Filler size and content effects on the composite properties of anisotropic conductive films (ACFs) and reliability of flip chip assembly using ACFs

Abstract Flip chip assembly on organic board using anisotropic conductive films (ACFs) is gained more attention because of its many advantages. But to obtain more reliable flip chip assembly, it is necessary to have low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) value of ACFs. To control the CTE of ACF materials, non-conductive silica fillers were incorporated into ACFs. The effect of non-conductive silica filler content and size on cure kinetics and thermo-mechanical properties of ACFs was studied. Furthermore, filler content and size effects on reliability of flip chip assembly using ACFs were also investigated. In accordance with increasing filler content, curing peak temperature and storage modulus ( E ′) increased. But CTE decreased as the filler content increased. The effect of filler size on composite properties and assembly reliability showed similar tendency with the filler content effect. The smaller filler size was applied, the better composite properties and reliability were obtained. Conclusively, incorporation of non-conductive fillers, particularly in case of smaller size and higher content, in ACFs improves the material properties significantly, and as a result, flip chip assembly using ACFs is resulted in better reliability.

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