Connection body
Even in case of conductive particles being clamped between stepped sections of substrate electrodes and electrode terminals, conductive particles sandwiched between each main surface of the substrate electrodes and electrode terminals are sufficiently compressed, ensuring electrical conduction. An electronic component is connected to a circuit substrate via an anisotropic conductive adhesive agent, on respective edge-side areas of substrate electrodes of the circuit substrate and electrode terminals of the electronic component, stepped sections are formed and abutted, conductive particles are sandwiched between each main surface and stepped sections of the substrate electrodes and electrode terminals; the conductive particles and stepped sections satisfy formula, a+b+c≦0.8 D (1), wherein a is height of the stepped section of the electrode terminals, b is height of the stepped section of the substrate electrodes, c is gap distance between each stepped sections and D is diameter of conductive particles.
1. A connection body comprising:
a circuit substrate; and
an electronic component connected onto the circuit substrate via an anisotropic conductive adhesive agent;
wherein the circuit substrate has substrate electrodes formed thereon and the electronic component has electrode terminals formed thereon, both of which having stepped sections formed on respective edge-side areas;
wherein conductive particles contained by the anisotropic conductive adhesive agent are sandwiched between main surfaces of the substrate electrodes and the electrode terminals and between the stepped sections formed on the respective edge-side areas of the substrate electrodes and the electrode terminals; and
wherein the conductive particles and each of the stepped sections of the substrate electrodes and the electrode terminals satisfy the following formula (1);
a+b+c≦ 0.8 D (1)
wherein a is a height of the stepped section of the electrode terminals, b is a height of the stepped section of the substrate electrodes, c is a gap distance between each of the stepped sections and D is a diameter of the conductive particles.
2. The connection body according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive particles and each of the stepped sections of the substrate electrodes and the electrode terminals satisfy the following formula (2),
c≦ 1 μm (2).
3. The connection body according to claim 1 , wherein the anisotropic conductive adhesive agent is formed in a film form and the conductive particles are regularly arranged.
4. The connection body according to claim 2 , wherein the anisotropic conductive adhesive agent is formed in a film form and the conductive particles are regularly arranged.