Leadframe and method of manufacturing the same
A leadframe is plated with palladium only to a surface of a metal plate on which semiconductors elements are to be mounted and a surface of the metal plate to be placed on a substrate, and is not plated with palladium to lead portions, pad portions, other portions except for the surfaces to be plated and the side surface, of the leadframe, thereby, the amount of use of palladium is reduced to minimum and a cheap leadframe can be provided.
This is a division of application Ser. No. 10/482,962 filed Jan. 7, 2004, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELDThe present invention relates to a leadframe to be used for semiconductor devices and manufacturing method of the same.
BACKGROUND ARTConventionally, a leadframe is manufactured in such way that a pattern of the leadframe is formed from a metal plate by etching or press processing, then, after palladium plating is carried out to the whole surface of it, semiconductor elements are mounted on the predetermined position, and then, after sealing with resin, cutting is carried out by using a die etc. Finally, separate chips are produced. Such products are in practical use as electronic parts as IC chips.
In recent years, in a specification of the leadframe, the use of coating by solder plating containing lead has ceased in consideration of the influence on environment, and palladium plating to the whole surface of the leadframe has been used. However, since palladium is an expensive metal material, there is a problem of raising the product cost by using palladium plating to the whole surface.
Accordingly, the main object of the present invention is to provide a cheaper leadframe by minimizing the amount of palladium used.
Other object of the present invention is to provide a manufacturing method of leadframe by which the fault of the leadframe is eliminated.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTIONIn order to attain the above-mentioned objects, the leadframe according to the present invention is characterized in that, in a leadframe which is formed from a metal plate, palladium plating is partially carried out only to necessary and minimum portions on which semiconductor elements are to be mounted, portions to bond gold wires and portions to be soldered of a surface to be placed on a printed circuit board.
Besides, the leadframe according to the present invention is characterized in that, in a leadframe which is formed from a metal plate, palladium plating is carried out only to a surface on which semiconductor elements are to be mounted and a surface to be placed on a printed circuit board, and that the palladium plating is not carried out to lead portions formed, pad portions, other portions except for the surfaces to be plated and its side surface.
Besides, the leadframe according to the present invention is characterized in that, in a leadframe which is formed from a metal plate, palladium plating is carried out only to necessary and minimum portions of a surface on which semiconductor elements are to be mounted and a surface to be placed on a printed circuit board, the palladium plating is not carried out to lead portions formed, pad portions, other portions except for the portions of the surfaces to be plated and its side surface.
According to the present invention, much cheaper leadframes can be provided since the area to be plated with palladium can be minimized, in comparison with the conventional leadframe in which palladium plating is carried out to the whole area.
Further, in the manufacturing method of a leadframe according to the present invention, a leadframe material is provided by forming a metal plate, and then, palladium plating is carried out only to portions which are necessary and minimum for mounting of semiconductor elements of the leadframe material, and then, the plating is carried out to portions to bond gold wires and necessary and minimum portions to be soldered of a surface to be placed on a printed circuit board, of the leadframe material.
Besides, in the manufacturing method of a leadframe according to the present invention, a leadframe material is provided by forming a metal plate, and then, palladium plating is carried out only to a surface of the leadframe material on which semiconductor elements are to be mounted and then, the plating is carried out only to a surface of the leadframe material to be placed on a printed circuit board, while the plating is not carried out to leadportions, pad portions, other portions except for the surfaces to be plated and the side surface of the leadframe material.
Besides, in the manufacturing method of a leadframe according to the present invention, a metal plate is prepared to form a leadframe, and then, a resist layer is formed on the both sides of the metal plate. And after having made a mask (e.g. a mask, which is closely attached to the surface of the resist layer, for exposing light, developing and plating) with a desired pattern of the leadframe on the surface of the resist layer, the surface of the exposed metal plate is plated, wherein the plated layers containing at least palladium plated layer are formed and then the mask is stripped, and a resist layer is again formed on the whole both sides of the plate. Then, after exposing light by using the mask with a predetermined pattern and developing are carried out, an etching mask is obtained. And then, the shape of lead portions, pad portions and other portions are formed by etching.
Further, in the manufacturing method of a leadframe according to the present invention, a metal plate is provided to form a leadframe by forming the metal plate and then a resist layer is formed on the both front and back surfaces of the metal plate. And after having made a mask (e.g. a mask, which is closely attached to the surfaces of the resist layer for exposing light, developing and plating) with a desired pattern of the leadframe on the surface of the resist layer, the surface of the exposed metal plate is plated, wherein plated layers containing at least palladium plated layer is formed. Then, the resist layer is removed, etching of the metal plate is carried out by using the plated layer as an etching resist, wherein the etching is stopped before the portions of the metal plate which is necessary to be etched are penetrated by the etching. And then, the back surface of the metal plate is masked with a tape, and the portion of the metal plate, which is necessary to be etched, is penetrated by carrying out etching again. Thus, the relation of positions of a number of lead portions etc. can be kept individually and independently by the tape.
Further, in the manufacturing method of a leadframe according to the present invention, a metal plate is provided to form a leadframe and then a resist layer is formed on the both sides of the metal plate. And after having made a mask (e.g. a mask for carrying out etching which is closely attached to the surface of the resist layer for exposing light, and then developing) with a desired pattern of the leadframe on the surface of the resist layer, the exposed metal plate portion is removed by the etching and the pattern of leadframe is formed. Then, the both front and back surfaces of the leadframe are plated so as to form a plated layer containing at least palladium layer.
Further, in the manufacturing method of a leadframe according to the present invention, a metal plate is provided to form a leadframe and a resist layer is formed on the both front and back surfaces of the metal plate. And after making a mask (e.g. a mask for carrying out plating which is closely attached to the surface of the resist layer and to which light is exposed and then developing is carried out) with a desired pattern of the leadframe on the surface of the resist layer, the surface of the exposed metal plate is plated, thereby, plated layers containing at least palladium plated layer are formed. Then the resist layer is removed and etching of the metal plate is carried out by using the plated layer as an etching resist. Thus, patterns of a number of lead portions, pad portions and others are formed.
According to the methods described above, the leadframe which is not only cheaper but also does not cause such fault as missing of lead, breakage of resin etc., as seen in the conventional leadframe can be provided since it is good enough to cut only the resin portion at the time when the leadframe is cut into small chips by using the cutting or dicing device etc., after semiconductor elements are mounted on the predetermined position on the leadframe and sealing is made by resin because the metal portions to be cut has already dissolved by the etching.
These and other objects as well as the features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following the detailed description referred to the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF EXPLANATION OF DRAWINGS
Next, the manufacturing process of the leadframe will be explained in turn. First, as shown in
After exposure, the glass masks 3 and 4 are removed and the metal plate 1 with dry film is soaked into the developing solution for development. Thus only the portions of the dry film 2 exposed by the ultra violet ray, i.e., portions which are necessary to be plated with palladium, such as portions to which gold wires are bonded and portions for mounting thereon semiconductor elements are removed as shown in
Next, this is put into a plating tub, and as shown by partially enlarged scale in
The dry film 2 is again placed on the whole both front and back surfaces of the metal plate 1 with the plated layer 1a which was obtained in the way as described above. Then, as shown in
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After a tape 8 is attached, as shown in
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On the necessary portions on the front and back surfaces of the leadframe material (metal plate 1) obtained in this way, the nickel (Ni) plating, palladium (Pd) plating, and gold (Au) plating are carried out, respectively, as shown by an enlarged scale in
This embodiment differs from the first embodiment in such point that the product is manufactured by the etching, that is, by spraying the etching liquid through the injection nozzles 7 on both sides of the metal plate obtained in
As explained above, according to the present invention, the leadframe which is not only much cheaper but also does not cause fault such as missing of lead and breakage of resin in comparison with the product by the conventional method can be provided.
Claims
1. A method of manufacturing a leadframe, comprising the steps of:
- preparing a leadframe material by forming a metal plate,
- plating palladium to necessary and minimum portions of said leadframe material on which semiconductor elements are to be mounted,and
- plating palladium to portions to bond gold wires and necessary and minimum portions to be soldered of a surface to be placed on a printed circuit board, of said leadframe material.
2. A method of manufacturing a leadframe, comprising the steps of:
- preparing of a leadframe material by forming a metal plate,
- plating palladium only to a surface of said leadframe material on which semiconductor elements are to be mounted, and
- plating palladium only to a surface of said leadframe material to be placed on a printed circuit board, excepting lead portions, pad portions, other portions except for said surfaces to be plated and the side surface, of said leadframe material.
3. A method of manufacturing a leadframe, comprising the steps of:
- preparing a leadframe material by forming a metal plate,
- Plating palladium only to necessary and minimum portions of a surface of said leadframe material on which semiconductor elements are to be mounted, and
- plating palladium only to necessary and minimum portions of a surface of said leadframe material to be placed on a printed circuit board, excepting lead portions, pad, portions, other portions except for said surfaces to be plated and the side surface, of said leadframe material.
Type: Application
Filed: Mar 10, 2005
Publication Date: Jul 14, 2005
Inventors: Ichinori IItani (Ohkuchi-shi), Youichirou Hamada (Ohkuchi-shi)
Application Number: 11/075,878