IP Library Granted Patent US 8,198,546
Granted Patent B2
US 8,198,546 · App. 11/944,498 · Granted Jun 12, 2012

Printed wiring board

Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,198,546
App. No.
11/944,498
Granted
Jun 12, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a printed wiring board includes preparing a wiring substrate having a conductive circuit, coating a solder-resist layer over the conductive circuit, leveling a surface of the solder-resist layer so as to obtain a maximum surface roughness in a predetermined range, removing the resin film from the surface of the solder-resist layer, and forming multiple openings in the surface of the solder-resist layer to expose multiple portions of the conductive circuit so as to form multiple conductive pads for mounting an electronic components.

Claims (49)

1. A printed wiring board comprising:

a core substrate;

a conductive circuit formed on the core substrate;

a built-up layer formed over the core substrate and the conductive circuit, the built-up layer comprising a plurality of insulating layers and a plurality of conductive circuits formed on the insulating layers, respectively; and

a solder-resist layer formed over the built-up layer and having a plurality of openings exposing a plurality of portions of an outermost conductive circuit in the built-up layer, respectively, the plurality of portions of the outermost conductive circuit forming a plurality of conductive pads configured to mount an electronic component,

wherein the solder-resist layer has a surface including an electronic component mounting region, and the electronic component mounting region has the conductive pads and a leveled surface which has a maximum roughness in a range of 0.3 to 7.5 μm.

2. A printed wiring board according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of solder bumps formed on the plurality of conductive pads, respectively; and

an underfill sealing a space between the electronic component and the solder-resist layer.

3. A printed wiring board according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic component mounting region has a maximum roughness in a range of 0.8 to 2.0 μm.

4. A printed wiring board according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a plurality of solder bumps formed on the plurality of conductive pads, respectively; and

an underfill sealing a space between the electronic component and the solder-resist layer.

5. A printed wiring board according to claim 1 , further comprising an underfill sealing a space between the electronic component and the solder-resist layer.

6. A printed wiring board comprising:

a core substrate;

a conductive circuit formed on the core substrate;

a built-up layer formed over the core substrate and the conductive circuit, the built-up layer comprising a plurality of insulating layers and a plurality of conductive circuits formed on the insulating layers, respectively; and

a solder-resist layer formed over the built-up layer and having a plurality of openings exposing a plurality of portions of an outermost conductive circuit in the built-up layer, respectively, the plurality of portions of the outermost conductive circuit forming a plurality of conductive pads configured to mount an electronic component,

wherein the solder-resist layer has a surface including an electronic component mounting region, and the electronic component mounting region has the conductive pads and a leveled surface which has an arithmetic mean deviation (Ra) of roughness in a range of 0.2 to 0.7 μm.

7. A printed wiring board according to claim 6 , further comprising:

a plurality of solder bumps formed on the plurality of conductive pads, respectively; and

an underfill sealing a space between the electronic component and the solder-resist layer.

8. A printed wiring board according to claim 6 , wherein the electronic component mounting region has an arithmetic mean deviation (Ra) of roughness in a range of 0.2 to 0.5 μm.

9. A printed wiring board according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a plurality of solder bumps formed on the plurality of conductive pads, respectively; and

an underfill sealing a space between the electronic component and the solder-resist layer.

10. A printed wiring board according to claim 6 , further comprising an underfill sealing a space between the electronic component and the solder-resist layer.

11. A method of manufacturing a printed wiring board, comprising:

preparing a core substrate having a conductive circuit formed on the core substrate;

forming a built-up layer over the core substrate and the conductive circuit, the built-up layer comprising a plurality of insulating layers and a plurality of conductive circuits formed on the insulating layers, respectively;

coating a solder-resist layer over the built-up layer; leveling a surface of the solder-resist layer at least over the conductive circuits in the built-up layer so as to obtain a leveled surface having a maximum surface roughness in a predetermined range;

forming a plurality of openings in the leveled surface of the solder-resist layer to expose a plurality of portions of an outermost conductive circuit in the built-up layer under the leveled surface so as to form an electronic component mounting region and a plurality of conductive pads for mounting an electronic component in the electronic component mounting region; and wherein the maximum roughness is in a range of 0.3 to 7.5 μm.

12. A method of manufacturing a printed wiring board according to claim 11 , further comprising:

filling a solder paste on the plurality of conductive pads so as to form a plurality of solder bumps;

mounting the electronic component to the plurality of conductive pads through the plurality of solder bumps; and

filling an underfill material between the electronic component and the surface of the solder-resist layer so as to seal the electronic component.

13. A method of manufacturing a printed wiring board according to claim 11 , further comprising mounting the electronic component through the plurality of conductive pads.

14. A method of manufacturing a printed wiring board according to claim 13 , further comprising filling an underfill material between the mounted electronic component and the surface of the solder-resist layer so as to seal the electronic component.

15. A method of manufacturing a printed wiring board according to claim 11 , further comprising applying a roughening treatment on the surface of the solder-resist layer so as to form a roughened surface having an arithmetic mean deviation (Ra) of roughness smaller than the maximum surface roughness.

16. A method of manufacturing a printed wiring board according to claim 11 , wherein the leveling comprises laminating a resin film on the surface of the solder-resist layer, applying a thermal pressing treatment from above the resin film and removing the resin film from the surface of the solder-resist layer.

17. A method of manufacturing a printed wiring board according to claim 11 , further comprising:

mounting the electronic component to the plurality of conductive pads; and

filling an underfill material between the electronic component and the surface of the solder-resist layer so as to seal the electronic component.

18. A method of manufacturing a printed wiring board according to claim 16 , wherein the thermal pressing treatment is conducted under conditions including a pressing temperature ranging between 35 to 100° C., a pressure ranging between 1.0 and 10 MPa and a pressing time ranging between 20 seconds to 3 minutes.

19. A method of manufacturing a printed wiring board according to claim 15 , wherein the roughening treatment comprises roughening using a potassium permanganate solution having a concentration in a range of 40 to 100 g/l under conditions including a temperature of the potassium permanganate solution in a range of 40 to 80° C. and an immersion time in a range of 0.5 to 10 minutes.

20. A method of manufacturing a printed wiring board according to claim 11 , wherein the maximum roughness is in a range of 0.8 to 2.0 μm.

21. A method of manufacturing a printed wiring board according to claim 15 , wherein the arithmetic mean deviation (Ra) of roughness is in a range of 0.2 to 0.7 μm.

22. A method of manufacturing a printed wiring board according to claim 15 , wherein the arithmetic mean deviation (Ra) of roughness is in a range of 0.2 to 0.5 μm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2008
From: KAWAMURA, YOICHIRO; SAWA, SHIGEKI; TANNO, KATSUHIKO; TANAKA, HIRONORI; FUJII, NAOAKI
To: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020602/0133 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2005-149086 · May 23, 2005 · national
JP 2005-192861 · Jun 30, 2005 · national
Continuity (2)
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