IP Library Granted Patent US 6,919,646
Granted Patent B2
US 6,919,646 · App. 10/384,744 · Granted Jul 19, 2005

Semiconductor device with contacting electrodes

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Patent No.
US 6,919,646
App. No.
10/384,744
Granted
Jul 19, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device in which a semiconductor element and a substrate are disposed face-to-face is obtained by: providing a sealing resin, which is a mixture of a thermoplastic resin and a thermosetting resin, between the semiconductor element and the substrate; heating at a temperature greater than a melting temperature of the thermoplastic resin; applying pressure to the sealing resin so that it spreads through the space between the semiconductor element and the substrate; melt-bonding the semiconductor element and the substrate through a cooling contraction of the thermoplastic resin component; and heating at a temperature less than a melt bond temperature of the thermoplastic resin component to cure the thermosetting resin component.

Claims (32)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first constituent member having an electrode formed thereon;

a second constituent member having an electrode formed thereon; and

a mixture of a thermoplastic resin and a thermosetting resin,

wherein said mixture intervenes with said first constituent member and said second constituent member in such a manner that the electrode of said first constituent member and the electrode of the second constituent member are in electrical contact with each other without intervention of said mixture therebetween,

wherein a melting temperature of said thermoplastic resin is greater than a glass transition temperature of said thermosetting resin, and

wherein X·E 1 ·α 1 <(1−X)·E 2 ·α 2 holds, where

E 1 is a modulus of elasticity of said thermoplastic resin,

α 1 is a coefficient of thermal expansion of said thermoplastic resin,

E 2 is a modulus of elasticity of said thermosetting resin,

α 2 is a coefficient of thermal expansion of said thermosetting resin, and

X is a content by percentage of said thermoplastic resin in said mixture and 0<X<1.

2. A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor element having an electrode formed thereon;

a substrate having a wiring pattern formed thereon; and

a mixture of a thermoplastic resin and a thermosetting resin,

wherein said mixture is provided to hold said semiconductor elements and said substrate with the electrode of said semiconductor element and the wiring pattern of said substrate being in electrical contact with each other without intervention of said mixture therebetween,

wherein a melting temperature of said thermoplastic resin is greater than a glass transition temperature of said thermosetting resin and

wherein X·E 1 ·α 1 <(1−X)·E 2 ·α 2 holds, where

E 1 is a modulus of elasticity of said thermoplastic resin,

α 1 is a coefficient of thermal expansion of said thermoplastic resin,

E 2 is a modulus of elasticity of said thermosetting resin,

α 2 is a coefficient of thermal expansion of said thermosetting resin, and

X is a content by percentage of said thermoplastic resin in said mixture and 0<X<1.

3. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the modulus of elasticity E 1 of said thermoplastic resin is less than the modulus of elasticity E 2 of said thermosetting resin.

4. A semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein

the modulus of elasticity E 1 of said thermoplastic resin is less than the modulus of elasticity E 2 of said thermosetting resin.

5. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

said X is in a range from 0.4 to 0.6.

6. A semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein

said X is in a range from 0.4 to 0.6.

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