CN211297122U

CN211297122U - Flexible circuit board and flexible chip packaging structure

Info

Publication number: CN211297122U
Application number: CN201922057361.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈闯; 喻源; 李炳辉; 王波; 缪炳有; 宋冬生; 魏瑀; 刘东亮; 腾乙超; 姚建; 黄勤兵
Original assignee: Zhejiang Heqing Flexible Electronic Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Heqing Flexible Electronic Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-11-25
Filing date: 2019-11-25
Publication date: 2020-08-18
Anticipated expiration: 2029-11-25

Abstract

The utility model discloses a flexible circuit board, flexible chip packaging structure. Specifically, the utility model discloses a flexible circuit board, this flexible circuit board includes: the chip area is used for arranging a flexible chip; a first peripheral region disposed around the chip region; a second peripheral region including a region of the flexible circuit board other than the chip region and the first peripheral region, the second peripheral region having therein a terminal region for electrical connection with the flexible chip, wherein at least one of the chip region and the first peripheral region has a thickness smaller than a thickness of the second peripheral region. Therefore, at least one of the chip area for arranging the flexible chip and the first peripheral area around the chip area on the flexible circuit board is thinned, and after the flexible chip is packaged on the flexible circuit board, the formed flexible chip packaging structure has good flexibility and better use performance.

Description

Flexible circuit board and flexible chip packaging structure

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a chip technology field specifically, relates to flexible circuit board, flexible chip packaging structure.

Background

At present, with the improvement of the technical level and the living standard of people, the flexibility, the wearability, the folding and the like of the electronic product become new development requirements, and the flexible electronic product is widely applied to the fields of electronic communication, medical treatment, military and the like. The traditional flexible electronic device adopts the surface mounting technology to mount a traditional hard packaging chip on a flexible circuit board, and a circuit board in a hard packaging chip area is still rigid after surface mounting, so that the advantages of the flexible circuit board cannot be fully reflected, and the flexible requirement of a flexible product cannot be met. At present, with the rapid development of the semiconductor industry, the flexible chip better solves the problem, and the flexible chip has flexibility, so that after the flexible chip is attached to a flexible circuit board, an area for attaching the flexible chip also has flexibility, and the flexibility of a flexible electronic product can be relatively improved.

However, the current flexible circuit board is still matched with the traditional hard packaging chip, so that after the flexible chip is attached to the flexible circuit board to form the flexible chip packaging structure, the overall flexibility is limited, and the bending at a large angle or even at any angle is difficult to realize. Therefore, the current flexible circuit board and flexible chip package structure still need to be improved.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The present invention is made based on the discovery and recognition by the inventors of the following facts and problems:

the inventor finds that after the flexible chip is mounted on the flexible circuit board at present, the formed flexible chip packaging structure has the problem of relatively limited flexibility, large-angle bending is difficult to realize, the flexible performance of the flexible chip is influenced, and the use performance of a flexible electronic product is influenced. The flexible chip is flexible and thin, for example, the thickness of the flexible chip is usually about 5-25 μm, and a large angle bending can be realized. However, since the current flexible circuit board is matched with the conventional hard packaged chip, that is, the current flexible circuit board generally includes a stacked multi-layer structure, such as a flexible film substrate (which may include a copper layer), an adhesive layer, a protective film layer, and the like, the thickness of the flexible film substrate is generally about 100 μm, the thickness of the protective film layer is about 20-250 μm, the overall thickness of the flexible circuit board formed by stacking multiple layers is relatively thick, and the larger the thickness of the flexible circuit board is, the smaller the bending radius thereof is, that is, the poorer the flexibility is. After the flexible chip is disposed on the flexible circuit board having a relatively large thickness, copper plating or the like is also performed in the region where the flexible chip is disposed, thereby further increasing the thickness of the region where the flexible chip is disposed. The thicker flexible circuit board limits the flexibility of the flexible chip, influences the flexibility of the flexible chip packaging structure and influences the use performance of the flexible electronic product. Therefore, if a new flexible circuit board can be provided, in which the area corresponding to the flexible chip on the flexible circuit board has a smaller thickness, the flexibility of the flexible chip package structure formed after the flexible chip is attached to the flexible circuit board can be greatly improved, which is beneficial to the full exertion of the flexibility of the flexible chip, and the above-mentioned problems can be solved to a great extent.

In view of this, in an aspect of the present invention, the present invention provides a flexible circuit board. The flexible circuit board includes: the chip area is used for arranging a flexible chip; a first peripheral region disposed around the chip region; a second peripheral region including a region of the flexible circuit board other than the chip region and the first peripheral region, the second peripheral region having therein a terminal region for electrical connection with the flexible chip, wherein at least one of the chip region and the first peripheral region has a thickness smaller than a thickness of the second peripheral region. Therefore, at least one of the chip area for arranging the flexible chip and the first peripheral area around the chip area on the flexible circuit board is thinned, the flexible chip is packaged on the flexible circuit board, and the formed flexible chip packaging structure has good flexibility, so that the flexible chip can be fully exerted, and the using performance is better.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, flexible circuit board includes a plurality of sublayers that set up by layer, the sublayer is flexible membrane sublayer or electrically conductive sublayer respectively, and wherein, second peripheral zone includes N the sublayer, N is more than or equal to 2 positive integer. Therefore, the flexible circuit board has better use performance.

According to an embodiment of the invention, said chip region comprises at most (N-1) said sublayers. Therefore, the thickness of the chip area is smaller than that of the second peripheral area, the thickness of the chip area is smaller, and the flexible chip is attached behind the chip area subsequently, so that the formed flexible chip packaging structure has good flexibility, the flexibility of the flexible chip can be fully exerted, and the using performance is good.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the second peripheral region of the flexible circuit board includes N flexible film sublayers and N conductive sublayers alternately stacked, and the chip region is formed by one flexible film sublayer. Therefore, the chip area is thin and good in flexibility, the flexible chip is attached to the back of the chip area subsequently, the formed flexible chip packaging structure has good flexibility, the flexibility of the flexible chip can be fully exerted, and the using performance is good.

According to an embodiment of the invention, said first peripheral zone comprises at most (N-1) said sublayers. Therefore, the first peripheral area around the chip area is thinned, the flexible chip is attached to the chip area subsequently, the bending radius of the area where the flexible chip is located is large, and the formed flexible chip packaging structure has good flexibility and better use performance.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the first peripheral zone is formed by one of the flexible film sublayers. Therefore, the thickness of the first peripheral area is further reduced, after the flexible chip is attached to the chip area, the bending radius of the area where the flexible chip is located is large, the formed flexible chip packaging structure has good flexibility, the conductive sub-layer of the first peripheral area can be used for circuit wiring and the like, and the using performance is good.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the width d of the first peripheral area is 0.1-10 mm. Therefore, when the width of the first peripheral area is within the range, the bending stress can be well relieved, the bending radius of the flexible chip packaging structure is improved, and the flexibility and the service performance of the flexible chip packaging structure are improved.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the sub-layer is the flexible film sub-layer, a material forming the flexible film sub-layer includes polyimide, polyethylene terephthalate, aramid fiber ester, or polyvinyl chloride; when the sublayer is the conductive sublayer, the material forming the conductive sublayer comprises copper. Therefore, the service performance of the flexible circuit board is further improved.

The utility model discloses an on the other hand, the utility model provides a flexible chip packaging structure. This flexible chip packaging structure includes: the flexible circuit board described above; the flexible chip is arranged in the chip area of the flexible circuit board, and the flexible chip is electrically connected with the wiring area of the flexible circuit board through a lead. Therefore, the flexible chip packaging structure has all the characteristics and advantages of the flexible circuit board, and the description is omitted here. Generally speaking, the flexible chip packaging structure has good flexibility, and the use performance of flexible electronic products can be improved.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, the minimum bend radius of flexible chip package structure when crooked is not more than 8 mm. Therefore, the flexible chip packaging structure has better flexibility and good use performance.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 shows a schematic structural diagram of a flexible circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a flexible circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a flexible circuit board according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a flexible circuit board according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a flexible circuit board according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a flexible circuit board according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a flexible circuit board according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a flexible circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a prior art flexible circuit board;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a flexible chip package structure according to an embodiment of the present invention; and

fig. 11 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating a flexible chip package structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

100: a chip region; 200: a first peripheral region; 300: a second peripheral region; 10: a flexible film sublayer; 20: a conductive sublayer; 30: a flexible film substrate; 31: a polyimide-based film layer; 32: a conductive copper layer; 1000: a flexible circuit board; 1100: a flexible chip; 1200: a flexible chip packaging structure.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In one aspect of the present invention, the present invention provides a flexible circuit board. According to the embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 1-4 (fig. 2-4 are schematic cross-sectional structural diagrams along the AA' direction in fig. 1), the flexible circuit board 1000 includes: the chip area 100, the first peripheral area 200 and the second peripheral area 300, wherein the chip area 100 is used for arranging a flexible chip, the first peripheral area 200 is arranged around the chip area 100, the second peripheral area 300 includes an area of the flexible circuit board 1000 except the chip area 100 and the first peripheral area 200, the second peripheral area 200 has a wiring area (not shown) therein, the wiring area is used for electrically connecting with the flexible chip (not shown), and at least one of the chip area 100 and the first peripheral area 200 has a thickness smaller than that of the second peripheral area 300. Therefore, after a flexible chip (not shown in the figure) is packaged on the flexible circuit board 1000 by thinning at least one of the chip area 100 for arranging the flexible chip on the flexible circuit board 1000 and the first peripheral area 200 around the chip area 100, the formed flexible chip packaging structure has good flexibility, the flexibility of the flexible chip is fully exerted, and the using performance is good.

For convenience of understanding, the following is a brief description of the principle that the flexible circuit board 1000 according to the embodiment of the present invention can obtain the above-mentioned advantageous effects:

as mentioned above, the overall thickness of the current flexible circuit board is thick, and after the flexible chip is arranged on the flexible circuit board with the thick thickness to form the flexible chip packaging structure, the bending radius of the flexible chip packaging structure is small, the flexibility is poor, and the thick flexible circuit board affects the exertion of the flexibility of the flexible chip and the use performance of the flexible electronic product. And according to the utility model discloses flexible circuit board 1000, through the chip district 100 that is used for setting up the flexible chip on the flexible circuit board 1000 attenuate (refer to showing in fig. 2), perhaps attenuate (refer to showing in fig. 3) to first peripheral area 200 around the chip district 100, perhaps carry out the attenuate simultaneously to chip district 100 and first peripheral area 200 (refer to showing in fig. 4), with flexible chip package back on this flexible circuit board 1000, the thickness of the flexible chip packaging structure in flexible chip place region is less, this flexible chip packaging structure's bending radius is great, good flexibility has, be favorable to the flexible full play of flexible chip, performance preferred. Moreover, the flexible circuit board 1000 can better support and protect the flexible chip, and the formed flexible chip packaging structure is convenient to store, use and transfer, so that the production efficiency is improved, the production cost is reduced, and the flexibility of the flexible chip is not influenced. It should be noted that, for convenience of description, the chip region 100, the first peripheral region 200, and the second peripheral region 300 are functional regions defined on the flexible circuit board 1000.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the specific type and the specific laminated structure of the flexible circuit board 1000 are not particularly limited, for example, the flexible circuit board 1000 may be a single-sided board, a double-sided board, a multi-layer board, etc., the single-sided board forms one conductive layer (e.g., a copper layer) on one side of the flexible insulating substrate, the double-sided board forms two conductive layers on two sides of the flexible insulating substrate, respectively, the multi-layer board is to press a plurality of single-sided boards or double-sided boards together, and form a conductive path between different layers through the via hole. In addition, the side of the conductive layer of the single-sided board or the double-sided board far away from the flexible insulating substrate is usually covered with a protective film layer, and an adhesive layer is usually arranged between the protective film layer and the conductive layer, and can separate the conductive layer from the protective film layer.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the flexible circuit board 1000 may include a plurality of stacked sub-layers, which may be flexible film sub-layers or conductive sub-layers, wherein the second peripheral region 300 may include N of the aforementioned sub-layers, where N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2. As previously mentioned, the second peripheral region 300 may include a plurality of sublayers disposed in a stack, such as 3, 4, 5, etc. Specifically, the flexible film sublayer may be used as a flexible insulating base material of a flexible circuit board, or may be used as a protective film layer in the flexible circuit board, and the conductive sublayer may be a copper layer, or may be used as a conductive pattern layer in the flexible circuit board. Specifically, the material forming the flexible film sub-layer 10 may include at least one of polyimide, polyethylene terephthalate, aramid fiber ester, and polyvinyl chloride, and the material forming the conductive sub-layer 20 may include copper, and the like. Thereby, the use performance of the flexible circuit board 1000 is further improved.

In particular, referring to fig. 2, the second peripheral region 300 (i.e., 300a and 300b shown in the figure) may include a flexible film sub-layer 10 and a conductive sub-layer 20 in a stacked arrangement. Specifically, referring to fig. 5, the second peripheral region 300 may include a flexible film substrate 30, and the flexible film substrate 30 may be a flexible circuit board copper clad laminate (FCCL) substrate, that is, the flexible film substrate 30 may further include a polyimide base film layer and copper conductive layers (not shown) respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the polyimide base film layer; the second peripheral region 300 further includes

conductive sublayers

20a and 20b disposed on opposite sides of the flexible film substrate 30, respectively, and the

conductive sublayers

20a and 20b may be copper layers plated on the surface of the flexible film substrate 30; the second peripheral region 300 may further include a flexible film sub-layer 10a disposed on a side of the conductive sub-layer 20a away from the flexible film substrate 30 and a flexible film sub-layer 10b disposed on a side of the conductive sub-layer 20b away from the flexible film substrate 30. Specifically, an adhesive layer (not shown) may be disposed between the conductive sub-layer 20a and the flexible film sub-layer 10a, and an adhesive layer (not shown) may be disposed between the conductive sub-layer 20b and the flexible film sub-layer 10 b.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the second peripheral region 300 of the flexible circuit board 1000 includes N stacked sub-layers, the chip region 100 may include at most (N-1) sub-layers. Therefore, the thickness of the chip region 100 can be easily reduced by reducing the number of the sublayers in the chip region 100, and the operation is easy; the thickness of the chip region 100 is smaller than that of the second peripheral region 300, the thickness of the chip region 100 is smaller, and a flexible chip is subsequently attached to the back of the chip region 100, so that the formed flexible chip packaging structure has good flexibility, the flexibility of the flexible chip can be fully exerted, and the use performance is better.

Specifically, the number of sublayers in the chip region 100 is not particularly limited as long as it is less than the number of sublayers in the second peripheral region 300, i.e., the thickness of the chip region 100 is less than the thickness of the second peripheral region 300. Specifically, referring to fig. 2, the conductive sublayer 20 in the chip region 100 may be removed, and only the flexible film sublayer 10 remains, whereby the thickness of the chip region 100 may be easily made smaller than that of the second peripheral region 300; in particular, referring to fig. 5 and 6, when the flexible circuit board 1000 includes a plurality of sub-layers, only one sub-layer in the chip region 100 may be removed (only the flexible film sub-layer 10a in the chip region 100 is removed, referring to fig. 5); a plurality of sub-layers may also be removed (refer to fig. 6, which shows that a plurality of sub-layers in the chip region 100 are removed, and only the flexible film sub-layer 10b in the chip region 100 is reserved), so that various methods for thinning the chip region 100 may be adopted, and a person skilled in the art may select the method at will according to the difficulty of the removal process, and after removing one or more sub-layers, the flexible performance of the flexible chip may be better prevented from being affected by the excessive thickness of the flexible circuit board, and after disposing the flexible chip in the chip region 100, the bending radius and flexibility of the flexible chip packaging structure may be better improved. Specifically, one or more sublayers of the removed chip region 100 may be any one sublayer, and the removed sublayers may be a plurality of sublayers disposed in succession or a plurality of sublayers disposed at intervals. Specifically, all of the sub-layers in the chip region 100 may be removed, so that the flexibility of the flexible chip package structure may be further improved.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 6, the second peripheral region 300 of the flexible circuit board 1000 includes N flexible film sub-layers 10 and N conductive sub-layers 20 alternately stacked, and the chip region 100 is formed of one flexible film sub-layer 10 b. Therefore, the chip region 100 has a relatively thin thickness and relatively good flexibility, and a flexible chip is subsequently attached to the back of the chip region 100, so that the formed flexible chip packaging structure has good flexibility, which is beneficial to the full play of the flexibility of the flexible chip, and the flexible film sublayer 10b can support the flexible chip, which is convenient for the attachment of the flexible chip and a flexible circuit board.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the second peripheral region 300 of the flexible circuit board 1000 includes N stacked sub-layers, the first peripheral region 200 may include at most (N-1) sub-layers. Therefore, the number of the layers of the sub-layers in the first peripheral region 200 is reduced, so that the thickness of the first peripheral region 200 can be reduced simply and conveniently, the operation is simple and convenient, the bending radius of the region where the flexible chip is located is larger after the flexible chip is attached to the chip region 100 subsequently, and the formed flexible chip packaging structure has good flexibility and better use performance.

Specifically, the first peripheral region 200 is disposed around the chip region 100, and a width d (refer to the width d in fig. 3) of the first peripheral region 200 may be 0.1 to 10mm, and may be 0.1 to 2mm, for example, 0.4 to 2mm, and may be 0.5 to 1mm, and may be 0.6mm, and may be 0.8mm, and may be 2mm, and may be 4mm, and may be 5mm, and may be 6mm, and the like, and the first peripheral region 200 having the width may well relieve a bending stress of a flexible chip package structure formed by mounting a flexible chip in the chip region 100, and may improve a bending radius of the flexible chip package structure, and improve flexibility of the flexible chip package structure. Specifically, the width (area) of the first peripheral region 200 may be simulated and calculated according to the number of sublayers and the thickness of each sublayer in the second peripheral region 300 of the flexible circuit board 1000, so that the bending radius of the flexible circuit board 1000 is larger. Specifically, when the number of sublayers is large or the total thickness of each sublayer is thick, the width of the first peripheral region 200 may be wide. Thereby, the flexibility of the flexible chip package structure can be further improved.

Specifically, the number of sublayers in the first peripheral region 200 is not particularly limited as long as it is less than the number of sublayers in the second peripheral region 300, i.e., the thickness of the first peripheral region 200 is less than the thickness of the second peripheral region 300. In particular, referring to fig. 3, the conductive sublayer 20 in the first peripheral region 200 may be removed, leaving only the flexible film sublayer 10. Specifically, when the flexible circuit board 1000 includes a plurality of sublayers, only one sublayer in the first peripheral region 200 may be removed, or a plurality of sublayers may be removed (refer to fig. 7, which shows that a plurality of sublayers in the first peripheral region 200 are removed, only the polyimide-based film layer 31 in the flexible film substrate 30 is remained, and the copper

conductive layers

32a and 32b in the flexible film substrate 30 are removed), so that the method for thinning the first peripheral region 200 is various, and those skilled in the art may arbitrarily select according to the difficulty of the removal process, and after removing one or more sublayers, the flexible performance of the flexible chip may be better prevented from being affected by the excessive thickness of the flexible circuit board, and after the flexible chip is disposed in the chip region 100, the bending radius and flexibility of the flexible chip packaging structure may be better improved. Specifically, one or more sub-layers in the removed first peripheral region 200 may be any sub-layer, and the removed sub-layers may be a plurality of sub-layers arranged in series or a plurality of sub-layers arranged at intervals.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 3 and 7, the first peripheral region 200 may be formed by only one flexible film sublayer 10 (the polyimide-based film layer 31 in fig. 7 is the flexible film sublayer). Therefore, the thickness of the first peripheral region 200 is further reduced, after the flexible chip is attached to the chip region 100, the bending radius of the region where the flexible chip is located is larger, the formed flexible chip packaging structure has good flexibility, and the reserved flexible film sub-layer 10 has a good supporting effect and good usability.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 4 and fig. 8, the chip region 100 and the first peripheral region 200 can be thinned simultaneously, thereby further improving the flexibility of the flexible chip package structure.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the aforementioned process of thinning the chip region 100, the first peripheral region 200, or both the chip region 100 and the first peripheral region 200 is not particularly limited, for example, the position requiring thinning may be designed in advance, and then the flexible printed circuit board may be manufactured according to the shape requirement of the flexible printed circuit board, for example, the sub-layer may be patterned by setting the mask, and the hollow area may be formed at the position requiring thinning.

To sum up, according to the utility model discloses flexible circuit board 1000, through to the chip district 100 that is used for setting up the flexible chip, and chip district 100 around at least one of first peripheral zone 200 carry out the attenuate, with flexible chip (not shown in the figure) encapsulation back on this flexible circuit board 1000, the flexible chip packaging structure of formation has good flexibility, is favorable to the flexible full play of flexible chip, performance preferred.

The utility model discloses an on the other hand, the utility model provides a flexible chip packaging structure. According to an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 10 and fig. 11 (fig. 11 is a schematic cross-sectional structure view along the AA' direction in fig. 10), the flexible chip package structure 1200 includes: the flexible circuit board 1000 and the flexible chip 1100 are described above, the flexible chip 1100 is disposed in the chip region 100 of the flexible circuit board 1000, and the flexible chip 1100 is electrically connected to the wiring region (not shown) of the flexible circuit board 1000 through a lead (not shown). Therefore, the flexible chip package structure 1200 has all the features and advantages of the flexible circuit board 1000 described above, and will not be described herein again. In general, the flexible chip package structure 1200 has good flexibility, and can improve the use performance of flexible electronic products; moreover, after the flexible chip 1100 is attached to the flexible circuit board 1000 by the lead, the flexible circuit board 1000 can better support and protect the flexible chip 1100, and the formed flexible chip packaging structure 1200 is convenient to store, use and transfer, so that the production efficiency is improved, the production cost is reduced, and the flexibility of the flexible chip 1100 is not affected.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, flexible chip package structure 1200 minimum bend radius when crooked can be not more than 8mm, for example minimum bend radius can be 7.5mm, can be 7mm, can be 6.5mm, can be 6.2mm, can be 6mm, can even be 4.5mm etc. Therefore, the flexible chip packaging structure 1200 has better flexibility and good use performance.

The present invention is described below with reference to specific examples, which are intended to illustrate the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. The examples do not specify particular techniques or conditions, according to techniques or conditions described in the literature in the field or according to the product specifications.

Example 1

A flexible circuit board a was prepared. Referring to fig. 5, a second peripheral region of the flexible circuit board a includes a flexible film substrate, conductive sub-layers respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the flexible film substrate, and flexible film sub-layers respectively disposed on two sides of the conductive sub-layers away from the flexible film substrate, wherein the flexible film substrate is a flexible circuit board copper clad laminate (FCCL) substrate, the flexible film substrate has a thickness of 86 μm, the conductive sub-layers are copper layers plated on a surface of the flexible film substrate, the conductive sub-layers have a thickness of 20 μm, the flexible film sub-layers are polyimide protective layers, and one side of the polyimide protective layers facing the flexible film sub-layers has an adhesive layer, the polyimide protective layers have a thickness of 12.5 μm, the adhesive layer has a thickness of 15 μm, a total thickness of the flexible film sub-layers is 27.5 μm, and a total thickness of the second peripheral region of the flexible circuit board a is 181 μm. The first peripheral region 200 of the flexible circuit board a has a structure and a thickness consistent with those of the second peripheral region, a flexible film sub-layer is removed from the chip region of the flexible circuit board a, and the thickness of the chip region of the flexible circuit board a is 153.5 μm.

Example 2

And preparing a flexible circuit board B. Structure of flexible circuit board B referring to fig. 6, a second peripheral region of the flexible circuit board B includes a flexible film substrate, conductive sublayers respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the flexible film substrate, and flexible film sublayers respectively disposed on two sides of the conductive sublayers far away from the flexible film substrate, wherein the flexible film substrate is a flexible circuit board copper clad laminate (FCCL) substrate, the flexible film substrate has a thickness of 86 μm, the conductive sublayers are copper layers electroplated on a surface of the flexible film substrate, the conductive sublayers have a thickness of 20 μm, the flexible film sublayers are polyimide protective layers, and one side of the polyimide protective layers facing the flexible film sublayers has an adhesive layer, the polyimide protective layers have a thickness of 12.5 μm, the adhesive layer has a thickness of 15 μm, a total thickness of the flexible film sublayers is 27.5 μm, and a total thickness of the second peripheral region of the flexible circuit board B is 181 μm. The first peripheral region 200 of the flexible circuit board B has the same structure and thickness as the second peripheral region, a plurality of sub-layers are removed from the chip region of the flexible circuit board B, only one flexible film sub-layer is reserved, and the thickness of the chip region of the flexible circuit board B is 12.5 μm.

Example 3

And preparing a flexible circuit board C. Structure of flexible circuit board C referring to fig. 7, the second peripheral region of the flexible circuit board C includes a flexible film substrate, conductive sublayers respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the flexible film substrate, and flexible film sublayers respectively disposed on two sides of the conductive sublayers far away from the flexible film substrate, wherein the flexible film substrate is a flexible circuit board copper clad laminate (FCCL) substrate, the flexible film substrate has a thickness of 86 μm, the conductive sublayers are copper layers electroplated on a surface of the flexible film substrate, the conductive sublayers have a thickness of 20 μm, the flexible film sublayers are polyimide protective layers, and one side of the polyimide protective layers facing the flexible film sublayers has an adhesive layer, the polyimide protective layers have a thickness of 12.5 μm, the adhesive layer has a thickness of 15 μm, a total thickness of the flexible film sublayers is 27.5 μm, and a total thickness of the second peripheral region of the flexible circuit board C is 181 μm. The chip region of the flexible circuit board C has a structure, a thickness, and a second peripheral region, the first peripheral region of the flexible circuit board C is formed of only one flexible film sublayer, i.e., the polyimide base film layer 31 in fig. 7, the thickness of the first peripheral region of the flexible circuit board C is 50 μm, and the width of the first peripheral region is 1 mm.

Example 4

And preparing a flexible circuit board D. Referring to fig. 8, a second peripheral region of the flexible circuit board D includes a flexible film substrate, conductive sub-layers respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the flexible film substrate, and flexible film sub-layers respectively disposed on two sides of the conductive sub-layers away from the flexible film substrate, wherein the flexible film substrate is a flexible circuit board copper clad laminate (FCCL) substrate, the flexible film substrate has a thickness of 86 μm, the conductive sub-layers are copper layers plated on a surface of the flexible film substrate, the conductive sub-layers have a thickness of 20 μm, the flexible film sub-layers are polyimide protective layers, and one side of the polyimide protective layers facing the flexible film sub-layers has an adhesive layer, the polyimide protective layers have a thickness of 12.5 μm, the adhesive layer has a thickness of 15 μm, a total thickness of the flexible film sub-layers is 27.5 μm, and a total thickness of the second peripheral region of the flexible circuit board D is 181 μm. The chip region of the flexible circuit board D, from which a plurality of sublayers were removed, and only one flexible film sublayer (refer to the polyimide-based film layer 31 shown in fig. 8) remained, had a thickness of 50 μm; the first peripheral region of the flexible circuit board D is formed of only one flexible film sub-layer, i.e., the polyimide protective layer 31 in fig. 8, and has a thickness of 50 μm and a width of 1 mm.

Comparative example 1

A flexible circuit board E was prepared. The structure of the flexible circuit board E refers to fig. 9. The flexible circuit board E comprises a flexible film substrate, conductive sub-layers arranged on the upper side and the lower side of the flexible film substrate and a flexible film sub-layer arranged on the side, far away from the flexible film substrate, of the conductive sub-layers, wherein the flexible film substrate is a flexible circuit board copper clad (FCCL) substrate, the thickness of the flexible film substrate is 86 micrometers, the conductive sub-layers are copper layers electroplated on the surface of the flexible film substrate, the thickness of the conductive sub-layers is 20 micrometers, the flexible film sub-layers are polyimide protective layers, an adhesive layer is arranged on the side, facing the flexible film sub-layers, of the polyimide protective layers, the thickness of the polyimide protective layers is 12.5 micrometers, the thickness of the adhesive layer is 15 micrometers, the total thickness of the flexible film sub-layers is 27.5 micrometers, and the total thickness of the flexible circuit board E is 181. The chip area, the first peripheral area and the second peripheral area of the flexible circuit board E are equal in thickness.

Performance testing

Flexible chips (having a thickness of 20 μm) were mounted on the chip areas of the flexible circuit boards formed in examples 1 to 4 and comparative example 1, respectively, to form flexible chip package structures, and the minimum bending radii of the formed flexible chip package structures when bent were measured, respectively, and the test results are shown in table 1:

table 1: flexible test data sheet of flexible chip package structure formed by flexible circuit boards in examples 1 to 4 and comparative example 1

Flexibility parameter	Example 1	Example 2	Example 3	Example 4	Comparative example 1
						Minimum bend radius	7.41mm	5.23mm	6.29mm	5.73mm	9.72mm

As can be seen from the test results, after the flexible circuit board a, the flexible circuit board B, the flexible circuit board C, and the flexible circuit board D in examples 1 to 4 are respectively mounted on the flexible chip, the minimum bending radius of the formed flexible chip package structure during bending is small, and the flexibility is good; after the flexible circuit board E and the flexible chip in the comparative example 1 are mounted, the minimum bending radius of the formed flexible chip packaging structure is larger during bending, and the flexibility is poorer.

In the description of the present specification, the terms "upper", "lower", and the like indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, which is merely for convenience of description of the present invention and does not require that the present invention must be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, cannot be construed as limiting the present invention.

Reference throughout this specification to the description of "one embodiment," "another embodiment," or the like, means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without contradiction.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A flexible circuit board, comprising:

the chip area is used for arranging a flexible chip;

a first peripheral region disposed around the chip region;

a second peripheral region including a region of the flexible circuit board excluding the chip region and the first peripheral region, the second peripheral region having therein a wiring region for electrical connection with the flexible chip, wherein,

at least one of the chip region and the first peripheral region has a thickness less than a thickness of the second peripheral region.

2. The flexible circuit board of claim 1, wherein the flexible circuit board comprises a plurality of stacked sub-layers, each being a flexible film sub-layer or an electrically conductive sub-layer, and wherein the second peripheral region comprises N of the sub-layers, N being a positive integer greater than or equal to 2.

3. The flexible circuit board of claim 2, wherein said chip region comprises up to (N-1) of said sub-layers.

4. The flexible circuit board of claim 3, wherein said second peripheral region comprises N alternating layers of said flexible film sub-layers and said conductive sub-layers, and wherein said chip region is formed from one of said flexible film sub-layers.

5. The flexible circuit board of claim 2, wherein said first peripheral region comprises up to (N-1) of said sub-layers.

6. The flexible circuit board of claim 5, wherein the first peripheral region is formed from one of the flexible film sub-layers.

7. The flexible circuit board of claim 1, wherein the width d of the first peripheral region is 0.1-10 mm.

8. The flexible circuit board of claim 2, wherein when the sub-layer is the flexible film sub-layer, the material forming the flexible film sub-layer comprises polyimide, polyethylene terephthalate, aramid fiber ester, or polyvinyl chloride; when the sublayer is the conductive sublayer, the material forming the conductive sublayer comprises copper.

9. A flexible chip package structure, comprising:

the flexible circuit board of any one of claims 1-8;

the flexible chip is arranged in the chip area of the flexible circuit board, and the flexible chip is electrically connected with the wiring area of the flexible circuit board through a lead.

10. The flexible chip package structure of claim 9, wherein a minimum bend radius of the flexible chip package structure when bent is no greater than 8 mm.