Electrode connection method, electrode surface activation apparatus, electrode connection apparatus, connection method of electronic components and connected structure
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorsKeishiro Okamoto, Masataka Mizukoshi, Yasuo Yamagishi
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Abstract
An electrode connecting method of connecting a first electrode and a second electrode is disclosed. The respective bonding surfaces of the first and second electrodes are activated. Then, each of the first and second electrodes having the activated surfaces is coated with a coating member for maintaining an activated state. A solid state bond between the first electrode and the second electrode is formed by pressure welding the first electrode and the second electrode so that the first and second electrodes break through the coating members.
Claims14
An electrode connecting method of connecting a first electrode and a second electrode, comprising the steps of:
- (a) activating respective bonding surfaces of the first and second electrodes;
- (b) coating each of the first and second electrodes having the activated bonding surfaces with a coating member for maintaining an activated state;
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- (c) forming a solid state bond between the first and second electrodes by pressure welding the first and second electrodes so that the first and second electrodes break through the coating members.
An electrode connecting method of connecting a first electrode and a second electrode, comprising the steps of:
- (a) activating respective bonding surfaces of the first and second electrode;
- (b) coating each of the first and second electrodes having the activated bonding surfaces with a coating member for maintaining an activated state;
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- (c) forming a solid state bond between the first and second electrodes by pressure welding the first and second electrodes so that the first and second electrodes break through the coating members,
- wherein reduction of a formic acid is used as the activation process of activating the respective bonding surfaces of the first and second electrodes.
A method of directly connecting components via respective electrodes, each component having an electrode and at least one of the components being an electronic component, comprising the steps of:
- (a) applying a metal material having Young's modulus of equal to or less than 50 GPa to a surface of the electrode of at least one of the components;
- (b) activating a surface of the metal material and a surface of the electrode of another component when the metal material is not applied to the surface of the electrode of the other component;
- (c) coating each of the electrodes having the activated bonding surfaces with a coating member for maintaining an activated state;
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- (d) connecting the components by forming a solid state bond between the respective electrodes of the components via the applied metal material by pressure welding the electrodes so that the electrodes break through the coating.
A method of directly connecting components via respective electrodes, each component having an electrode and at least one of the components being an electronic component, comprising the steps of:
- (a) applying a metal material having Young's modulus of equal to or less than 50 GPa to a surface of the electrode of at least one of the components;
- (b) activating a surface of the metal material and a surface of the electrode of another component when the metal material is not applied to the surface of the electrode of the other component;
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- (c) connecting the components by forming a solid state bond between the respective electrodes of the components via the applied metal material,
- wherein the step (b) is performed by one of irradiating plasma and exposing to a heated carboxylic acid atmosphere.
A connected structure in which components are directly connected via respective electrodes and a metal material for bonding arranged between the electrodes, wherein the components are connected by a method comprising the steps of:
- (a) applying a metal material having Young's modulus of equal to or less than 50 GPa to a surface of the electrode of at least one of the components;
- (b) activating a surface of the metal material and a surface of the electrode of another component when the metal material is not applied to the surface of the electrode of the other component;
- (c) coating each of the electrodes having the activated bonding surfaces with a coating member for maintaining an activated state;
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- (d) connecting the components by forming a solid state bond between the respective electrodes of the components via the applied metal material by pressure welding the electrodes so that the electrodes break through the coating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.