Shin-etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

Yasuo Kimura

Toshio Shiobara

Takayuki Aoki

Eiichi Asano

Hidenori Mizushima

Kazuhiro Arai

Shigeki Ino

Kazutoshi Tomiyoshi

Shoichi Osada

Tarou Shimoda

An epoxy resin composition comprising (A) a naphthalene type epoxy resin in which 35-85 parts by weight of 1,1-bis(2-glycidyloxy-1-naphthyl)alkane and 1-35 parts by weight of 1,1-bis(2,7-diglycidyloxy-1-naphthyl)alkane are included per 100 parts by weight of the resin, (B) a curing agent in the form of a naphthalene type phenolic resin, (C) an inorganic filler, and (D) a phosphazene compound is best suited for semiconductor encapsulation because it has good flow, a low coefficient of linear expansion, a high Tg, minimal moisture absorption, and crack resistance upon lead-free soldering.

Semiconductor encapsulating epoxy resin composition and semiconductor device

An epoxy resin composition comprising (A) at least one epoxy resin comprising (a) a naphthalene ring-containing epoxy resin having at least one substituted or unsubstituted naphthalene ring in a molecule and having an epoxy equivalent of 175 to 210, (B) a phenolic resin having at least one substituted or unsubstituted naphthalene ring in a molecule, and (C) an inorganic filler, the substituted or unsubstituted naphthalene ring of the epoxy resin (a) being contained in an amount of 45 to 60% by weight in the total amount of the epoxy resin (A) is best suited for semiconductor encapsulation because it has good flow, a low coefficient of linear expansion, a high Tg, minimal moisture absorption, and crack resistance upon lead-free soldering.

Epoxy resin compositions comprising (A) an epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent of at least 185 and possessing a structure in which two benzene rings can be directly conjugated, carbon atoms having an sp type atomic orbital accounting for at least 50% of all the carbon atoms, (B) a &bgr;-naphthol type phenolic resin curing agent, (C) a curing accelerator, and (D) an inorganic filler cure into products having satisfactory solder crack resistance on use of lead-free solder and improved flame retardance despite the absence of halogenated epoxy resins and antimony compounds and are thus suited for semiconductor encapsulation.

An epoxy resin composition comprising (A) a polyfunctional epoxy resin, (B) a phenolic resin, (C) an inorganic filler, and (D) curing catalyst-containing microcapsules having a mean particle size of 0.5-50 &mgr;m is suited for semiconductor package encapsulation since it minimizes the warpage of packages and has satisfactory catalyst latency, storage stability and cure.

An epoxy resin composition contains (A) an epoxy resin, (B) a curing agent, (C) an inorganic filler, and (D) catalyzed microcapsules containing an imidazole compound or organic phosphorus compound and having a mean particle size of 0.5-50 &mgr;m, the quantity of the catalyst leached out from the microcapsules in o-cresol at 30&deg; C. for 15 minutes being at least 70% by weight of the entire catalyst quantity. The composition is suited for semiconductor package encapsulation since it has satisfactory catalyst latency, storage stability and cure.

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