Advanced Micro Devices Corporation

Lightwave Microsystems Corporation

Mohammad Zubair Khan

Raj N Master

Maria G Guardado

Orion K Starr

Seah Sun Too

Edwin Fontecha

Charles Anderson

Ooi Tong Ong

Kevin W Lim

Junaida Abu Bakar

Sofi Mohd

Sp Lee

L K Teoh

Rickquel B Garcia

Diong Hing Ding

Various embodiments of a semiconductor chip device that include a circuit board and a stiffener frame and methods of fabricating the same are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of manufacturing is provided that includes providing a circuit board and coupling a stiffener frame to the circuit board. The stiffener frame includes a first opening that defines an interior wall. The interior wall includes a notch.

Circuit board with notched stiffener frame

An apparatus and method to vertically route and physically pass multiple optical fibers through the walls of a package. One variation is a method to route an optical fiber ribbon through a wall of a package by routing and securing the width of the optical fiber ribbon perpendicularly to a component within the package. Another variation involves a package having an enclosure with an opening through which a group of optical fibers are arrayed in a rectangular cross-section with a width which is longer than a thickness. The package includes a component inside the enclosure, a group of optical fibers routed through the opening to the component where the width of the rectangular cross-section is perpendicularly oriented to the base of the enclosure, and a clamp to secure the width of the rectangular cross-section of the group of optical fibers perpendicularly to the base of the enclosure.

Apparatus and method to vertically route and connect multiple optical fibers

An organic carrier member for mounting a semiconductor device is provided that has a plurality of solder pads containing low amounts of tin and bismuth. Embodiments include a bismaleimide-triazine epoxy laminate having a plurality of solder pads on the surface thereof where the solder pads contain no more than about 20 weight percent tin and has a reflow temperature of no greater than about 270&deg; C.

Organic packages having low tin solder connections

A method and apparatus are provided for controllably dispensing flux on a substrate having a plurality of conductive terminals. Flux having a viscosity range between 10 centipoises and about 150 centipoises is sprayed on the substrate and the conductive terminals at a valve pressure range between about 1.5 psi and about 30 psi via a dispense nozzle of a flux dispenser. Upon a subsequent high temperature solder reflow process, the sprayed flux on the substrate is mostly removed by thermal decomposition to volatile species, thereby significantly reducing flux residue remaining on the surface of the substrate between the conductive terminals.

Controlled and programmed deposition of flux on a flip-chip die by spraying

Apparatus and methods to metallize, reinforce, and hermetically seal multiple optical fibers are described herein. A ribbon of optical fibers may be placed into a fixture to expose a mid-span segment for removal of the coatings from the optical fibers by acid etching, laser, etc. A variety of metallic coatings may then be deposited onto the bare segment of the optical fibers. The metallized segment of optical fibers are then deposited with solderable alloy onto a plate for attachment to the plate for reinforcement of the metallized segment. The plate and metallized segment is then fed through a package opening and hermetically sealed to internally connect one or more components inside the package by heating the package to melt additional solder around the opening or gap. Epoxy is then applied over the solder to help protect the solder and additionally seal the package.

Apparatus and method to metallize, reinforce, and hermetically seal multiple optical fibers

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device by attaching a flip chip die to an organic substrate using solder comprises applying no-clean flux to the flip chip die or the organic substrate; heating the flip chip die and the organic substrate to bond the flip chip die to the organic substrate, and cooling the flip chip die and the organic substrate. The step of heating the flux includes controlling oxygen and moisture content of an atmosphere surrounding the flux, preheating to a temperature of about 145&deg; C. to about 165&deg; C., soaking at a temperature of about 145&deg; C. to about 165&deg; C. for about four to about six minutes, and reflowing above the solder's melting point.

Method of reflowing organic packages using no-clean flux

A method of manufacturing a flip-chip semiconductor device by attaching a semiconductor die to a substrate using solder comprises the steps of applying a no-clean flux to the semiconductor die and the substrate; heating the solder and the flux in a furnace to bond the semiconductor die to the substrate; and underfilling between the semiconductor die and the substrate. While the solder and flux is being heated, a reducing atmosphere in the furnace is being measured to determine the moisture content. When the moisture content exceeds a threshold amount, a signal will be provided. A reflow furnace for practicing the method is also disclosed.

Minimizing flux residue by controlling amount of moisture during reflow

When soldering semiconductor devices in a solder reflow furnace flux is vaporized and carried to the furnace exhaust pipe. The flux condenses on the walls of the exhaust pipe and drips back into the furnace contaminating production parts. A solder reflow furnace with a flux effluent collector prevents flux drip-back. The flux effluent collector has an exhaust gas heater that maintains flux effluent in a gaseous state, a flux cooler, to subsequently condense flux, and a flux condensation region where the flux condenses. The flux condensation region is offset from the furnace's exhaust opening so that condensed flux cannot drip back into the furnace.

Solder reflow furnace with flux effluent collector and method of preventing flux contamination

A boat is formed with layers comprising substantially aligned holes for safely accommodating land grid array semiconductor packages during assembly. The boat includes a bottom layer with an array of through-holes having a substantially square cross-sectional shape with rounded corners, a middle layer with an array of through-holes having a substantially octagonal cross-sectional shape and a top layer having an array of through-holes having a substantially square cross-sectional shape with notched sides and vertical tabs extending upwardly from the sidewalls of each notched side. The layers may be attached by spot welding or other means.

Boat for land grid array packages

A method of assembling a substrate and die in a flip chip configuration using a no clean flux. The no clean fluxes have sufficient chemical activity to activate solder bumps contacting bond pads to form reliable solder joints, sufficient tackiness to hold the substrate and die in alignment with the solder bumps contacting the bond pads, and a viscosity to enable a high volume manufacturing process to be used. The no clean fluxes leave a minimal amount of residue during a reflow process that does not interfere with an underfill operation and does not adversely affect the solder joints. The no clean fluxes that can be used for this application are RM1919 from Alpha Metals, Co. and H208 from Indium Company.

No clean flux for flip chip assembly

An automated method of applying flux to substrate on which a semiconductor chip is to be assembled in a flip chip configuration by applying a controlled amount of flux to the substrate by a brush that applies the flux to the substrate in a programmed pattern of strokes thereby overcoming the surface tension of the flux/substrate surface. The programmed pattern of brush strokes is determined empirically for the specific combination of substrate and chip that is being assembled and is thus repeatable and operator independent. The empirically determined program also determines the amount of flux that will be applied to the substrate for the specific combination of substrate and chip being assembled. The empirically determined program is applied to a mechanical stage that moves the brush and to a flux reservoir by a CPU.

Automated brush fluxing system for application of controlled amount of

A method of assembling a substrate and die in a flip chip configuration uses a non-hazardous cleaning solvent to clean the flux residue. The non-hazardous cleaning solvent utilized is Ionox obtained from Kyzen Corporation. Optimized process parameters are: time 10-30 minutes, temperature 70-90.degree. C., pressure 40-70 psi, rotation speed and reversals 100-1000 rpm and 24-100 reversal cycles.

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Mohammad Zubair Khan