Patent · US Expired

"Organic substrate (PCB) slip plane ""stress deflector"" for flip chip deivces"

US5804771A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 26, 1996
Grant dateSep 8, 1998
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Expiry dateSep 26, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49144
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A flip chip integrated circuit package which provides stress relief for the solder bumps of the package. The package includes an integrated circuit that is mounted to a substrate. The integrated circuit is attached to a plurality of bond pads of the substrate by a number of corresponding solder bumps. The substrate has a first layer that is attached to a second layer. An area that is located between the layers and adjacent to the bond pads is left unattached so that a portion of the first layer can move independent of the remaining portion of the substrate. The unattached area allows the integrated circuit to "float" and expand at a different rate than the substrate when the package is thermally cycled.

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