A manufacturing method includes the step of forming a diced semiconductor wafer (10) including semiconductor chips (11) from a semiconductor wafer (W) typically on a dicing tape (T1). The diced semiconductor wafer (10) on the dicing tape (T1) is laminated with a sinter-bonding sheet (20). The semiconductor chips (11) each with a sinter-bonding material layer (21) derived from the sinter-bonding sheet (20) are picked up typically from the dicing tape (T1). The semiconductor chips (11) each with the sinter-bonding material layer are temporarily secured through the sinter-bonding material layer (21) to a substrate. Through a heating process, sintered layers are formed from the sinter-bonding material layers (21) lying between the temporarily secured semiconductor chips (11) and the substrate, to bond the semiconductor chips (11) to the substrate. The semiconductor device manufacturing method is suitable for efficiently supplying a sinter-bonding material to individual semiconductor chips while reducing loss of the sinter-bonding material.

A manufacturing method includes the step of forming a diced semiconductor wafer (10) including semiconductor chips (11) from a semiconductor wafer (W) typically on a dicing tape (T1). The diced semiconductor wafer (10) on the dicing tape (T1) is laminated with a sinter-bonding sheet (20). The semiconductor chips (11) each with a sinter-bonding material layer (21) derived from the sinter-bonding sheet (20) are picked up typically from the dicing tape (T1). The semiconductor chips (11) each with the sinter-bonding material layer are temporarily secured through the sinter-bonding material layer (21) to a substrate. Through a heating process, sintered layers are formed from the sinter-bonding material layers (21) lying between the temporarily secured semiconductor chips (11) and the substrate, to bond the semiconductor chips (11) to the substrate. The semiconductor device manufacturing method is suitable for efficiently supplying a sinter-bonding material to individual semiconductor chips while reducing loss of the sinter-bonding material.

A conductive composition, which can form bonded portions and is capable of maintaining a thickness of the bonded portions and bonding strength, and which includes: (A) silver fine particles having a number average particle diameter of primary particles of 40 nm to 400 nm, (B) a solvent, and (C) thermoplastic resin particles having a maximal value of an endothermic peak in a DSC chart, determined by a measurement using a differential scanning calorimeter, within a range of 80° C. to 170° C.

A conductive composition, which can form bonded portions and is capable of maintaining a thickness of the bonded portions and bonding strength, and which includes: (A) silver fine particles having a number average particle diameter of primary particles of 40 nm to 400 nm, (B) a solvent, and (C) thermoplastic resin particles having a maximal value of an endothermic peak in a DSC chart, determined by a measurement using a differential scanning calorimeter, within a range of 80° C. to 170° C.

A manufacturing method includes the step of laminating a sheet assembly onto chips arranged on a processing tape, where the sheet assembly has a multilayer structure including a base and a sinter-bonding sheet and is laminated so that the sinter-bonding sheet faces the chips, and subsequently removing the base B from the sinter-bonding sheet. The chips on the processing tape are picked up each with a portion of the sinter-bonding sheet adhering to the chip, to give sinter-bonding material layer-associated chips. The sinter-bonding material layer-associated chips are temporarily secured through the sinter-bonding material layer to a substrate. The sinter-bonding material layers lying between the temporarily secured chips and the substrate are converted through a heating process into sintered layers, to bond the chips to the substrate. The semiconductor device manufacturing method is suitable for efficiently supplying a sinter-bonding material to semiconductor chips while reducing loses of the sinter-bonding material.

A manufacturing method includes the step of laminating a sheet assembly onto chips arranged on a processing tape, where the sheet assembly has a multilayer structure including a base and a sinter-bonding sheet and is laminated so that the sinter-bonding sheet faces the chips, and subsequently removing the base B from the sinter-bonding sheet. The chips on the processing tape are picked up each with a portion of the sinter-bonding sheet adhering to the chip, to give sinter-bonding material layer-associated chips. The sinter-bonding material layer-associated chips are temporarily secured through the sinter-bonding material layer to a substrate. The sinter-bonding material layers lying between the temporarily secured chips and the substrate are converted through a heating process into sintered layers, to bond the chips to the substrate. The semiconductor device manufacturing method is suitable for efficiently supplying a sinter-bonding material to semiconductor chips while reducing loses of the sinter-bonding material.

The present invention provides a method for producing a semiconductor device, including: a semiconductor chip-mounting step of subsequently pressing a plurality of semiconductor chips by a first pressing member to respectively bond the plurality of semiconductor chips to a plurality of mounting areas provided on a substrate, wherein the bonding is performed in a state where adhesive sheets are respectively interposed between the plurality of semiconductor chips and the plurality of mounting areas, each of the adhesive sheets includes sinterable metal particles that can be sintered by heating at a temperature of 400° C. or less, and the first pressing member is heated to a temperature, at which the sinterable metal particles can be sintered.

The present invention provides a method for producing a semiconductor device, including: a semiconductor chip-mounting step of subsequently pressing a plurality of semiconductor chips by a first pressing member to respectively bond the plurality of semiconductor chips to a plurality of mounting areas provided on a substrate, wherein the bonding is performed in a state where adhesive sheets are respectively interposed between the plurality of semiconductor chips and the plurality of mounting areas, each of the adhesive sheets includes sinterable metal particles that can be sintered by heating at a temperature of 400° C. or less, and the first pressing member is heated to a temperature, at which the sinterable metal particles can be sintered.

A thermosetting sheet according to the present invention includes: a thermosetting resin; a thermoplastic resin; and conductive particles. The conductive particles includes silver particles having an average particle size D.sub.50 of 0.01 μm or more and 10 μm or less, and having a circularity in cross section of 0.7 or more. The thermosetting sheet has a viscosity at 100° C. of 20 kPa.Math.s or more and 3000 kPa.Math.s or less.

A thermosetting sheet according to the present invention includes: a thermosetting resin; a thermoplastic resin; and conductive particles. The conductive particles includes silver particles having an average particle size D.sub.50 of 0.01 μm or more and 10 μm or less, and having a circularity in cross section of 0.7 or more. The thermosetting sheet has a viscosity at 100° C. of 20 kPa.Math.s or more and 3000 kPa.Math.s or less.