JP2006019643A - Laminated substrate and manufacturing method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a laminated substrate that the degree of flatness of terminal electrodes for wire bonding is high and internal defects are free. <P>SOLUTION: The laminated substrate is formed of a plurality of laminated dielectric layers and has a cavity to mount electronic parts thereon. Further, the laminated substrate has a plurality of terminal electrodes adjacently, formed so as to enclose the cavity to connect electronic parts inside the cavity and the laminated substrate; electrode patterns formed on at least one interlayer or more out of the interlayers of the dielectric layer; and an insulating pattern formed on at least one interlayer or more from among the interlayers of the dielectric layer, and in a peripheral region of the cavity. The insulating pattern is disposed divided, corresponding to the terminal electrodes and is disposed so as not to expose the internal wall of the cavity, as viewed planarly. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a multilayer wiring ceramic substrate in which a plurality of ceramics are laminated, has a cavity on the upper surface, mounts electronic components on the cavity, and connects the electronic components and terminal electrodes around the cavity with bonding wires. The present invention relates to an electronic component and a manufacturing method thereof.

  The demand for smaller and lighter portable communication devices is still strong, and sharing of electronic components used and modularization of functions are being promoted. In order to meet these market requirements, LTCC (Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramics) laminated substrates are increasingly used as electronic component packages. If this board is used, most of the components that have conventionally been configured discretely, such as inductors, transmission lines, and capacitors, can be three-dimensionally incorporated into the board. Only the parts that cannot be taken in need to be mounted. For this reason, ideally, the size of the component only needs to be a mounting area of the component that cannot be taken in, which is very advantageous for miniaturization and high integration of the module component.

  In general, as shown in FIG. 7, the laminated substrate is composed of dielectric layers 1a to 1e in which a plurality of dielectric sheets are laminated in the vertical direction, and a cavity portion 5 for mounting the semiconductor element 6 is formed near the surface layer. . In addition, an internal electrode pattern 2 is disposed between the dielectric layers 1a to 1e constituting the multilayer substrate 1, and not only a simple wiring and ground electrode, but also an inductor, a transmission line, A capacitor or the like is formed. The internal electrode is provided with a prohibited region where no internal electrode is formed at the edge of the substrate, that is, the outer periphery A of the substrate (about 200 μm from the outer end) and the periphery B of the cavity (about 200 μm from the inner wall of the cavity). For this reason, an electrode pattern cannot be formed in this region. The reason for providing this region is to prevent defects caused by short-circuiting between layers due to plating applied in a later process, and improve the adhesion between layers at the edge of the substrate, resulting in defects such as delamination. Is to prevent. At the same time, it is set in consideration of misalignment due to manufacturing variations in processes such as printing and lamination. Further, via hole electrodes 4 extending in the vertical thickness direction are formed between the dielectric layers 1a to 1e, thereby connecting the internal electrode patterns of the respective layers. On the other hand, a terminal electrode 31 for wire bonding with a semiconductor element, a surface electrode pattern 32 constituting a land for mounting passive components, and the like are formed on the surface of the multilayer substrate 1, and the semiconductor element 6 is formed in the cavity portion 5. The input / output electrodes of the semiconductor element 6 and the terminal electrodes 31 are connected by bonding wires 7. The via hole extends to the back side of the multilayer substrate and is connected to the back terminal 8 of the multilayer substrate. The back terminal 8 is a connection terminal for mounting and electrically connecting the laminated substrate itself to another larger substrate, for example, a PCB substrate that mainly constitutes the interior of a portable terminal or the like, and has a substantially lattice shape. Has been placed.

Next, a method for manufacturing the above-described laminated circuit board will be briefly described. First, green sheets having a predetermined shape to be the dielectric layers 1a to 1e are prepared, and through holes for via holes are formed at predetermined positions, and through holes for cavity portions are formed simultaneously with the via holes for the green sheets 1a and 1b. To do. Thereafter, the via-hole electrode 4, the wire bonding terminal electrode 31, the surface electrode pattern 32, the internal electrode pattern 2, and the back terminal 8 are formed by screen printing of a conductive paste. Next, these green sheets are laminated in the laminating order of the laminated substrate 1 and thermocompression bonded to form an unfired laminated substrate. Then, it becomes a finished product by firing integrally. Further, finally, the surface electrodes disposed on the front and back surfaces of the multilayer substrate are subjected to surface treatment by gold plating or the like.
However, in such a conventional multilayer substrate, after firing, the wire bonding terminal electrode 31 disposed around the cavity portion 5 falls into the cavity portion as shown in FIG. There has been a problem that the flatness of the surface cannot be obtained stably. The cause of this problem is that, as described above, in the dielectric layers 1a to 1b, the periphery of the cavity portion 5 is the prohibited region B, and the internal electrode pattern 2 is not formed at all. This is because the internal electrode pattern 2 is formed, and thus a difference in the thickness of the stack is locally generated. In addition, each green sheet is applied with a pressing force in the stacking direction at the time of stacking and crimping, but there is no pressure in the cavity 5 and the material around the cavity 5 tends to be deformed into the cavity 5. This further promotes this inclination. By forming the inclined surface Z, the tip of the bonding wire 7 cannot be in stable contact with the terminal electrode 31, and cannot be crimped by sufficient heating or ultrasonic vibration. There was a problem with this.

Patent Documents 1 to 4 disclose a technique for inserting an insulating spacer so as to border the inner wall of the cavity portion between laminated layers as a conventional technique related to the inclination countermeasure around the cavity portion. For example, in the prior art described in Patent Document 2, when the components mounted in the cavity portion are hermetically sealed, the bonding property between the sealing lid and the multilayer substrate may be deteriorated due to the flatness around the cavity portion. Thereby, the malfunction which the airtightness of a cavity part deteriorates generate | occur | produces. In order to solve this problem, a technique for improving the flatness around the cavity necessary for hermetic sealing is disclosed by inserting an insulating spacer facing the inner wall of the cavity into the laminated substrate.
The prior art described in Patent Document 1 is related to hermetic sealing, similar to Document 2 described above. However, terminal electrodes for wire bonding installed on four sides around the cavity portion on the multilayer substrate are provided. It may not be installed at the four corners of the cavity portion, and this is applied only when the flatness is impaired between the four sides and the corner portion of the cavity portion. That is, this is a technique for improving the flatness of the four corners of the cavity part by inserting insulating spacers only in the four corners of the cavity part inside the laminated substrate. As described above, Patent Documents 1 and 2 are techniques aiming at hermetic sealing of the cavity, and do not mention problems and solutions for improving the bonding connectivity of the surface electrodes.

  On the other hand, the prior arts described in Patent Documents 3 and 4 are intended to improve the bonding connectivity of the surface electrode, and prevent the laminated body around the cavity from falling into the cavity. That is, one end faces the inner wall of the cavity and the other end reaches the inner electrode and contacts the inner electrode so as to fill the gap between the inner electrode in the periphery of the cavity and the inner wall of the cavity. An insulating spacer is interposed so as to keep a narrow gap. This discloses that the flatness around the cavity can be improved.

JP-A-10-189810 JP 2003-224222 A JP-A-10-289964 JP 2001-284808 A

However, in the techniques of Patent Documents 3 and 4, it has been confirmed that an internal defect (crack) is generated around the cavity portion of the multilayer substrate. Usually, at the time of laminated crimping, the laminate receives a crimping force from the upper and lower surfaces. At this time, since there is no substance in the cavity portion and no pressure receiver, the substance around the cavity portion tends to be deformed into the cavity portion. When an insulating spacer is inserted, this phenomenon becomes more conspicuous, the compressive force becomes larger around the cavity portion where the density is increased, and the deformation into the cavity portion becomes larger. Therefore, the compressive force in the vertical direction and the deforming force into the cavity portion act more strongly around the cavity portion, and a biased stress distribution is generated. When a laminated substrate in which such stress distribution is not sufficiently performed is fired, the stress is released along with shrinkage deformation at the time of firing, so that a defect such as an internal defect occurs. At this time, internal stress tends to concentrate on the contact corner between the bottom surface of the cavity and the wall surface, and a mortar-like internal defect is often generated starting from the contact corner (bottom corner). As described above, Patent Documents 3 and 4 are techniques for improving the bonding connectivity of the surface electrodes, but they do not reach the actual use level because they involve defects that cause internal defects around the cavity of the multilayer substrate. Of course, such a problem also occurs in Patent Documents 1 and 2.
Therefore, in the conventional technique, the flatness around the cavity portion is sufficiently solved against the problem that the flat surface cannot be obtained stably because the inclined surface is generated in the terminal electrode for wire bonding arranged around the cavity portion. At the same time, the present invention has not yet reached the point where it can be implemented without causing adverse effects such as the occurrence of internal defects around the cavity portion.

  In view of such a problem, the present invention improves the reliability of bonding connection to a wire bonding terminal electrode disposed around a cavity portion, and electronic components such as semiconductor elements mounted in the cavity portion and circuits in the multilayer substrate. And a method for manufacturing the same are provided, in which the mechanical reliability without internal defects is sufficiently secured.

The present invention includes a plurality of dielectric layers stacked, having a cavity portion for mounting an electronic component, and surrounding the cavity portion in order to connect the electronic component in the cavity portion and the multilayer substrate. A plurality of terminal electrodes formed adjacent to each other, an electrode pattern formed between at least one of the layers forming the multilayer substrate, and at least one of the dielectric layers A laminated substrate having an insulating pattern formed in a peripheral region of the cavity portion, wherein the insulating pattern is disposed so as not to be exposed on the inner wall of the cavity portion.
Thus, the flatness of the terminal electrode for wire bonding can be improved by inserting the insulating pattern into the laminated substrate. At this time, since the insulating pattern is not exposed on the inner wall of the cavity portion, that is, is held inside the stacked body, the periphery of the cavity portion can be prevented from being deformed into the cavity portion, and thus the flatness is effectively improved. At the same time, the internal defects can be suppressed by promoting the stress dispersion around the cavity. In the present invention, “not exposed to the inner wall of the cavity” means that the insulating pattern is not exposed in the laminated substrate after sintering.
Furthermore, in the present invention, it is desirable to divide and arrange a plurality of insulating patterns corresponding to the plurality of terminal electrodes. As a result, while maintaining the flatness improving effect, the amount of intervening substances more than necessary can be reduced, and an increase in density can be suppressed. Therefore, the effect of dispersing internal stress is enhanced, and internal defects can be suppressed. The insulation pattern corresponding to the terminal electrode is preferably one-to-one, but may correspond to a plurality of terminal electrodes such as two-to-one.

  Furthermore, it is preferable that the insulating pattern is arranged in the inner direction of the laminate from a position separated by 50 μm or more from the inner wall of the cavity. This is because the periphery of the cavity portion can be prevented from being deformed into the cavity portion by being fastened inside by 50 μm or more so as not to face the opening surface of the cavity portion. Therefore, stress distribution around the cavity is promoted, and internal defects can be suppressed. On the other hand, if the distance is set too narrow, the distance between the insulating pattern and the inner wall of the cavity portion becomes too close, and the crimping force cannot be sufficiently applied around the cavity portion, and the interlayer adhesion force is remarkably reduced. As a result, problems such as an opening gap due to delamination occur on the inner wall of the cavity. In addition, the upper limit is changed by the arrangement of the electrode pattern, but if the distance from the cavity wall surface of the bonding terminal electrode is increased, the tilt correction effect is lost and it does not make sense to add an insulation pattern. It is desirable to set it near the cavity so that it is not separated from the position.

In addition, if there is an overlapping part between the insulating pattern and the electrode pattern on the same layer, the amount of intervening material in the vertical direction of the part increases, so that the surface directly above it is locally deformed into a convex shape, Flatness deteriorates. Therefore, in order to reduce the overlapping portion between the insulating pattern and the electrode pattern as much as possible, the insulating pattern is preferably arranged apart from the electrode pattern, more preferably 20 μm or more. However, the effect cannot be expected even if it is separated by 50 μm or more, and it is not realistic.
On the other hand, in a state where the terminal electrode is inclined and the bonding connectivity is deteriorated, it should be influenced by the inclination to a position farther from the end of the terminal electrode when viewed from the inner wall of the cavity. At this time, it is necessary to dispose an insulating pattern in a region including the inclined portion of the terminal electrode around the cavity portion. However, if the insulating pattern is disposed more than necessary, the overlapping portion between the insulating pattern and the non-inclined portion of the terminal electrode increases. That is, since the inclination is corrected by the insulating pattern to the point where it is not necessary to correct the inclination, the surface immediately above the surface is locally deformed into a convex shape, and the flatness of the surface is deteriorated. Therefore, it is best that there is no dimension in which the terminal electrode and the insulating pattern overlap, but in the present invention, it is considered necessary that there is an overlapping portion. In this case, it is desirable that the dimension where the surface terminal electrode overlaps with the insulating pattern between the inner layers is ½ or less of the terminal electrode width.

The present invention also includes a plurality of dielectric layers laminated, having a cavity portion for mounting an electronic component, and connecting the electronic component in the cavity portion and the laminated substrate with the cavity portion. A plurality of terminal electrodes formed adjacent to each other; at least one electrode pattern formed between at least one of the dielectric layers; and at least one of the dielectric layers. A laminated substrate having an interlayer and an insulating pattern formed in a peripheral region of the cavity portion, wherein the horizontal distance of the inclined surface around the cavity portion is L1, and the terminal from the inner wall of the cavity portion in a cross-sectional view When the distance to the electrode end is L2, when the insulating pattern is not arranged in the region of the horizontal distance A from the inner wall of the cavity portion, the width X of the insulating pattern is L1−L2 ≦ X ≦ L1− It is a laminated substrate set by A. This is because the horizontal distance L1 of the inclined surface generated around the cavity part is the depth of the cavity part, the number of cavity part layers, the arrangement state of the internal electrode pattern, the prohibited region, the distance from the inner wall of the cavity part to the terminal electrode, etc. Since it depends on the design value and also on the manufacturing conditions in each process, it is difficult to uniquely define the dimension value of the insulating pattern. However, according to this setting means, even when the above various conditions are different, it becomes a design guideline and an effective result can be obtained.
According to the laminated substrate of the present invention described above, the flatness of the terminal electrode can stably realize an inclination angle of 3 degrees or less in a sectional view. Thereby, the bonding connection failure does not occur.

  In addition, the method for producing a laminated substrate of the present invention includes a step of applying a conductive paste that becomes the electrode pattern after firing to any surface of the plurality of green sheets that become the dielectric layer after firing, and at least partly Laminating the green sheet so that the insulating pattern is not exposed to the inner wall of the cavity after the step of applying the insulating paste. Then, the cavity portion is formed by the manufacturing method. As described above, in the conventional manufacturing process, the printing, laminating, and processes were carried out after forming the cavity part. However, the green sheet with many large holes such as the cavity part reduced the sheet strength and caused a problem. The probability of occurrence increases. When the sheet deformation occurs, the dimensional accuracy of the product deteriorates and the connection between the upper and lower layers becomes unstable, which causes a decrease in yield in the product state. In addition, when printing the insulation pattern, the solvent contained in the paste adheres to the green sheet, the deformation around the cavity part undulates, the wall surface of the cavity part after lamination is not accurately aligned, and the cavity part after firing is not aligned. There was a possibility of causing dimensional defects. According to the manufacturing method of the present invention, it is possible to eliminate these problems, stabilize the shape of the cavity wall surface, and improve accuracy.

  Furthermore, the method for producing a laminated substrate of the present invention includes a step of applying a conductive paste that becomes the electrode pattern after firing to any surface of a plurality of green sheets that become the dielectric layer after firing, and at least partly A step of laminating and pressing at least one green sheet on the surface of the green sheet after the step of applying the insulating paste that becomes the insulating pattern after firing so as not to be exposed on the inner wall of the cavity portion, The cavity portion is collectively formed after the step of laminating and pressure-bonding the sheets. This is because, in the method of forming the cavity portion in a lump after stacking, the cavity portion is filled at the time of stacking. It is effective. In addition, the adhesive force around the cavity is increased, and problems such as delamination can be suppressed.

  According to the present invention, the bonding connection reliability to the wire bonding terminal electrode arranged around the cavity portion is stable, and the electronic component such as a semiconductor element mounted in the cavity portion is securely connected to the circuit in the multilayer substrate. In addition, it is possible to provide a laminated substrate and a manufacturing method thereof in which mechanical reliability without internal defects is sufficiently secured.

  Prior to the present invention, the inventor investigated the relationship between the amount of inclination of the bonding terminal electrode and the bonding connection failure. In the survey, in actual products, defective products with defective bonding connections and non-defective products with no defects were used, and the amount of inclination of each terminal electrode was measured with a stylus type flatness measuring device. In the vicinity of the end of the terminal electrode, the flatness is likely to deteriorate in the process, and the measurement was performed from the inside of the end. In this survey, a distance of 100 μm was measured from the inside of 50 μm, and the amount of inclination was calculated by the difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the data. Note that this measurement location is substantially the same as the location where wire bonding is actually performed, and unless otherwise specified, the measurement values described below are based on the same measurement technique and conditions. In addition, in order to develop a general discussion, an inclination angle converted from the amount of inclination is also written as necessary as an index that does not depend on the size of the terminal electrode and the measurement distance. As will be described later, it has also been found from the investigation results of FIG. 4 that a problem occurs when the inclination angle is larger than 3 degrees. Therefore, if the inclination angle of the terminal electrode is improved to be 3 degrees or less, it is possible to take measures against bonding failure.

  Now, the laminated substrate of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing an embodiment of a laminated substrate according to the present invention. The multilayer substrate includes dielectric layers 1a to 1e in which a plurality of dielectric sheets are stacked in the vertical direction, and a cavity portion 5 for mounting the semiconductor element 6 is formed near the surface layer. In addition, an internal electrode pattern 2 is disposed between the dielectric layers 1a to 1e constituting the multilayer substrate 1, and not only a simple wiring and ground electrode, but also an inductor, a transmission line, , Capacitors and the like are formed. Note that, as described above, since the internal electrode is provided with a prohibited area at the edge of the substrate, that is, at the periphery A of the substrate and the periphery B of the cavity, an electrode pattern cannot be formed in this area. The reason for providing this region is to prevent defects caused by short-circuiting between layers by plating performed in a later process, and improve the interlayer adhesion at the edge of the substrate and prevent defects such as delamination. It is. At the same time, it is set in consideration of misalignment due to manufacturing variations in processes such as printing and lamination. Further, via hole electrodes 4 extending in the vertical thickness direction are formed between the dielectric layers 1a to 1e, thereby connecting the internal electrode patterns of the respective layers. On the other hand, a terminal electrode 31 for wire bonding with a semiconductor element, a surface electrode pattern 32 constituting a land for mounting passive components, and the like are formed on the surface of the multilayer substrate 1, and the semiconductor element 6 is formed in the cavity portion 5. The input / output electrodes of the semiconductor element 6 and the terminal electrodes 31 are connected by bonding wires (not shown). The via hole extends to the back side of the multilayer substrate and is connected to the back terminal 8 of the multilayer substrate. The back terminal is a connection terminal for mounting and electrically connecting the laminated substrate itself to another larger substrate, for example, a PCB substrate that mainly constitutes the interior of a mobile terminal, etc., and is arranged in a substantially grid pattern Has been.

Furthermore, in the multilayer substrate according to the present invention, the insulating pattern is formed in the prohibited region B, that is, in the position between the dielectric layer on which the internal electrode pattern is formed, for example, the region between 1a and 1b by the distance a from the inner wall of the cavity. 9 is arranged. Note that the thickness of the insulating pattern is adjusted by the amount of inclination around the cavity portion.
This insulating pattern 9 is formed by processing a slurry for manufacturing a dielectric sheet constituting the above-described laminated substrate into a paste. This paste is printed at a predetermined position to form a desired insulating pattern. This insulating pattern is preferably made of the same material as the surrounding dielectric, and is integrated by sintering integrally with the surrounding dielectric sheet during firing. By installing this insulating pattern, the inclined portion around the cavity portion can be lifted to compensate for the drop into the cavity portion. Thereby, it is possible to avoid the occurrence of internal defects such as peeling at the interface between the dielectric sheet and the insulating pattern. Further, since the inclination of the bonding terminal electrode is eliminated or remarkably relieved, the connection reliability during wire bonding is remarkably improved.

  Here, the result of examining the arrangement conditions of the insulating pattern in order to obtain a better improvement effect will be described. Table 1 shows the results of summarizing the amount of terminal electrode tilt, tilt angle, bonding connection failure, and internal defects in samples of various conditions. The sample was prepared by changing manufacturing conditions such as (1) the thickness of the insulating pattern and (2) the arrangement state of the insulating pattern (distance from the wall surface of the cavity), but the distance between the other insulating pattern and the electrode pattern. The same condition is applied to the overlap between the terminal electrode and the insulating pattern. For convenience, the thickness of the insulating pattern is referred to as the set thickness of the printing screen mask to be used, and the actual thickness of the insulating pattern is about 60 to 70% of the mask set value.

  First, from comparison of samples A to C in the figure, it can be seen that the inclination angle is improved in proportion to the thickness of the insulating pattern, and when the insulating pattern thickness is 20 μm, bonding connection failure does not occur. . However, when the thickness of the insulating pattern is 10 μm or more, internal defects occur in the laminated substrate. This is presumably because when the insulating pattern is added around the cavity portion, the inclination angle is improved, but the crimping force received by this region during the lamination crimping is increased, and the deformation force into the cavity portion is also increased. Therefore, simply adding an insulating pattern does not solve the problem. In addition, it can be seen that the change in the amount of inclination is small compared to the thickness of the added insulating pattern, which is considered to have been deformed into the cavity portion during the lamination pressing. In other words, a great deformation force is generated.

  Next, from the comparison of samples C to F in the figure, the inclination angle is improved and internal defects are less likely to occur when the insulating pattern is disposed away from the cavity than when the insulating pattern is disposed in contact with the cavity. I understand. This is because the deformation force into the cavity portion described above is inversely proportional to the distance from the wall surface of the cavity portion, so that the force to escape in the horizontal direction is reduced, the effect of correcting the inclination in the vertical direction is increased, and at the same time, internal defects are generated. Is also considered to be suppressed. Further, if the arrangement distance is separated to some extent, an almost constant improvement effect is obtained. This is presumably because the area around the cavity portion decreases, and this region plays a role like a buffer band that softens the deformation force into the cavity portion.

Furthermore, to explain further, in Sample D, unlike internal defects mainly including cracks generated in other samples, peeling (delamination) in which the inner wall of the cavity portion was opened occurred. This is presumably because a portion narrower than the set value was generated due to misalignment due to manufacturing variations in printing, lamination, etc., and sufficient interlayer adhesion was not obtained at that portion during lamination pressure bonding.
Moreover, in almost all samples, the incidence of bonding connection failure was high at specific terminal electrodes. This is presumably because there were portions where the insulating pattern and the electrode pattern overlapped in the lower layer of the defective terminal electrode, or portions that were very close even if they did not overlap. In other words, when the insulation pattern and the electrode pattern are arranged close to each other or overlap, unnecessary irregularities are formed on the surface layer where the insulation pattern and the electrode pattern overlap due to misalignment due to manufacturing variations such as printing and lamination. As a result, it is considered that bonding connectivity was deteriorated. From this point, it can be seen that the distance between the insulating pattern and the electrode pattern needs to be increased to some extent.
In view of the above, the insulating pattern should be provided so as not to be exposed from the end of the cavity portion. At this time, there should be a desirable distance of 50 μm or more, and the electrode pattern and the insulating pattern should be arranged at a distance from each other. I know that there is.
Therefore, specific examples of insulating patterns will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Example 1
As an embodiment, FIG. 2A shows an arrangement state of the insulating pattern in plan view, and FIG. 2B shows an overlapping state with the terminal electrode for wire bonding. In this example, each insulating pattern is divided and arranged in one-to-one correspondence with each terminal electrode. As a result, the amount of material around the cavity portion can be reduced as much as possible and the increase in density more than necessary can be suppressed while sufficiently ensuring the tilt effect for each terminal electrode, so that no internal defect occurs. Specifically, based on the above examination, the thickness of the insulating pattern was 20 μm, and the insulating pattern was arranged with a width of 200 μm (length toward the inner direction) after entering the inside of 50 μm from the inner wall of the cavity part. In addition, the interval between adjacent terminal electrodes is set to 100 μm, and the interval between the insulating patterns is set to 50 μm. Even if there is an influence of manufacturing variation, the surface terminal electrodes overlap with the internal insulating patterns. It can be held. Further, the inner end portion of the insulating pattern was expanded and contracted according to the arrangement state of the surrounding electrode patterns. For example, when the electrode pattern protrudes in a region where the insulating pattern is to be disposed, the shape is shrunk so that the insulating pattern does not overlap the electrode pattern. In this example, the insulating pattern was shrunk so as to ensure a gap of about 20 μm (see b in FIG. 1) between the insulating pattern and the electrode pattern. At this time, this distance may be further narrowed if the printing accuracy and manufacturing variation are improved. Also, when the number of electrode patterns arranged in the stacking direction is small and the density is lower than that of the peripheral area, the insulating area and the electrode pattern are overlapped to average the peripheral area and density. The flatness may be improved.

(Example 2)
FIG. 3 shows another embodiment. FIG. 3A shows an arrangement state of the insulating pattern in plan view, and FIG. 3B shows an overlapping state with the terminal electrode for wire bonding. In this way, two or more insulating patterns may be connected to two terminal electrodes. For example, the present invention can be applied when the interval between the terminal electrodes is narrow and the interval between the insulating patterns is not sufficient. However, if too many are connected too much, the density around the cavity is unnecessarily increased, or the ease of deformation of the insulation pattern itself is reduced, which is a factor that inhibits stress distribution around the cavity. It becomes. The limit value of the length of the insulating pattern that does not cause such an adverse effect depends on the thickness of the insulating pattern, the material to be used, the manufacturing conditions, etc., and thus it is difficult to show a clear value. Under the various conditions used, the length of the combined insulating pattern was about 1.0 mm, and no problems occurred.

Example 3
Although illustration is omitted, the amount of inclination can be optimized by adjusting the shrinkage rate of the thickness of the insulating pattern while satisfying the above design conditions. The insulating pattern is formed by printing, but basically the thickness of the insulating pattern is determined by the thickness of the screen mask used in the printing process. This screen mask is restricted in thickness setting value, for example, set in increments of 5 μm, and it is impossible to set the thickness of the insulating pattern below this mask setting value. Therefore, when adjusting the thickness of the insulating pattern below the mask setting value, it is necessary to adjust another parameter. For example, the method of adjusting the shrinkage rate of the insulating pattern shown in this embodiment is effective as a simple method. On the other hand, in order to actually adjust the shrinkage rate of the insulating pattern, a different blending is required at the time of preparing the paste, which increases the number of manufacturing steps and may slightly affect the productivity. Further, as another method for adjusting the thickness of the insulating pattern, it is possible to change manufacturing conditions such as printing and lamination.

  Below, the experimental result which confirmed the effect of this invention is demonstrated. The laminated substrate used in the experiment had outer dimensions of approximately 10 mm in width, 8 mm in length, and 0.75 mm in thickness, and the cavity portion was approximately 2 mm in width, 2 mm in length, and 0.35 mm in depth. The terminal electrode for bonding has a rectangular shape of about 200 μm square, and its end face is aligned at a position of 150 μm from the inner wall of the cavity, and a plurality of terminal electrodes are arranged around the cavity at intervals of 100 μm. On the other hand, the inside of the laminate is composed of 13 layers of dielectric, and the cavity is composed of 6 layers of dielectric. The forbidden area B around the cavity portion is 200 μm, and in the conventional laminated substrate, the inclined surface Z extends to about 250 μm in the horizontal distance from the inner wall of the cavity portion. In the experiment, the manufacturing conditions of the above Examples 1 to 3 (the conditions of the insulating pattern are the same as those of Example 1 in both Examples 1 to 3, Example 2 is connected with two insulating patterns, Example 3 has a shrinkage rate of 10%. For the sake of comparison, a laminated substrate was manufactured under conventional manufacturing conditions to which the present invention was not applied. Table 2 summarizes the inclination amount, inclination angle, bonding connection failure, and internal defect occurrence state of these multilayer substrates.

First, in the laminated substrate in which the insulating pattern as a comparative example was exposed on the inner wall, the inclination angle was 3 degrees or more, and defective bonding connection occurred frequently. On the other hand, the laminated substrates according to Examples 1 to 3 according to the present invention have an inclination angle of 3 degrees or less in any substrate, and no bonding connection failure occurs. Furthermore, it was confirmed that no internal defects were generated. Further, in the laminated substrate according to Example 3, the same insulation pattern as in Example 1 was used, and the shrinkage rate was changed small (in a direction not shrinking), but the inclination angle could be reduced as compared with Example 1. It was.
FIG. 4 shows the relationship between the inclination angle and the bonding connection failure rate. Thus, it has been confirmed that the quality is stabilized by setting the inclination angle to 3 degrees or less.
As described above, according to the present invention, a laminated substrate in which the amount of inclination of the terminal electrode around the cavity portion is small, the connection reliability of wire bonding can be sufficiently secured, and at the same time, the mechanical reliability free from internal defects can be secured. Can be realized.

Here, the green sheet used in this example is made of an LTCC material that can be co-fired at a low temperature of 950 ° C. or lower. For example, Al, Si, Sr, 10-60 mass% in terms of Al ₂ O ₃ , 25-60 mass% in terms of SiO ₂ , 7.5-50 mass% in terms of SrO, and 20 mass% or less in terms of TiO ₂ . Ti, 0.1 to 10% by mass in terms of Bi ₂ O ₃ , 0.1 to 5% by mass in terms of Na ₂ O, 0.1 to 5% by mass in terms of K ₂ O, 0.01 to in terms of CuO A dielectric composition containing 5% by mass and 0.01 to 5% by mass of Bi, Na, K, Cu, and Mn in terms of MnO ₂ is used.
In addition, a green sheet having a sheet thickness of 40 to 200 μm was used so that a transmission line and a capacitor can be easily formed. The electrode material used was silver. A transmission line and a capacitor capacity were formed by electrode patterns on each layer of the ceramic green sheet, and a circuit was configured by appropriately providing through holes. The ceramic green sheets are sequentially laminated and pressure-bonded and fired at 950 ° C. to obtain a laminated substrate. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described form.

  Next, a design method regarding the arrangement position of the insulating pattern will be described. FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing the relationship between the bonding terminal electrode and the insulating pattern in the inclined region around the cavity. The design method regarding the arrangement position of an insulation pattern is demonstrated using this figure. In the symbols in the figure, X is the insulation pattern width (pattern dimension in the direction perpendicular to the cavity wall surface), Y is the inclined distance of the terminal electrode for bonding, L1 is the horizontal distance from the cavity wall surface to the inclined area, L2 Is the distance from the cavity wall surface to the terminal electrode end face, and A is the distance from the cavity wall face to the insulating pattern end face. Here, L1 depends on many design values such as the depth of the cavity part, the number of cavity part layers, the arrangement state of the internal electrode pattern, the prohibited region, the distance from the inner wall of the cavity part to the terminal electrode, and in each process. It is a dimension that also depends on the manufacturing conditions, and is a dimension that is generated as a result of manufacturing under these conditions. However, since it is empirically known that the inclined region covers a region that is several tens to 100 μm wider than the prohibited region B, it can be said that L1 has the same size.

First, the inclination distance of the terminal electrode can be expressed by Y = L1-L2 from FIG. At this time, since the insulating pattern is added to correct the inclination of the terminal electrode, the width of the insulating pattern needs to satisfy X ≧ Y = L1−L2. In addition, if the insulating pattern is disposed outside the inclined region, the flatness of the surface layer is adversely affected, so it should be set to be lower than that, and it is necessary to separate it from the inner wall of the cavity part by A or more. ≦ L1−A. From the above, the insulation pattern is
L1-L2≤X≤L1-A ... (Formula 1)
It is appropriate to design in this area. Furthermore, considering the margin B so as to allow misalignment due to manufacturing variation,
L1−L2−B ≦ X ≦ L1−A + B (Formula 2)
Area is obtained. Based on this formula, the insulating pattern width and the arrangement region can be set. For example, in the example shown in the first embodiment, L1 = 250 μm, L2 = 150 μm, and A = B = 50 μm. Substituting these values results in an ideal condition of 100 μm ≦ X ≦ 200 μm from (Expression 1), 2) As a more realistic condition, 50 μm ≦ X ≦ 250 μm is obtained. That is, it shows that it can be arranged at a position of 250 μm from a position where it enters the 50 μm laminated substrate from the cavity wall surface. In the above embodiment, adjustment with the peripheral electrode pattern and the like was performed as described above based on this basic design. In this way, if this design method is used, it is a design condition expressed from a geometrical relationship, so even if the above-mentioned dimensions change from product to product, it can lead to a condition that can sufficiently cope and exhibit the effect. it can.

  Finally, the manufacturing method will be described. As described above, in the conventional manufacturing process, after the cavity portion is formed, the electrode pattern, the insulating pattern, etc. are printed and laminated, and the process is advanced. However, the present invention is characterized in that the cavity portion is formed after the printing. . This is often realized by making the multilayer substrate more functional, that is, when increasing the density of built-in elements per unit area, by reducing the thickness of the green sheet to be used and making it multilayer. However, since the sheet strength decreases as the green sheet becomes thinner, problems due to sheet deformation due to handling in the process are likely to occur. If a large number of large holes such as cavities are formed there, the sheet strength is further reduced and the occurrence probability of defects is increased. When the sheet deformation occurs, the dimensional accuracy of the product deteriorates and the connection between the upper and lower layers becomes unstable, which causes a decrease in yield in the product state. In addition, when an insulating pattern in a paste state is printed around the cavity portion after forming the cavity portion, the solvent contained in the paste may adhere to the green sheet, and deformation may occur such that the periphery of the cavity portion undulates. Thereby, the cavity part wall surface after lamination | stacking does not align accurately, and may cause the dimension defect of the cavity part after baking. In this respect, according to the manufacturing method of the present invention, the cavity portion is not formed until immediately before the laminating process, and it is possible to suppress problems due to sheet deformation or the like in the process. Further, by forming the cavity part after printing, the shape of the wall surface of the cavity part can be stabilized and the accuracy can be improved.

  Furthermore, in the present invention, it is possible to adopt a manufacturing method in which the cavity portion is formed at once after the green sheets are laminated. This is because the semi-finished body C1 of the laminated substrate where the cavity portion is finally formed and the semi-finished body C2 of the laminated substrate where the cavity portion is not formed are separately formed after the electrode pattern, the insulating pattern, etc. are printed. By laminating and pressing, a desired cavity portion is collectively formed in the semi-finished product C1 of the laminated substrate. Thereafter, the laminated substrates C1 and C2 are laminated and pressure-bonded to obtain a finished laminated substrate. Conventionally, in the manufacturing method described above, holes that will become cavities are already formed in each green sheet at the time of lamination. In this manufacturing method, the green sheet is laminated as it is, so there is no cavity and the dielectric is filled. It is a state that has been. For this reason, since the crimping force at the time of lamination does not easily escape to the cavity part, and the deformation force that inclines to the cavity part hardly occurs, the generation of the inclined surface can be suppressed. At the same time, the pressure-bonding force works more strongly and the adhesion force around the cavity is increased, so that problems such as delamination can be suppressed.

  In addition, the laminated substrate of the present invention includes a case where the cavity portion is formed in several steps and a terminal electrode is disposed around the step. Further, a plurality of semiconductor elements may be mounted in the cavity portion, and the present invention is applicable to an MCM (multi-chip module) in which semiconductor elements are stacked in several stages. Furthermore, the electronic component mounted in the cavity is not limited to a semiconductor element such as a transistor or FET, but may be a surface mount element such as a capacitor, a resistor, an inductor, or a SAW filter.

  The multilayer substrate of the present invention and the manufacturing technology thereof can be used for precision electronic parts used in electronic devices such as communication devices such as information terminals such as mobile phones and PDAs, computers, and measuring instruments.

It is sectional drawing which shows one form of the multilayer substrate of this invention. It is the example of arrangement | positioning by planar view which shows an example of the surface terminal electrode and inner layer insulation pattern of the multilayer substrate of this invention. It is the example of arrangement | positioning by planar view which shows another example of the surface terminal electrode and inner-layer insulation pattern of the multilayer substrate of this invention. It is a figure which shows the correlation of the inclination angle by this invention, and a bonding defect rate. It is a figure explaining the arrangement | positioning relationship between the insulating pattern of the inner layer by this invention, and the terminal electrode for wire bonding of a surface layer. It is sectional drawing which shows the problem of the conventional laminated substrate. It is sectional drawing which shows one form of the conventional laminated substrate.

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1: laminated substrate 1a to 1e: dielectric layer 2: internal electrode pattern 4: via hole 5: cavity 6: semiconductor element 7: wire 8: back electrode pattern 9: insulating pattern 31: terminal electrode 32 for wire bonding: front electrode Patterns A and B: Prohibited areas for internal electrode placement

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A plurality of dielectric layers are laminated and have a cavity part for mounting an electronic component, and adjacent to surround the cavity part in order to connect the electronic component in the cavity part and the laminated substrate. A plurality of terminal electrodes formed; an electrode pattern formed between at least one of the dielectric layers; and at least one of the dielectric layers, In a laminated substrate having an insulating pattern formed in the peripheral region of the cavity part,
The laminated substrate is characterized in that the insulating pattern is disposed so as not to be exposed on the inner wall of the cavity portion. The multilayer substrate according to claim 1, wherein the insulating pattern is divided and arranged corresponding to the terminal electrode in a plan view. 3. The multilayer substrate according to claim 1, wherein the insulating pattern is arranged in an inner direction of the multilayer body from a position separated by 50 μm or more from the cavity portion inner wall. The laminated substrate according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the insulating pattern is disposed at a distance of 20 µm or more from the electrode pattern. 5. The multilayer substrate according to claim 1, wherein a dimension in which the terminal electrode and the insulating pattern overlap in a plan view is ½ or less of a width of the terminal electrode. A plurality of dielectric layers are laminated and have a cavity part for mounting an electronic component, and adjacent to surround the cavity part in order to connect the electronic component in the cavity part and the laminated substrate. A plurality of terminal electrodes formed; an electrode pattern formed between at least one of the dielectric layers; and at least one of the dielectric layers, A laminated substrate having an insulating pattern formed in a peripheral region of the cavity portion,
In a cross-sectional view, the horizontal distance from the inner wall of the cavity portion of the inclined surface around the cavity portion is L1, and the distance from the inner wall of the cavity portion to the inner wall side end of the terminal electrode is L2, and the horizontal distance from the inner wall of the cavity portion is When the insulating pattern is not arranged in the region of the distance A, the width X of the insulating pattern is set by L1−L2 ≦ X ≦ L1−A. The laminated substrate according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the flatness of the terminal electrode has an inclination angle of 3 degrees or less in a sectional view. It is a manufacturing method of the multilayer substrate in any one of Claims 1-7, Comprising: The electrically conductive paste which becomes the said electrode pattern after baking on the surface in any one of the some green sheet used as the said dielectric material layer after baking. And a step of applying an insulating paste that becomes the insulating pattern after firing on at least a part of the surface of the green sheet, and the insulating pattern is exposed on the inner wall of the cavity after the step of applying the insulating paste. The method for producing a laminated substrate is characterized in that the green sheet is laminated to form the cavity portion. It is a manufacturing method of the multilayer substrate in any one of Claims 1-7, Comprising: The electrically conductive paste which becomes the said electrode pattern after baking on the surface in any one of the some green sheet used as the said dielectric material layer after baking. After the coating step and the step of coating the surface of at least a part of the green sheet so that the insulating paste that becomes the insulating pattern after firing is not exposed to the inner wall of the cavity, at least one green sheet is laminated and pressure-bonded And a step of forming the cavity part after the step of laminating and pressing the green sheet.

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