A method for producing a sandwich arrangement consisting of a first component having a contact surface A, a second component having a contact surface D and a solder located between said contact surfaces A and D,

wherein the solder is produced by melting a solder deposit that is arranged between the two components and connected at the contact surface A or D to one of the components, followed by cooling of the molten solder to below its solidification temperature,
wherein the solder deposit is produced previously by melting a solder preform that is fixed to the relevant contact surface A or D by means of an applied fixing agent from a fixing agent composition, followed by cooling of the molten solder to below its solidification temperature, and
wherein the solder deposit is arranged with its free contact surface facing the corresponding contact surface D or A of the as of yet unconnected component, wherein the fixing agent composition consists of
0 to 97 wt. % (weight %) of at least one solvent selected from the group consisting of water and organic solvents boiling at 285 C.,
3 to 100 wt. % of at least one M1 material selected from the group consisting of (i) thermoplastic organic polymers that are meltable between 30 and 180 C. and (ii) non-polymeric organic compounds with no acidic groups that are meltable between 30 and 180 C.,
0 to 20 wt. % of at least one M2 material selected from the group consisting of (iii) organic polymers that are not meltable between 30 and 180 C. and (iv) non-polymeric organic compounds with no acidic groups that are not meltable between 30 and 180 C. and not having a boiling point or having a boiling point above 285 C., and
0 to 30 wt. % of one or more inorganic solid fillers, and
wherein the sum of the surface sections that are provided with the fixing agent, of the contact surfaces A and B or C and D that upon placing the solder preform together form a common overlapping area, in the presence of one or more components (i) in the at least one M1 material is 1500 m.sup.2 to 50 area % of the common overlapping area, while, when only one or more of the components (ii) are present in the at least one M1 material said sum is 1500 m.sup.2 to 100 area % of the common overlapping area.

A stretchable mounting board that includes a stretchable substrate having a main surface, a stretchable wiring disposed on the main surface of the stretchable substrate, a mounting electrode section electrically connected to the stretchable wiring, solder electrically connected to the mounting electrode section and including bismuth and tin, and an electronic component electrically connected to the mounting electrode section with the solder interposed therebetween. The mounting electrode section has a first electrode layer on a side thereof facing the stretchable wiring and which includes bismuth and tin, and a second electrode layer on a side thereof facing the solder and which includes bismuth and tin. A concentration of the bismuth in the first electrode layer is lower than a concentration of the bismuth in the second electrode layer, and the concentration of the bismuth in the second electrode layer is constant along a thickness direction thereof.

Disclosed herein are embodiments of lead-free (Pb-free) or lead-bearing solder column devices that can include an inner core, an outer sleeve surrounding a portion of the inner core, at least one space along a length of the outer sleeve, and a second layer including a solder material coupled with a portion of the inner core within the at least one space. The inner core can be configured to support the solder column so as to prevent a collapse of the solder column at temperatures above a liquidus temperature of the outer sleeve's solder material and the second layer's solder material. The column serves as a heat-sink to conduct excessive heat away from a heat generating semiconductor chip. Moreover, the compliant solder column absorbs strain and mechanical stress caused by a difference in the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) connecting the semiconductor chip to a printed circuit board (PCB).

A sleeve soldering device has a displacement sensor and a heat flux sensor. The displacement sensor detects a physical quantity related to a pressure from a heated sleeve heated by a heater onto an electric board when the heated sleeve presses the electric board. The displacement sensor detects a physical quantity related to a deformation amount of the electric board due to thermal energy from the heater. The heat flux sensor detects a physical quantity related to a heat transfer amount from the heater to the electric board when the heated sleeve is pressed to the electric board. A control part compares each of detection values obtained from the displacement sensor and the heat flux sensor with a respective judgment reference so as to detect whether each detection value satisfies the respective reference.

A bonding member that includes a base material that has a spiral shape when viewing a cross section thereof orthogonal to a longitudinal direction thereof, and contains a low melting point metal; and a coating film in a gap between opposed surfaces of the base material when the base material is in the spiral shape. The coating film contains metal particles of a high melting point metal that forms an intermetallic compound having a melting point higher than that of the low melting point metal by reaction of the high melting point metal with a melt of the low melting point metal. The low melting point metal is, for example, Sn or a Sn alloy. The high melting point metal is, for example, a CuNi alloy, a CuMn alloy, a CuCr alloy, or a CuAl alloy.

A surface-treated copper foil according to exemplary embodiments includes a copper foil layer and a protrusion layer formed on one surface of the copper foil layer. Pores are formed inside the protrusion layer or around a boundary between the copper foil layer and the protrusion layer. Abnormal growth of the protrusions may be prevented through the pores and thus a bonding force with the insulation layer may be improved.

An improved solder column, having a solder core comprising a solder core material, an exoskeleton sleeve structure surrounding at least a majority of an outside surface of the solder core and comprising a plurality of wires woven together to form a mesh, and a plurality of spaces formed in the exoskeleton between the plurality of wires. The exoskeleton sleeve can be configured such that the exoskeleton sleeve will support the solder core so as to prevent a collapse of the solder core at temperatures exceeding a liquidus temperature of the solder core. Optionally, each of the plurality of spaces can have a width and a height that is at least as large as a width of the wire adjacent to the space, and the spaces can be configured to provide additional flexibility to the solder column.

A flux for a resin flux cored solder contains 30% or more by mass but 80% or less by mass rosin ester and 5% or more by mass but 15% or less by mass activator. The total content ratio of base materials including the rosin ester is preferably equal to or more than 85% by mass but equal to or less than 95% by mass.

A module includes a PCB including a substrate, a component pad and at least one wire pad, an SMT component mounted to a component pad, a wire fence, a mold compound and a top conductive layer. Each wire pad is connected to ground by a corresponding via extending through the substrate, and the wire fence includes wire loops connected to each wire pad. The mold compound is disposed over the PCB, the SMT component and the wire fence, and defines multiple holes extending partially through the mold compound to top-edges of the wire loops, respectively, where a conductive material fills the holes. The top conductive layer is disposed over the mold compound, and is in electrical contact with the conductive material filling the holes. The wire fence, the conductive material, and the top conductive layer provide shielding of the SMT component from electromagnetic radiation.

A bonding member that includes a base material that has a spiral shape when viewing a cross section thereof orthogonal to a longitudinal direction thereof, and contains a low melting point metal; and a coating film in a gap between opposed surfaces of the base material when the base material is in the spiral shape. The coating film contains metal particles of a high melting point metal that forms an intermetallic compound having a melting point higher than that of the low melting point metal by reaction of the high melting point metal with a melt of the low melting point metal. The low melting point metal is, for example, Sn or a Sn alloy. The high melting point metal is, for example, a CuNi alloy, a CuMn alloy, a CuCr alloy, or a CuAl alloy.