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Electronic device bonding method and electronic circuit apparatus

US5973406A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 25, 1997
Grant dateOct 26, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 25, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P70/50
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic device is solder bonded properly without using fluxes nor precise positioning with respect to a substrate. A bond pad with a size about twice the size of terminal pad of the electronic device is formed in a region on the substrate where the electronic device is to be mounted. After placing the electronic device of the substrate surface, the whole unit is heated in a nitrogen atmosphere to melt a bump formed on the terminal pad of the electronic device. The molten solder wets and spreads over the bond pads formed on the substrate, thereby establishing reflow soldering between the bond pads and the terminal pads. The position of the electronic device with respect to the substrate is spontaneously corrected due to a self-alignment function induced by wetting and spreading of the molten solder over the bond pad of the substrate.

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