Thin film capacitor and circuit board incorporating the same
11240908 · 2022-02-01
Assignee
Inventors
- Kazuhiro YOSHIKAWA (Tokyo, JP)
- Yuuki Aburakawa (Tokyo, JP)
- Tatsuo Namikawa (Tokyo, JP)
- Kenichi Yoshida (Tokyo, JP)
- Hitoshi Saita (Tokyo, JP)
Cpc classification
H05K2201/0352
ELECTRICITY
H05K3/007
ELECTRICITY
H05K1/0271
ELECTRICITY
H05K2201/0179
ELECTRICITY
International classification
H05K1/16
ELECTRICITY
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a thin film capacitor that includes a capacitive insulating film, a first metal film formed on one surface of the capacitive insulating film, and a second metal film formed on other surface of the capacitive insulating film and made of a metal material different from that of the first metal film. The thin film capacitor has an opening penetrating the capacitive insulating film, first metal film, and second metal film. The second metal film is thicker than the first metal film. A first size of a part of the opening that penetrates the first metal film is larger than a second size of a part of the opening that penetrates the second metal film.
Claims
1. A thin film capacitor comprising: a capacitive insulating film; a first metal film formed on one surface of the capacitive insulating film; and a second metal film formed on another surface of the capacitive insulating film and made of a metal material different from that of the first metal film, wherein the thin film capacitor has an opening penetrating the capacitive insulating film, first metal film, and second metal film, wherein the second metal film is thicker than the first metal film, and wherein a first size of a part of the opening that penetrates the first metal film is larger than a second size of a part of the opening that penetrates the second metal film, wherein a third size of a part of the opening that penetrates the capacitive insulating film is smaller than the first size, and wherein the third size is smaller than a fourth size of a part of the opening that penetrates the second metal film at a boundary of the capacitive insulating film.
2. The thin film capacitor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the thin film capacitor has a plurality of openings including the opening, and wherein a ratio of a capacitive area where the capacitive insulating film is sandwiched between the first and second metal films in a plan view to a sum of the capacitive area and a non-capacitive area where the capacitive insulating film is not present or the capacitive insulating film is not sandwiched between the first and second metal films in a plan view is set to 80% or less.
3. The thin film capacitor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the opening is filled with an insulating material.
4. A circuit board in which a thin film capacitor is embedded, wherein the thin film capacitor comprises: a capacitive insulating film; a first metal film formed on one surface of the capacitive insulating film; and a second metal film formed on another surface of the capacitive insulating film and made of a metal material different from that of the first metal film, wherein the thin film capacitor has an opening penetrating the capacitive insulating film, first metal film, and second metal film, wherein the second metal film is thicker than the first metal film, wherein a first size of a part of the opening that penetrates the first metal film is larger than a second size of a part of the opening that penetrates the second metal film, and wherein the circuit board includes a via conductor that passes through the opening without contacting the first and second metal films wherein a third size of a part of the opening that penetrates the capacitive insulating film is smaller than the first size, and wherein the third size is smaller than a fourth size of a part of the opening that penetrates the second metal film at a boundary of the capacitive insulating film.
5. The thin film capacitor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second size is smaller than the third size.
6. The thin film capacitor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fourth size is smaller than the first size.
7. The thin film capacitor as claimed in claim 3, wherein, in the opening, the insulating material is in contact with inner walls of the capacitive insulating film, first metal film, and second metal film.
8. A thin film capacitor comprising: a first metal film having a first opening having a first size; a second metal film having a second opening having a second size, the second metal film being thicker than the first metal film; and a capacitive insulating film having a third opening having a third size, wherein the capacitive insulating film is disposed between the first metal film and the second metal film, and that the first, second, and third openings overlap one another, wherein the third size is smaller than the first size and larger than the second size, wherein the second opening includes a first section adjacent to the capacitive insulating film and a second section farther from the capacitive insulating film than the first section, and wherein a size of the second opening in the second section is the second size.
9. The thin film capacitor as claimed in claim 8, further comprising an insulating material being in contact with inner walls of the first, second, and third openings.
10. A thin film capacitor comprising: a first metal film having a first opening having a first size; a second metal film having a second opening having a second size, the second metal film being thicker than the first metal film; and a capacitive insulating film having a third opening having a third size, wherein the capacitive insulating film is disposed between the first metal film and the second metal film, and that the first, second, and third openings overlap one another, wherein the third size is smaller than the first size and larger than the second size, wherein an inner wall of the second opening is tapered such that the second opening is smaller as approaching the capacitive insulating film, and wherein an inner wall of the third opening is tapered such that the third opening is smaller as approaching the second metal film.
11. The thin film capacitor as claimed in claim 10, wherein a size of the second opening in the first section is a fourth size that is larger than the second size.
12. The thin film capacitor as claimed in claim 11, wherein the fourth size is larger than the third size.
13. The thin film capacitor as claimed in claim 12, wherein the fourth size is smaller than the first size.
14. The thin film capacitor as claimed in claim 8, wherein the second metal film comprises a different material from the first metal film.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
(1) The above and other objects, features and advantages of this invention will become more apparent by reference to the following detailed description of the invention taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS
(12) Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be explained in detail with reference to the drawings.
First Embodiment
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(14) As illustrated in
(15) In the present embodiment, assuming that the thicknesses of the metal film 20, metal film 30 and capacitive insulating film 10 are set to T1, T2 and T3, respectively, the following relationship is satisfied:
T2>T1>T3.
T1 is in the range of 5 μm to 20 μm and set to, e.g., about 10 μm, and T2 is in the range of 8 μm to 50 μm and set to, e.g., about 15 μm. T3 is set to about 3 μm.
(16) As described above, the overall thickness of the thin film capacitor 1 according to the present embodiment is very small. In addition, the metal films 20 and 30 formed on the front and back sides of the capacitive insulating film 10 differ from each other in terms of thickness and material. Thus, the capacitive insulating film 10 is very easily warped if no measure is taken. However, in the present embodiment, such warpage stress is partially released through an opening 40 formed so as to penetrate the capacitive insulating film 10 and the metal films 20 and 30. As illustrated in
(17) The higher the formation density of the openings 40 is, the more stress is released to reduce warpage, but a capacitance value to be obtained is reduced. The following configuration is preferable in order to sufficiently reduce the warpage of the thin film capacitor 1. That is, assuming that an area that functions as a capacitor, i.e., an area where the capacitive insulating film 10 is sandwiched between the metal films 20 and 30 in a plan view is a capacitive area C1 and that an area that does not function as a capacitor, i.e., an area where the capacitive insulating film 10 is not present and an area where the capacitive insulating film 10 is not sandwiched between the metal films 20 and 30 in a plan view is a non-capacitive area C2, the ratio (C1/(C1+C2)) of the capacitive area C1 to the sum of the capacitive area C1 and non-capacitive area C2 is preferably set to 80% or less. However, in this case, a capacitance value is reduced by 20% or more as compared to the instance where the openings 40 are not formed.
(18) Further, in the present embodiment, assuming that the sizes of a part of each opening 40 that penetrates the metal film 20, a part of each opening 40 that penetrates the metal film 30 and a part of each opening 40 that penetrates the capacitive insulating film 10 are ϕ1, ϕ2 and ϕ3, respectively, the following relationship is satisfied:
ϕ1>ϕ3>ϕ2.
In addition, assuming that the size of a part of each opening 40 that penetrates the metal film 30 at the boundary of the capacitive insulating film 10 is ϕ2a, the following relationship is satisfied:
ϕ1>ϕ2a>ϕ3.
When the opening 40 has an elongated shape in a plan view as illustrated in
(19) As described above, in the thin film capacitor 1 according to the present embodiment, the size ϕ2 of the opening 40 in the metal film 30 having a larger thickness is smaller than the size ϕ1 of the opening 40 in the metal film 20 having a smaller thickness, so that rigidity is ensured by the thicker metal film 30 to thereby suppress the warpage of the thin film capacitor 1. In addition, in the present embodiment, the size ϕ3 of the opening 40 in the capacitive insulating film 10 is smaller than the sizes ϕ1 and ϕ2, causing the capacitive insulating film 10 to protrude to the inside of the opening 40 as illustrated in
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(21) The circuit board 100 illustrated in
(22) In the thus configured circuit board 100, the thin film capacitor 1 according to the present embodiment is embedded between the wiring layers L5 and L6. As illustrated in
(23) The bump electrode BS for transmitting/receiving a signal is connected to the wiring layer L5 in a lower layer through a via conductor 130 passing through the opening 40. As described above, the thin film capacitor 1 according to the present embodiment has the plurality of openings 40, so that it is possible to connect the bump electrode BS to a conductor pattern in a lower layer at the shortest distance without signal wire routing by thus providing the via conductor 130 passing through the opening 40 without contacting the metal films 20 and 30.
(24) However, not all the via conductors that pass through the opening 40 need to be signal wiring, but some via conductors may be power supply wiring or ground wiring.
(25) As described above, the thin film capacitor 1 according to the present embodiment has the plurality of openings 40, allowing the via conductor that passes through each of the openings 40 to be provided in the circuit board 100.
(26) The following describes a manufacturing method for the thin film capacitor 1 according to the present embodiment.
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(28) First, as illustrated in
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(33) After the support panel S2 is peeled off, dicing is performed in predetermined locations, whereby the thin film capacitor 1 illustrated in
(34) As described above, in the present embodiment, the metal film 30 is patterned so as to make the size ϕ2 smaller than the size ϕ1, allowing the rigidity of the metal film 30 to be ensured. In addition, the metal film 30 is overetched when the metal film 20 is patterned, allowing the capacitive insulating film 10 to protrude to the inside of the opening 40. As a result, the creepage distance between the metal films 20 and 30 inside the opening 40 is increased, thereby preventing deterioration in withstand voltage.
Second Embodiment
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(37) The following describes a manufacturing method for the thin film capacitor 2 according to the present embodiment.
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(39) First, the processes illustrated in
(40) Then, as illustrated in
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(42) As described above, in the thin film capacitor 2 according to the second embodiment, the inside of the opening 40 is filled with the insulating resin 50, allowing improvement in product reliability in a shipping state before embedding in the circuit board.
Third Embodiment
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(45) Even with such a configuration, it is possible to suppress warpage as in the thin film capacitor 1 according to the present embodiment. Further, the capacitive insulating film 10 protrudes to the inside of the opening 40, so that it is possible to prevent deterioration in withstand voltage.
(46) The following describes a manufacturing method for the thin film capacitor 3 according to the present embodiment.
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(48) First, the processes illustrated in
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(51) As exemplified in the present embodiment, the metal films 20 and 30 may be patterned from the same direction in the present invention.
Fourth Embodiment
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(54) As exemplified in the present embodiment, the capacitive insulating film 10 need not protrude from both the metal films 20 and 30 inside the opening 40.
(55) It is apparent that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, but may be modified and changed without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention.
EXAMPLES
(56) A 15×15 mm thin film capacitor having the same configuration as the thin film capacitor 1 illustrated in
(57) The results are illustrated in Table 1. The capacitance (%) shown in Table 1 is represented by a percentage when the capacitance in Sample 1 having no opening 40 is set as 100.
(58) TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Warpage ø1 ø2 T1 Amount Capacitance SAMPLE (μm) (μm) (μm) T2 (μm) (μm) (%) 1 0 0 10 20 55 100 2 100 150 10 20 108 84 3 150 150 10 20 48 84 4 200 150 10 20 16 72 5 250 150 10 20 12 56 6 200 100 10 20 14 72 7 200 150 10 20 18 72 8 200 200 10 20 43 72 9 200 150 5 20 8 72 10 200 150 10 20 12 72 11 200 150 15 20 19 72 12 200 150 20 20 35 72 13 200 150 10 5 45 72 14 200 150 5 5 32 72 15 200 150 5 8 18 72 16 200 150 5 10 11 72 17 200 150 5 15 9 72 18 200 150 5 25 8 72 19 200 150 5 35 5 72 20 200 150 5 50 6 72 21 200 150 20 15 38 72 22 200 150 20 20 41 72 23 200 150 20 25 17 72 24 200 150 20 35 15 72 25 200 150 20 50 8 72
(59) As shown in Table 1, the warpage amount in Sample 1 having no opening 40 is 55 μm. On the other hand, in Samples 4 to 7, 9 to 11, 15 to 20, and 23 to 25, in which both T1<T2 and ϕ1>ϕ2 are satisfied, the warpage amount is less than 20 μm and, thus, it is confirmed that the warpage is significantly suppressed. In Samples 2, 3, 8, 12 to 14, 21, and 22 in which the above conditions are not satisfied, the warpage amount is 30 μm or more. That is, the warpage cannot be sufficiently suppressed although many openings 40 are formed.