• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.61-71
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• 1999

The recent trend toward higher frequencies, miniaturization and lower-cost in wireless communication equipment is demanding high density packaging technologies such flip chip interconnection and multichip module(MCM) as a substitute of conventional plastic package. With analyzing the recently reported research results of the RF flip chip, this paper presents the technical issues and advantages of RF flip chip and suggest the flip chip technologies suitable for the development stage. At first, most of RF flip chips are designed in a coplanar waveguide line instead of microstrip in order to achieve better electrical performance and to avoid the interaction with a substrate. Secondly, eliminating wafer back-side grinding, via formation, and back-side metallization enables the manufacturing cost to be reduced. Finally, the electrical performance of flip chip bonding is much better than that of plastic package and the flip chip interconnection is more suitable for Transmit/Receiver modules at higher frequency. However, the characterization of CPW designed RF flip chip must be thoroughly studied and the Au stud bump bonding shall be suggested at the earlier stage of RF flip chip development.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.12 no.1 s.34
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• pp.9-16
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• 2005

This paper presents the development of new anisotropic conductive adhesives with enhanced thermal conductivity for the wide use of adhesive flip chip technology with improved reliability under high current density condition. The continuing downscaling of structural profiles and increase in inter-connection density in flip chip packaging using ACAs has given rise to reliability problem under high current density. In detail, as the bump size is reduced, the current density through bump is also increased. This increased current density also causes new failure mechanism such as interface degradation due to inter-metallic compound formation and adhesive swelling due to high current stressing, especially in high current density interconnection, in which high junction temperature enhances such failure mechanism. Therefore, it is necessary for the ACA to become thermal transfer medium to improve the lifetime of ACA flip chip joint under high current stressing condition. We developed thermally conductive ACA of 0.63 W/m$\cdot$K thermal conductivity using the formulation incorporating $5 {\mu}m$ Ni and $0.2{\mu}m$ SiC-filled epoxy-bated binder system to achieve acceptable viscosity, curing property, and other thermo-mechanical properties such as low CTE and high modulus. The current carrying capability of ACA flip chip joints was improved up to 6.7 A by use of thermally conductive ACA compared to conventional ACA. Electrical reliability of thermally conductive ACA flip chip joint under current stressing condition was also improved showing stable electrical conductivity of flip chip joints. The high current carrying capability and improved electrical reliability of thermally conductive ACA flip chip joint under current stressing test is mainly due to the effective heat dissipation by thermally conductive adhesive around Au stud bumps/ACA/PCB pads structure.

• Proceedings of the International Microelectronics And Packaging Society Conference
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• 2000.10a
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• pp.7-38
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• 2000

Performance, reliability, form factor drive flip chip use. BGAs and CSPs will provide stepping stone to FC DCA .Growing vendor infrastructure - Low cost, high density organic substrates -New generations of fluxes and underfills .Adhesives flip chip technology as a low cost flip chip alternatives -Low cost Au stud or Electroless Ni bumps -Reliable thermal cycling and electrical performance.

• Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.13-22
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• 2015

LED (Light Emitting Diode) lighting is gaining more and more market penetration as one of the global warming countermeasures. LED is the next generation of fusion source composed of epi/chip/packaging of semiconductor process technology and optical/information/communication technology. LED has been applied to the existing industry areas, for example, automobiles, TVs, smartphones, laptops, refrigerators and street lamps. Therefore, LED makers have been striving to achieve the leading position in the global competition through development of core source technologies even before the promotion and adoption of LED technology as the next generation growth engine with eco-friendly characteristics. However, there has been a point of view on the cost compared to conventional lighting as a large obstacle to market penetration of LED. Therefore, companies are developing a Chip-Scale Packaging (CSP) LED technology to improve performance and reduce manufacturing costs. In this study, we perform patent analysis associated with Flip-Chip CSP LED and flow chart for promising technology forecasting. Based on our analysis, we select key patents and key patent players to derive the business strategy for the business success of Flip-Chip CSP PKG LED products.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.17-23
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• 2013

As a basic research to develop stretchable electronic packaging technology, CNT-Ag composite pads were formed on top of Cu/Sn chip bumps and flip-chip bonded using anisotropic conductive adhesive. Average contact resistances of the flip-chip joints were measured with respect to bonding pressure and presence of the CNT-Ag composite pads. When Cu/Sn chip bumps with CNT-Ag composite pads were flip-chip bonded to substrate Cu pads at 25MPa or 50 MPa, contact resistance was too high to measure. The specimen processed by flip-chip bonding the Cu/Sn chip bumps with CNT-Ag composite pads to the substrate Cu pads exhibited an average contact resistance of $213m{\Omega}$. On the other hand, the flip-chip specimens processed by bonding Cu/Sn chip bumps without CNT-Ag composite pads to substrate Cu pads at 25MPa, 50MPa, and 100MPa exhibited average contact resistances of $370m{\Omega}$, $372m{\Omega}$, and $112m{\Omega}$, respectively.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.61-73
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• 2000

In traditional electronic packages the die and the substrate are interconnected with fine wire. Wire bonding technology is limited to bond pads around the peripheral of the die. As the demand for I/O increases, there will be limitations with wire bonding technology.

• Proceedings of the International Microelectronics And Packaging Society Conference
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• 2002.09a
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• pp.97-120
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• 2002

• Proceedings of the International Microelectronics And Packaging Society Conference
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• 2003.09a
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• pp.253-257
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• 2003

The low temperature flip chip technique is applied to the package of the temperature-sensitive devices for LCD systems and image sensors since the high temperature process degrades the polymer materials in their devices. We will introduce the various low temperature flip chip bonding techniques; a conventional flip chip technique using eutectic Bi-Sn (mp: $138^{\circ}C$) or eutectic In-Ag (mp: $141^{\circ}C$) solders, a direct bump-to-bump bonding technique using solder bumps, and a low temperature bonding technique using low temperature solder pads.

• Proceedings of the International Microelectronics And Packaging Society Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.146-150
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• 2001

Microwave model and high-frequency measurement of the ACF flip-chip interconnection was investigated using a microwave network analysis. S-parameters of on-chip and substrate were separately measured in the frequency range of 200 MHz to 20 GHz using a microwave network analyzer HP8510 and cascade probe. And the cascade transmission matrix conversion was performed. The same measurements and conversion techniques were conducted on the assembled test chip and substrate at the same frequency range. Then impedance values in ACF flip-chip interconnection were extracted from cascade transmission matrix. ACF flip chip interconnection has only below 0.1nH, and very stable up to 13 GHz. Over the 13 GHz, there was significant loss because of epoxy capacitance of ACF. However, the addition of SiO$_2$filler to the ACF lowered the dielectric constant of the ACF materials resulting in an increase of resonance frequency up to 15 GHz. High frequency behavior of metal Au stud bumps was investigated. The resonance frequency of the metal stud bump interconnects is higher than that of ACF flip-chip interconnects and is not observed at the microwave frequency band. The extracted model parameters of adhesive flip chip interconnects were analyzed with the considerations of the characteristics of material and the design guideline of ACA flip chip for high frequency applications was provided.

• Proceedings of the International Microelectronics And Packaging Society Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.14-14
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• 2003