Semiconductor device connected by anisotropic conductive film
Provided is a semiconductor device, including an anisotropic conductive film connecting the semiconductor device, the anisotropic conductive film having a maximum stress of 0.4 kgf/mm 2 or more; and a stress-strain curve having a slope (A) of greater than 0 and less than or equal to 0.2 kgf/(mm 2 ·%) as represented by the following equation 1: slope( A )=(½ S max −S 0 )/ x (1), wherein: S max =maximum stress, x=strain (%) at half (½) of the maximum stress, and S 0 =stress at a strain of 0.
1. A semiconductor device, comprising
an anisotropic conductive film connecting the semiconductor device, the anisotropic conductive film having:
a maximum stress of 0.4 kgf/mm 2 or more; and
a stress-strain curve having a slope (A) of greater than 0 and less than or equal to 0.2 kgf/(mm 2 ·%) as represented by the following equation 1:
slope( A )=(½ S max −S 0 )/ x (1),
wherein:
S max =maximum stress,
x=strain (%) at half (½) of the maximum stress, and
S 0 =stress at a strain of 0.
2. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the anisotropic conductive film has a strain (D) of 10% or more upon fracture of a sample thereof.
3. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the anisotropic conductive film includes a first insulation layer, a conductive layer, and a second insulation layer.
4. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first insulation layer is stacked on one surface of the conductive layer and the second insulation layer is stacked on the other surface of the conductive layer.
5. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first insulation layer has a thickness of 2 μm or less.
6. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the conductive layer has a thickness of 2 μm to 10 μm and the second insulation layer has a thickness of 6 μm to 18 μm.
7. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the second insulation layer has a melt viscosity at 50° C. to 60° C. from 10,000 Pa·s to 70,000 Pa·s, as measured by an ARES rheometer.
8. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the second insulation layer includes a binder resin, an epoxy resin, inorganic particles, a curing agent, and a coupling agent.
9. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the second insulation layer includes: 10 wt % to 50 wt % of the binder resin; 10 wt % to 60 wt % of the epoxy resin; 5 wt % to 40 wt % of the inorganic particles; 0.5 wt % to 10 wt % of the curing agent; and 0.1 wt % to 10 wt % of the coupling agent based on a total weight of the second insulation layer in terms of solid content.
10. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein, in the second insulation layer, the content of the epoxy resin is higher than the content of the binder resin based on a total weight of the second insulation layer in terms of solid content, and a weight ratio of the epoxy resin to the binder resin is higher than 1:1 and less than or equal to 2:1.
11. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the binder resin includes a first binder resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 90° C. or higher and a second binder resin having a glass transition temperature from 60° C. to less than 90° C.
12. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the first binder resin is present in a greater amount than the second binder resin, and a weight ratio of the first binder resin to the second binder resin ranges from 1:0.2 to less than 1:1.
13. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the first binder resin is present in a smaller amount than the second binder resin, and a weight ratio of the first binder resin to the second binder resin ranges from 1:4 to 1:10.
14. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the anisotropic conductive film has an connection resistance of 0.5Ω or less, as measured at 25° C. immediately after pre-compressing the anisotropic conductive film placed between a glass substrate and an Integrated Circuit (IC) driver chip or an IC chip at 50 to 70° C. under a load of 1 to 3 MPa for 1 to 3 seconds and compressing at 140° C. to 160° C. under a load of 60 MPa to 80 MPa for 3 to 7 seconds.
15. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the anisotropic conductive film has a post-reliability testing connection resistance of 5Ω or less, as measured after the anisotropic conductive film is subjected to the pre-compression and the compression, and left at 85° C. and 85% RH for 500 hours.
16. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the anisotropic conductive film has a melt viscosity at 50° C. to 60° C. from 20,000 Pa·s to 100,000 Pa·s, as measured by an ARES rheometer.
17. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first insulator layer has a different composition from the second insulating layer.