Structure for improving interconnect reliability of focal plane arrays
US4943491A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 20, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jul 24, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 20, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/12528
Abstract
An improved structure for interconnecting focal plane arrays. A first body having a first coefficient of expansion comprising a detector array is connected by interconnection apparatus to a second body having a second coefficient of expansion. The second body comprises semiconductor electronics and includes a bottom surface which opposes the surface connected to the first body. A layer of material is bonded with an adhesive to the second body's bottom surface wherein the bonded layer has a third coefficient of expansion which is greater than the first and second coefficients of expansion. In one aspect of the invention, the interconnection apparatus comprises interconnect columns made substantially of indium, the second body is substantially comprised of silicon and the first body is substantially comprised of material selected from the group consisting of CdTe and HgCdTe. The bonded layer may advantageously be substantially comprised of copper.
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