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Novel processes to enable deposition of metal coated polymer micro-spheres for flip-chip interconnections
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posted on 2015-08-07, 10:46 authored by Junlei Tao, David Whalley, Changqing LiuChangqing Liu, Fengshun Wu, H. KristiansenElectronics packaging with Anisotropic Conductive Adhesives (ACAs) has been successfully implemented in flat
screen assembly and smart cards for more than two decades, but novel processes are required to enable any significant
further increases in interconnection density. This paper will report work to further develop two promising methods which
can potentially extend the application of the types of conductor particles used in ACAs to enable ultra-fine pitch
interconnections by selectively depositing these metal-coated polymer particles onto targeted bond pads. These two methods are electrophoretic deposition (EPD) and magnetic
deposition (MD). To allow EPD the particles were positively charged by being immersed in a HCl solution, and then were selectively deposited onto the bumps on a silicon test chip. However the HCl immersion results in etching of the nickel layer, which is believed to significantly impact the
conductivity and reliability of the interconnections formed, even though a connection forms between the particles and
pads which is quite strong. In the MD process the Ti/Ni/Au bond pads on the test chips were permanently magnetized so
that the particles were attracted to the pads, and the results proved that a sufficient density of the Ni/Au coated polymer particles became adhered to the pads providing a simple, low cost, and ultra-fine pitch method.
Funding
The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support of the EPSRC IeMRC, the Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES) project entitled “Micro-Multi-Material Manufacture to Enable 1158 Multifunctional Miniaturised Devices (M6)” (Grant No. PIRSES-GA-2010-269113) and the EC 7th FP Project “Functional Joining of Dissimilar Materials Using Directed Self-assembly of Nanoparticles by Capillary-Bridging - HYPERCONNECT”.
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2015 Electronic Components & Technology ConferencePages
1154 - 1159Citation
TAO, J. ...et al., 2015. Novel processes to enable deposition of metal coated polymer micro-spheres for flip-chip interconnections. 2015 Electronic Components & Technology Conference 65th IEEE, San Diego, pp. 1154 - 1159.Publisher
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