IP Library Granted Patent US 8,580,673
Granted Patent B2
US 8,580,673 · App. 13/736,627 · Granted Nov 12, 2013

Underfill flow guide structures and method of using same

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Patent No.
US 8,580,673
App. No.
13/736,627
Granted
Nov 12, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Underfill flow guide structures and methods of using the same are provided with a module. In particular the underfill flow guide structures are integrated with a substrate and are configured to prevent air entrapment from occurring during capillary underfill processes.

Claims (7)

1. A method of forming a module, comprising:

injecting underfill within a space of the module at one or more edges of a substrate forming the module; and

directing the underfill with a substantially uniform flow front within the space of the module by underfill flow guide structures integrated with the substrate, thereby providing an underfill devoid of voids, wherein the underfill flow guide structures are formed by patterning wires.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the forming underfill flow guide structures by the patterning of the wires with an overlay of hard substance.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the underfill is uniformly guided along the substrate during capillary underfill processing.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the hard substance is a polyimide.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the underfill flow guide structures are formed as raised three dimensional structures on the substrate.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2019
From: ULTRATECH, INC.
To: VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.
Reel/Frame 051383/0735 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2019
From: ULTRATECH, INC.
To: VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.
Reel/Frame 051446/0476 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2013
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES
To: ULTRATECH, INC.
Reel/Frame 031001/0493 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2013
From: DAUBENSPECK, TIMOTHY H.; GAMBINO, JEFFREY P.; MUZZY, CHRISTOPHER D.; PAQUET, MARIE-CLAUDE; SAUTER, WOLFGANG; SULLIVAN, TIMOTHY D.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029589/0420 →