Flip-Chip Bonding

Project Goal:

Installation & commissioning of in-house processes for fast prototyping & small-series productions.

Project Status:

Completed in 2022

Description:

Flip-chip bonding is a key packaging technology to achieve smallest form factors and is nowadays a standard in microelectronics. The in-house bonding process comprises the full assembly chain utilizing a laser-assisted solder-ball bumper for micro bumping, a flip-chip bonder for accurate placement of the chips on top of each other, and a vacuum oven for the reflow of high-density array interconnects. This lead-free and flux-less chip-level bonding process utilizes SAC305-solder balls on pads and pillars with copper or nickel-(palladium)-gold surface finish. Chips which are already bumped can directly be bonded without any size limitations. The process is also applicable at low pressures and temperatures. Silicon-based semiconductor chips are preferred.

Flip-Chip Bonding DESY-FEC

1st Applications:

  • CMS Pixel Detector Upgrade Phase 1 (2016)
  • CMS Pixel Luminosity Telescope (2021)

 

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