Electricity: conductors and insulators – Conduits – cables or conductors – Preformed panel circuit arrangement
Reexamination Certificate
2000-06-07
2002-08-06
Cuneo, Kamand (Department: 2827)
Electricity: conductors and insulators
Conduits, cables or conductors
Preformed panel circuit arrangement
C029S744000, C029S832000, C174S250000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06429384
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to a method, and associated structure, for adhesively coupling a chip to an organic chip carrier.
2. Related Art
A well-known method of adhesively coupling a chip to a chip carrier is that of controlled collapse chip connection (“C4”). With the C4 method, a C4 solder structure (“C4 structure”) attached to the chip is coupled to a pad on the chip carrier by an interfacing solder bump that rests on the pad. Heating liquefies the solder bump to generate reflowed solder. Subsequent cooling of the reflowed solder effectuates an adhesive coupling between the C4 structure and the pad, which in turn mechanically and conductively couples the chip to the chip carrier.
If the chip carrier comprises a highly pliable material, such as a pliable organic material, the aforementioned C4 method is prone to failure inasmuch as the C4 structure may not properly contact the pad of the chip carrier. Such contact reliability problems result from an inability of the chip carrier to maintain flat surfaces during reflow, coupled with a difficulty of the reflowed solder to maintain contact with both the C4 structure and the pad of the chip carrier.
FIGS. 7 and 8
each illustrate such contact reliability problems arising from an inability of the chip carrier to maintain flat surfaces during reflow. In
FIG. 7
, a chip carrier
200
is intended to be conductively coupled to a surface
250
of a substrate
240
of a chip carrier, by use of C4 structures
210
,
220
, and
230
. Because the surface
250
has a concavity in a direction
260
away from the chip
200
, C4 structures
210
and
230
are unable to maintain contact with the surface
250
. In
FIG. 8
, a chip carrier
300
is intended to be conductively coupled to a surface
350
of a substrate
340
of a chip carrier, by use of C4 structures
310
,
320
, and
330
. Because the surface
350
has a concavity in a direction
360
toward the chip
300
, C4 structure
320
is unable to maintain contact with the surface
350
.
A method is needed during reflow of the solder bump to constrain the chip carrier to have a flat structure, and to constrain the reflowed solder to maintain contact with both the C4 structure and the pad of the chip carrier.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present method provides an electronic structure, comprising:
a substrate having an attached pad on a first surface of the substrate;
an electronic component having an attached solder structure on a first surface of the electronic component, wherein the electronic component is coupled to the substrate by a solder bump;
a stiffener coupled to the first surface of the substrate, said stiffener including a magnetic material;
a block coupled to a second surface of the electronic component, said block including a magnetic material; and
a magnetic force on the stiffener and a magnetic force on the block, said magnetic force on the stiffener causing the first surface of the substrate to be substantially flattened, and said magnetic force on the block causing the electronic component and the substrate to be held in alignment.
The present method has the advantage of reliably coupling a chip to an pliable chip carrier.
The present invention has the advantage of using magnetic forces to assist in the coupling of a chip to an organic chip carrier.
The present invention has the advantage of using magnetic forces by using a permanent magnet or an electromagnet.
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Downes, Jr. Francis J.
Japp Robert M.
Pierson Mark V.
Cuneo Kamand
Fraley Lawrence R.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Schmeiser Olsen & Watts
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