A solder bump forming member including: a base substrate having a plurality of recesses; and solder particles in the recesses, in which the solder particle has an average particle diameter of 1 to 35 μm and a C.V. value of 20% or less, and a part of the solder particle projects from the recess, or in cross-sectional view, when a depth of the recess is designated as H.sub.1, and a height of the solder particle is designated as H.sub.2, H.sub.1<H.sub.2 is established.

A flux dotting tool is provided that includes: a housing having an internal space and a plurality of through-holes extending from the internal space to an outside of the housing; a plurality of flux pins disposed in the internal space to correspond to the plurality of through-holes, respectively, wherein each of the plurality of flux pins includes a flux holding portion extending in a first direction and that is exposed to the outside of the housing, and a flux blocking structure protruding in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, from a side surface of the flux holding portion, and the flux blocking structure is configured to limit a flux wetting region; and an elastic structure disposed on the plurality of flux pins in the internal space and configured to impart elastic force in the first direction.

A flux according to the present invention includes a phosphine oxide. It is thereby possible to provide a flux capable of improving solder wettability, a resin flux cored solder including the flux, and a solder paste including the flux.

A fluid supply apparatus includes a container supply holder configured to supply a container to a cap separator using a loading box, the container including a detachable nozzle cap, and configured to store a process fluid, a cap separator configured to receive the container from the loading box and separate the nozzle cap from a container body of the container using a cap clamper and a rotation actuator, the cap clamper configured to clamp and hold the nozzle cap, and the rotation actuator configured to rotate the container body, a fluid supplier configured to supply the process fluid contained in the container body through a fluid supply line, and a controller configured to control the container supply holder, the cap separator, and the fluid supplier.

A semiconductor module includes a semiconductor device having a first land, a second land, and a third land, a wiring board having a substrate, and a fourth land, a fifth land, and a sixth land disposed on the main surface of the substrate, a chip component having a first electrode and a second electrode disposed across a distance in the longitudinal direction and being disposed between the wiring board and the semiconductor device, a first solder joint for bonding the first land, the fourth land, and the first electrode, a second solder joint for bonding the second land, the fifth land, and the second electrode, and a third solder joint for bonding the third land and the sixth land. The volume of the first solder joint and the volume of the second solder joint are each larger than the volume of the third solder joint.

A method and an apparatus for collecting flux are disclosed. A rosin particle contained in an atmosphere gas, and a vapor of a solvent or an atomized solvent particle are mixed in a mixing section upstream of a flux collection unit-side inlet, and a gas containing a mixed particle is cleaned by electrostatic precipitation. The solvent particle adheres to the rosin particle, and forms an aggregate of larger particle size.

A solder member mounting method includes providing a substrate having bonding pads formed thereon, detecting a pattern interval of the bonding pads, selecting one of solder member attachers having different pattern intervals from each other, such that the one selected solder member attacher of the solder member attachers has a pattern interval corresponding to the detected pattern interval of the bonding pads, and attaching solder members on the bonding pads of the substrate, respectively, using the one selected solder member attacher.

A flux tool allows the elastic pad to pressurize each flux pin individually in a process of dotting flux, so that even though a wafer or die may be deformed, high-quality flux dotting is achieved. Specifically, the flux tool allows the elastic pad pressurizing the flux pins to be made of rubber, especially silicone, so that primarily, the flux pins are entirely pressurized uniformly by means of the elastic force of the elastic pad, and secondarily, each flux pin is individually pressurized against the underside of the elastic pad, thereby adjusting the heights of the flux pins upon flux dotting according to the flatness or bent shape of the wafer or die to minimize the flux dotting defects.

A method includes applying a first flux onto an electrode provided on a substrate and placing a solder material on the electrode, heating the substrate to form a solder bump on the electrode, deforming the solder bump to provide a flat surface or a depressed portion on the solder bump, applying a second flux to the solder bump; placing a core material on the solder bump, the core material including a core portion and a solder layer that covers a surface of the core portion, and heating the substrate to join the core material to the electrode by the solder bump and the solder layer.

A method of manufacturing an electronic module includes supplying paste to an electronic component and/or a wiring board. The paste includes solder powder and first resin. The method includes supplying second resin to the electronic component and/or the wiring board. The method includes placing one of the electronic component and the wiring board on another. The method includes curing the second resin to form a second resin portion. The method includes heating the paste to a temperature equal to or higher than a solder melting point after the second resin portion is formed. The method includes solidifying molten solder at a temperature lower than the solder melting point to form a solder portion that bonds the electronic component and the wiring board. The method includes curing the first resin after the solder portion is formed, to form a first resin portion.