• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.27 no.7
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• pp.7-12
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• 2010

In this paper, chip-on-glass(COG) interconnection with anisotropic conductive film(ACF) using lateral thermosonic bonding technology is considered. In general, thermo-compression bonding which is used in practice for flip-chip bonding suffers from the low productivity due to the long bonding time. It will be shown that the bonding time can be improved by using lateral thermosonic bonding in which lateral ultrasonic vibration together with thermo-compression is utilized. By measuring the internal temperature of ACF, the fast curing of ACF thanks to lateral ultrasonic vibration will be verified. Moreover, to prove the reliability of the lateral thermosonic bonding, observation of pressured mark by conductive particles, shear test, and water absorption test will be conducted.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.27 no.7
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• pp.28-35
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• 2010

In the display industry, COG bonding method is being applied to production of LCD panels that are used for mobile phones and monitors, and is one of the mounting methods optimized to compete with the trend of ultra small, ultra thin and low cost of display. In COG bonding process, electrical characteristics such as contact resistance, insulation property, etc and mechanical characteristics such as bonding strength, etc depend on properties of conductive particles and epoxy resin along with ACF materials used for COG by manufacturers. As the properties of such materials have close relation to optimization of bonding conditions such as temperature, pressure, time, etc in COG bonding process, it is requested to carry out an in-depth study on characteristics of COG bonding, based on which development of bonding process equipment shall be processed. In this study were analyzed the characteristics of COG bonding process, performed the analysis and reliability evaluation on electrical and mechanical characteristics of COG bonding using ACF to find optimum bonding conditions for ACF, and performed the experiment on bonding characteristics regarding fine pitch to understand the affection on finer pitch in COG bonding. It was found that it is difficult to find optimum conditions because it is more difficult to perform alignment as the pitch becomes finer, but only if alignment has been made, it becomes similar to optimum conditions in general COG bonding regardless of pitch intervals.