Amorphous hydrogenated carbon hermetic structure and fabrication method
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsRichard Joseph Saia, Kevin Matthew Durocher, James Wilson Rose
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Abstract
A hard layer of amorphous hydrogenated carbon (DLC) overlies a polymer film structure and a plurality of soft layers of DLC alternate with a plurality of hard layers of DLC over the barrier base to form a corrosion resistant structure. The polymer film structure and a circuit chip can be elements of a circuit module. The DLC and the polymer film structure can have vias extending to contact pads, and a pattern of electrical conductors can extend through the vias to the contact pads. In one embodiment the DLC forms a hermetic (and therefore corrosion resistant) seal over the polymer film structure.
Claims12
A hermetic structure comprising:
- a circuit module including a circuit chip and contact pads;
- a diamond like carbon (DLC) composite film including a barrier base comprising a hard layer of DLC over the circuit module and a plurality of soft layers of DLC alternating with a plurality of hard layers of DLC over the barrier base, the DLC composite film having vias therein extending to the contact pads;
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- a pattern of electrical conductors extending through the vias to the contact pads and providing a corrosion resistant seal to the DLC composite film, the DLC composite film and the pattern of electrical conductors providing a hermetic barrier for the circuit chin and contact pads.
A hermetic structure comprising:
- a circuit module including a circuit chip and contact pads;
- a diamond like carbon (DLC) composite film including a barrier base comprising a hard layer of DLC over the circuit module and a plurality of soft layers of DLC alternating with a plurality of hard layers of DLC over the barrier base, the DLC composite film having vias therein extending to the contact pads;
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- a pattern of electrical conductors extending through the vias to the contact pads and providing a corrosion resistant seal to the DLC composite film, the pattern of electrical conductors comprising a multilayer pattern of electrical conductors with a first conductive layer in contact with the DLC composite film and the contact pads and comprising an adhesion promoting conductive material, the DLC composite film and the pattern of electrical conductors providing a hermetic barrier for the circuit chip and contact pads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.