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Method for soldering a semiconductor device to a circuitized substrate

US5207372A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 23, 1991
Grant dateMay 4, 1993
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Expiry dateSep 23, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K13/0465
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for bonding a semiconductor device onto a substrate (e.g., a printed circuit board) such that solder elements on the device are connected, respectively, to circuit elements on the substrate. The solder elements are heated by passing hot gas onto an opposing surface of the device such that, by heat transference, the solder elements become partially molten to form the desired connections. Pressure is also applied onto the device during this formation to assure planarity at the connection sites. Following formation, cooling of the connections is accomplished. By directing heated gas onto only the semiconductor device and not onto the solder element-circuit member locations (and thus onto the substrate), direct semiconductor device bonding to lower melting point temperature substrates (e.g., those circuit boards containing fiberglass reinforced epoxy resin as a dielectric) may be achieved.

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