for bonding a semiconductor device to a substrate capable of being cured in less than five minutes at a temperature of 200° C. consisting essentially of a cyanate ester vehicle and an amount of silver to act as a co-catalyst to facilitate the rapid curability of said adhesive, said silver being present in an amount of 60 to 90 wt. % and selected from the group consisting of uncoated flake and powder particles and flake and powder particles coated with a surfactant, and mixtures thereof, said particles having a particle size within the range of 0.1 to 50 μm and a surface area of 0.1 to 2 m 2 /g.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
114 words
A rapidly curing adhesive for bonding a semiconductor device to a substrate capable of being cured in less than five minutes at a temperature of 200° C. consisting essentially of a cyanate ester vehicle and an amount of silver to act as a co-catalyst to facilitate the rapid curability of said adhesive, said silver being present in an amount of 60 to 90 wt. % and selected from the group consisting of uncoated flake and powder particles and flake and powder particles coated with a surfactant, and mixtures thereof, said particles having a particle size within the range of 0.1 to 50 μm and a surface area of 0.1 to 2 m 2 /g.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
101 words
A method of reducing the curing time at a temperature less than its glass transition temperature of cyanate ester-containing adhesives used for bonding a semiconductor device to a substrate to less than five minutes at a temperature of 200° C., said method comprising adding to said adhesive 60 to 90 wt. % commercially pure silver, said silver selected from the group of uncoated flake and powder particles and flake and powder particles coated with a surfactant, said particles having a particle size within the range of 0.1 to 50 μm and a surface area of 0.1 to 2 m 2 /g.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
101 words
A method of reducing the curing time at a temperature less than its glass transition temperature of cyanate ester-containing adhesives used for bonding a semiconductor device to a substrate to less than five minutes at a temperature of 200° C., said method comprising adding to said adhesive 60 to 90 wt. % commercially pure silver, said silver selected from the group of uncoated flake and powder particles and flake and powder particles coated with a surfactant, said particles having a particle size within the range of 0.1 to 50 μm and a surface area of 0.1 to 2 m 2 /g.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
115 words
A rapidly curing adhesive for bonding a semiconductor device to a substrate capable of being cured in less than five minutes at 200° C. consisting essentially of 10 to 40 wt. % cyanate ester vehicle and an amount of silver which is effective to facilitate the rapid curability of said adhesive, said silver being present as particles in an amount of not greater than about 90 wt. % and selected from the group consisting of uncoated flake and powder and flake and powder coated with a surfactant, and mixtures thereof, said particles having a particle size within the range of 0.1 to 50 μm and a surface area of 0.1 to 2 m 2 /g.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
115 words
A rapidly curing adhesive for bonding a semiconductor device to a substrate capable of being cured in less than five minutes at 200° C. consisting essentially of 10 to 40 wt. % cyanate ester vehicle and an amount of silver which is effective to facilitate the rapid curability of said adhesive, said silver being present as particles in an amount of not greater than about 90 wt. % and selected from the group consisting of uncoated flake and powder and flake and powder coated with a surfactant, and mixtures thereof, said particles having a particle size within the range of 0.1 to 50 μm and a surface area of 0.1 to 2 m 2 /g.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
98 words
A method of reducing the curing time at a temperature less than its glass transition temperature of cyanate ester-containing adhesives used for bonding a semiconductor device to a substrate to less than five minutes at 200° C., said method comprising adding to said adhesive up to 90 wt. % commercially pure silver, said silver selected from the group of uncoated flake and powder particles and flake and powder particles coated with a surfactant, said particles having a particle size within the range of 0.1 to 50 μm and a surface area of 0.1 to 2 m 2 /g.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
98 words
A method of reducing the curing time at a temperature less than its glass transition temperature of cyanate ester-containing adhesives used for bonding a semiconductor device to a substrate to less than five minutes at 200° C., said method comprising adding to said adhesive up to 90 wt. % commercially pure silver, said silver selected from the group of uncoated flake and powder particles and flake and powder particles coated with a surfactant, said particles having a particle size within the range of 0.1 to 50 μm and a surface area of 0.1 to 2 m 2 /g.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
A rapidly curing adhesive according to claim 1 wherein silver is present in an amount of 4 to 20 wt. %.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
21 words
A rapidly curing adhesive according to claim 1 wherein silver is present in an amount of 10 to 20 wt. %.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
28 words
A rapidly curing adhesive according to claim 1 wherein said active hydrogen compound is present in an amount of 0.5 to 6 parts per hundred of cyanate ester.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method according to claim 2 wherein the commercially pure silver is added to said adhesive in an amount of 4 to 20 wt. %.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method according to claim 2 wherein commercially pure silver is added to said adhesive in an amount of 10 to 20 wt. %.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
21 words
A rapidly curing adhesive according to claim 5 wherein silver is present in an amount of 20 to 90 wt. %.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method according to claim 6 wherein silver is added in amount of up to 20 wt. %.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
21 words
A rapidly curing adhesive according to claim 1 wherein the tap density of the silver particles is 2 to 5 g/cc.
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