Web process interconnect in electronic assemblies
View Patent ↗Apparatuses and methods for forming displays are claimed. One embodiment of the invention relates to depositing a plurality of blocks onto a substrate and is coupled to a flexible layer having interconnect deposited thereon. Another embodiment of the invention relates to forming a display along a length of a flexible layer wherein a slurry containing a plurality of elements with circuit elements thereon washes over the flexible layer and slides into recessed regions or holes found in the flexible layer. Interconnect is then deposited thereon. In another embodiment, interconnect is placed on the flexible layer followed by a slurry containing a plurality of elements.
1. A method of fabricating an electronic assembly, the method comprising:
providing a flexible web material, the web material have an aspect ratio of at least 25:1;
forming contact pads on the web material, the contact pads configured to couple to an external circuitry, the external circuitry being a flexible antenna;
advancing the web material in a process line; and
placing integrated circuit elements onto the web material, each of the integrated circuit elements electrically coupled to at least one of the contact pads.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the placing is performed robotically.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising forming vias to electrically couple the integrated circuit elements to the contact pads.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the forming contact pads uses screen printing.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the placing the integrated circuit elements positions the integrated circuit elements as an array on the web material.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the contact pads comprise silver.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the contact pads comprise at least one of metal, conductive polymer, metal particles, conductive organic compounds, or conductive oxides.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the contact pads are gross interconnects.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein the web material is at least one of polyethylene terephthalate, polyimide, polyether sulfone, polyester, and polyamide-imide.
10. A method of fabricating an electronic assembly, the method comprising:
providing a flexible web material, the web material have an aspect ratio of at least 25:1;
screen printing contact pads on the web material, the contact pads configured to couple to an external circuitry, the external circuitry being flexible antenna;
advancing the web material in a process line; and
robotically placing integrated circuit elements onto the web material as an array, each of the integrated circuit elements electrically coupled to at least one of the contact pads.