Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100065323 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A printed wiring board comprises a wiring substrate provided with at least one conductor circuit, a solder resist layer provided on the surface of the wiring substrate, at least one conductor pad formed from a part of the conductor circuit exposed from an opening provided in the solder resist layer, and at least one solder bump for mounting electronic parts on the conductor pad. In the printed wiring board, since the at least one conductor pad is aligned at a pitch of about 200 μm or less, and a ratio (W/D) of a diameter W of the solder bump to an opening diameter D of the opening formed in the solder resist layer is about 1.05 to about 1.7, connection reliability and insulation reliability can be easily improved. | 03-18-2010 |
20100155129 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A printed wiring board comprises a wiring substrate provided with at least one conductor circuit, a solder resist layer formed on the surface of the wiring substrate, covering the at least one conductor circuit, conductor pads formed on a part of the at least one conductor circuit exposed from respective openings provided in the solder resist layer for mounting electronic parts, and solder bumps formed on the respective conductor pads. Connection reliability and insulation reliability are easily improved by making the ratio (H/D) of a height H from solder resist layer surface the solder bump to an opening diameter of the opening about 0.55 to about 1.0 even in narrow pitch structure under the pitch of the opening provided in the solder resist layer of about 200 μm or less. | 06-24-2010 |
20110061232 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A method for manufacturing a printed wiring board including providing a structure having a wiring substrate having a conductor circuit, a build-up multilayer structure formed over the wiring substrate and having an outermost conductor circuit and an outermost insulative resin layer, and a solder resist layer formed over the outermost conductor circuit and outermost insulative resin layer and having openings with an opening diameter D for mounting electronic elements, forming conductor pads with a pitch of about 200 pm or less on the outermost conductor circuit in the openings of the solder resist layer, respectively, and forming solder bumps with a height H from a surface of the solder resist layer on the conductor pads on the conductor pads, respectively, such that a ratio H/D is about 0.55 to about 1.0. | 03-17-2011 |
20110214915 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A printed wiring board comprises a wiring substrate provided with at least one conductor circuit, a solder resist layer provided on the surface of the wiring substrate, at least one conductor pad formed from a part of the conductor circuit exposed from an opening provided in the solder resist layer, and at least one solder bump for mounting electronic parts on the conductor pad. | 09-08-2011 |
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20080283580 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A method for manufacturing a printed wiring board having a bump. The method includes forming a solder-resist layer having a small-diameter aperture and a large-diameter aperture, each aperture exposing a respective conductive pad of the printed wiring board, and printing a solder paste in the large-diameter aperture in the solder-resist layer, but not printing the solder paste in the small-diameter aperture in the solder resist layer. The method also includes loading a solder ball in each of the large-diameter aperture and the small-diameter aperture using a mask having aperture areas that correspond to the small-diameter aperture and large-diameter aperture of the solder-resist layer, and forming a small-diameter bump from the solder ball in the small-diameter aperture and a large-diameter bump from both the solder paste and the solder ball in the large-diameter aperture. | 11-20-2008 |
20080302560 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A method of manufacturing a printed wiring board with solder bumps includes forming a solder-resist layer having small and large apertures exposing a respective conductive pad of the printed wiring board, loading a solder ball in each of the small and large apertures using a mask with aperture areas corresponding to the apertures of the solder-resist layer, forming a first bump having a first height, from the solder ball in the small aperture, and a second bump having a second height, from the solder ball in the large aperture, the first height being greater than the second height, and pressing a top of the first bump such that the first height becomes substantially the same as the second height. A multilayer printed wiring board includes a solder-resist layer with apertures of differing sizes and solder bumps having substantially equal volumes but a difference in height no greater than 10 μm. | 12-11-2008 |
20090001139 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A method for manufacturing a printed wiring board, the method including forming a solder resist layer having a small-diameter aperture and a large-diameter aperture, each aperture exposing a respective joint pad. A metal ball having a first diameter is mounted in the small-diameter aperture by using a mask for small diameter metal balls, which includes a small-diameter aperture area that corresponds to the small-diameter aperture on the solder resist layer. A metal ball having a second diameter larger than the first diameter is mounted in the large-diameter aperture by using a mask for large diameter metal balls, which includes a large-diameter aperture area that corresponds to the large-diameter aperture on the solder resist layer. A small-diameter bump is formed from the metal ball having a first diameter and a large-diameter bump is formed from the metal ball having a second diameter by heating each of the metal ball with a first diameter and the metal ball with a second diameter to at least their respective reflow temperatures. | 01-01-2009 |
20090026250 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOADING SOLDER BALLS - A solder ball loading apparatus for loading solder balls onto pads of a printed wiring board includes a holding device for holding a printed wiring board having pads and holding a ball array mask having of openings that correspond to pads of the printed wiring board, one or more cylinder members positioned over the holding device such that an opening portion of the cylinder member faces the holding device, the cylinder member gathering solder balls on the surface of the ball array mask under the cylinder member by suctioning air through the opening portion of the cylinder member, and a conveyor mechanism for moving the ball array mask and the printed wiring board relative to the cylinder member such that solder balls gathered under the opening portion of the cylinder member can be loaded onto the pads of the printed wiring board through the openings of the ball array mask held by the holding device. | 01-29-2009 |
20090084827 | SOLDER BALL LOADING METHOD AND SOLDER BALL LOADING UNIT - A solder ball loading unit for loading a solder balls to be turned to a solder bumps on a connection pad of a printed wiring board, including a ball arranging mask having a plurality of openings corresponding to the connection pad of the printed wiring board, a cylinder member located above the ball arranging mask for gathering the solder balls just below the opening portion by sucking air from the opening portion, and a moving mechanism for moving the cylinder member in the horizontal direction, the moving mechanism moving the solder balls gathered on the ball arranging mask by moving the cylinder member and dropping the solder balls onto the connection pads of the printed wiring board through the opening in the ball arranging mask. | 04-02-2009 |
20090120680 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A method of manufacturing a printed wiring board having at least one solder bump includes forming a solder resist layer on a conductor layer. The solder resist layer has at least one opening that exposes a connection pad of the conductor layer, and the at least one opening in the solder resist layer has a depth D, from the solder resist layer to the exposed connection pad, of from 3 μm to 18 μm. The method also includes loading a solder ball into each of the at least one opening in the solder resist layer, and forming a bump on the exposed connection pad by heating the solder ball to a reflow temperature. | 05-14-2009 |
20090294516 | SOLDER BALL LOADING MASK, APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY - A solder ball loading method capable of securely loading solder balls on connection pads includes applying flux on each connection pad group of a printed wiring board flux is not applied to a contact portion between a spacer and the printed wiring board to keep the flux from attaching to the spacer. Because the flux is not attached to the spacer, when the mask is detached from the printed wiring board, the printed wiring board need not be inverted, and damage to the solder resist layer | 12-03-2009 |
20120031659 | Printed Wiring Board And A Method Of Manufacturing A Printed Wiring Board - A method of manufacturing a printed wiring board with solder bumps includes forming a solder-resist layer having small and large apertures exposing a respective conductive pad of the printed wiring board, loading a solder ball in each of the small and large apertures using a mask with aperture areas corresponding to the apertures of the solder-resist layer, forming a first bump having a first height, from the solder ball in the small aperture, and a second bump having a second height, from the solder ball in the large aperture, the first height being greater than the second height, and pressing a top of the first bump such that the first height becomes substantially the same as the second height. A multilayer printed wiring board includes a solder-resist layer with apertures of differing sizes and solder bumps having substantially equal volumes but a difference in height no greater than | 02-09-2012 |
20120067938 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOADING SOLDER BALLS - A solder ball loading apparatus for loading solder balls onto pads of a printed wiring board includes a holding device for holding a printed wiring board having pads and holding a ball array mask having openings that correspond to the pads, one or more cylinder members is positioned over the holding device such that an opening portion of the cylinder member faces the holding device, the cylinder member gathering solder balls on the surface of the ball array mask under the cylinder member by suctioning air through the opening portion. A conveyor mechanism for moving the ball array mask and the printed wiring board relative to the cylinder member such that solder balls gathered under the opening portion of the cylinder member can be loaded onto the pads of the board through the openings of the mask held by the holding device. | 03-22-2012 |
20120080504 | Solder Ball Loading Mask, Apparatus And Associated Methodology - A solder ball loading method capable of securely loading solder balls on connection pads includes applying flux on each connection pad group of a printed wiring board flux is not applied to a contact portion between a spacer and the printed wiring board to keep the flux from attaching to the spacer. Because the flux is not attached to the spacer, when the mask is detached from the printed wiring board, the printed wiring board need not be inverted, and damage to the solder resist layer | 04-05-2012 |
20120080505 | Solder Ball Loading Mask, Apparatus and Associated Methodology - A solder ball loading method capable of securely loading solder balls on connection pads includes applying flux on each connection pad group of a printed wiring board flux is not applied to a contact portion between a spacer and the printed wiring board to keep the flux from attaching to the spacer. Because the flux is not attached to the spacer, when the mask is detached from the printed wiring board, the printed wiring board need not be inverted, and damage to the solder resist layer | 04-05-2012 |