A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a semiconductor die, and an antistatic die attach material between the substrate and the semiconductor die. The antistatic die attach material includes a mixture of a nonconductive adhesive material and carbon black or graphite. In one example, the antistatic die attach material has a resistivity between 10.sup.1 Ω.Math.cm and 10.sup.10 Ω.Math.cm.

In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device of one embodiment, support members and a film which is formed of a paste containing metal particles and surrounds the support members are provided above a surface of a base. Then a semiconductor element is provided above the support members and the film. Subsequently, the film is sintered to join the base and the semiconductor element. The support members are formed of a metal which melts at a temperature equal to or below a sintering temperature of the metal particles contained in the paste. The support members support the semiconductor element after the semiconductor element is provided above the support members and the film.

The invention relates to a paste, preferably for joining components of power electronics modules, the paste comprising a solder powder, a metal powder and a binder, wherein the binder binds solder powder and metal powder before a first heating. According to the invention, the binder is free of flux or is a flux having only low activation. In this way, a joining layer which exhibits only few included voids and good mechanical and electrical stability can be provided between a first and a second component.

Provided are: a conductive paste in which sinterability of silver particles the conductive paste can be easily controlled by using silver particles having predetermined crystal transformation characteristics defined by an XRD analysis, and after a sintering treatment, excellent electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity can be stably obtained; and a die bonding method using the conductive paste. Disclosed is a conductive paste which includes silver particles having a volume average particle size of 0.1 to 30 μm as a sinterable conductive material, and a dispersing medium for making a paste-like form, and in which when the integrated intensity of the peak at 2θ=38°±0.2° in the X-ray diffraction chart obtainable by an XRD analysis before a sintering treatment of the silver particles is designated as S1, and the integrated intensity of the peak at 2θ=38°±0.2° in the X-ray diffraction chart obtainable by an XRD analysis after a sintering treatment (250° C., 60 minutes) of the silver particles is designated as S2, the value of S2/S1 is adjusted to a value within the range of 0.2 to 0.8.

An anisotropic conductive film (ACF), a bonding structure, and a display panel, and their fabrication methods are provided. The ACF includes a resin gel and a plurality of conductive particles dispersed in the resin gel. The plurality of conductive particles is aligned and connected, in response to an electric field, to form a conduction path in the resin gel. The bonding structure includes the anisotropic conductive film (ACF) sandwiched between first and second substrates. The display panel includes the bonding structure.

The present invention provides an anisotropic electrically conductive film with a structure, in which electrically conductive particles are disposed at lattice points of a planar lattice pattern in an electrically insulating adhesive base layer. A proportion of the lattice points, at which no electrically conductive particle is disposed, with respect to all the lattice points of the planar lattice pattern assumed as a reference region, is less than 20%. A proportion of the lattice points, at which plural electrically conductive particles are disposed in an aggregated state, with respect to all the lattice points of the planar lattice pattern, is not greater than 15%. A sum of omission of the electrically conductive particle and an aggregation of the electrically conductive particles is less than 25%.

To provide a film which is excellent in releasing property with respect to a resin sealed portion and excellent in low migration property and peeling property with respect to a semiconductor chip, a source electrode or a sealing glass and which is suitable as a mold release film for producing a semiconductor element having a part of the surface of a semiconductor chip, source electrode or sealing glass exposed. A film 1 which comprises a substrate 3 and an adhesive layer 5, wherein the storage elastic modulus at 180° C. of the substrate 3 is from 10 to 100 MPa, and the adhesive layer 5 is a reaction cured product of a composition for adhesive layer comprising a specific acrylic polymer and a polyfunctional isocyanate compound, wherein the number of moles M.sub.OH of hydroxy groups and the number of moles M.sub.COOH of carboxy groups, derived from the acrylic polymer, and the number of moles M.sub.NCO of isocyanate groups derived from the polyfunctional isocyanate compound, satisfy a specific relation, and which is suitable as a mold release film for producing a semiconductor element.

A microelectronic assembly including an insulating layer having a plurality of nanoscale conductors disposed in a nanoscale pitch array therein and a pair of microelectronic elements is provided. The nanoscale conductors can form electrical interconnections between contacts of the microelectronic elements while the insulating layer can mechanically couple the microelectronic elements together.

A display device includes: a first substrate; a wire portion disposed on the first substrate; a pad portion connected with the wire portion; a printed circuit board facing the first substrate and including an output electrode; and an anisotropic conductive film disposed between the first substrate and the printed circuit board, wherein the anisotropic conductive film comprises a plurality of conductive particles disposed with a constant gap, and the plurality of conductive particles respectively disposed at apexes of virtual regular hexagons in a plan view, with a longest diagonal of the respective virtual regular hexagon being parallel with the y-axis.

A semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor die, comprising a stacking structure, a first bonding pad, and a second bonding pad on a top surface of the stacking structure, wherein a shortest distance between the first bonding pad and the second bonding pad is less than 150 μm; a carrier comprising a connecting surface; a third bonding pad and a fourth bonding pad on the connecting surface of the carrier; and a conductive connecting layer comprising a current conductive area between the first bonding pad and the third bonding pad and between the second bonding pad and the fourth bonding pad.