• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.33 no.5
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• pp.41-46
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• 2015

The snap cure NCP(non-conducive paste) adhesive material is essentially required for the high productivity flip chip bonding process. In this study, the accessibility of DEA(dielectric analysis) method for the evaluation of snap cure behavior was investigated with comparison to the isothermal DSC(differential scanning calorimetry) method. NCP adhesive was mainly formulated with epoxy resin and imidazole curing agent. Even though there were some noise in the dielectric loss factor curve measured by DEA, the cure start and completion points could be specified clearly through the data processing of cumulation and deviation method. Degree of cure by DEA method which was measured from the variation of the dielectric loss factor of adhesive material was corresponded to about 80% of the degree of cure by DSC method which was measured from the heat of curing reaction. Because the adhesive joint cured to the degree of 80% in the view point of chemical reaction reveals the sufficient mechanical strength, DEA method is expected to be used effectively in the estimation of the high speed curing behavior of snap cure type NCP adhesive material for flip chip bonding.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.22 no.9
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• pp.454-458
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• 2012

Various adhesive materials are used in flip chip packaging for electrical interconnection and structural reinforcement. In cases of COF(chip on film) packages, low temperature bonding adhesive is currently needed for the utilization of low thermal resistance substrate films, such as PEN(polyethylene naphthalate) and PET(polyethylene terephthalate). In this study, the effects of anhydride and dihydrazide hardeners on the low-temperature snap cure behavior of epoxy based non-conductive pastes(NCPs) were investigated to reduce flip chip bonding temperature. Dynamic DSC(differential scanning calorimetry) and isothermal DEA(dielectric analysis) results showed that the curing rate of MHHPA(hexahydro-4-methylphthalic anhydride) at $160^{\circ}C$ was faster than that of ADH(adipic dihydrazide) when considering the onset and peak curing temperatures. In a die shear test performed after flip chip bonding, however, ADH-containing formulations indicated faster trends in reaching saturated bond strength values due to the post curing effect. More enhanced HAST(highly accelerated stress test) reliability could be achieved in an assembly having a higher initial bond strength and, thus, MHHPA is considered to be a more effective hardener than ADH for low temperature snap cure NCPs.

• Korean Journal of Metals and Materials
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• v.47 no.7
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• pp.447-453
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• 2009

Isotropic conductive adhesives (ICAs) have been used or considered as an interconnect material for radio frequency identification (RFID) inlays or other flip chip assemblies due to the advantages of having a low temperature and high-speed bonding. In this work, the curing properties of commercial ICAs for the RFID tag application and the signal transmission in conductive lines that contained the ICA joints were evaluated as a function of the degree of cure at 900 MHz frequency range. The ICAs showed adequate signal transmission only after the curing process passed over the critical time. It was also found that the insertion loss of signal was more dependent on the contact states of Ag fillers in the bondline in preference to the electrical resistance of the ICA itself.

• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.78-78
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• 2010

모바일 정보통신기기를 중심으로 패키지의 초소형화, 고집적화를 위해 플립칩 공법의 적용이 증가되고 있고 있으며 접속피치의 미세화에 따라 솔더 및 언더필을 사용하는 C4 공법보다 ACA(Anisotropic Conductive Adhesive), NCA (Non-conductive Adhesive) 등의 접착제를 이용하는 칩본딩 공법에 대한 요구가 증가하고 있다. 특히, NCA 공법의 경우 산업 현장의 대량생산에 대응하기 위해서는 접착제의 속경화 특성이 요구되어 진다. 일반적으로 접착제의 경화거동은 DSC(Differential Scanning Calorimeter)를 사용해 확인하지만, 수초 이내에 경화되는 접착제의 경우는 적용되기 어렵다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 전자패키지용 접착제의 속경화 거동을 효과적으로 평가할 수 있는 방법을 조사 하였다. 실험에서 사용된 접착제는 에폭시계 레진 기반에 이미다졸계 경화제를 사용한 기본적인 포뮬레이션을 사용하였고, 경화시간은 160^{\circ}C에서 1분 이내에 경화되는 특성을 가지고 있다. 경화 거동을 확인하기 위해서 isothermal DSC와 DEA(Dielectric Analysis)의 두가지 방법을 사용해 비교하였다. 두 실험 방법 모두 $160^{\circ}C$를 유지하며 경화 거동을 확인하였고, DoC(Degree of Cure)의 측정오차를 비교 분석하였다. DEA는 이온 모빌리티 변화에 따른 유전손실율을 측정하는 방법으로 80~90% 이후의 경화도는 측정되지 않았지만, 수초 이내에 경화되는 속경화 특성을 평가하기에 적합한 것으로 확인되었다.