Patent ID: 6802918
Filing Date: 2004-10-12
Classification: H01L,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A fabrication method comprising the steps ofproviding a first component and a second component; positioning the first component in facing-but-spaced apart relation to the second component; placing a bonding medium between the first component and the second component, the bonding medium comprising at least two malleable spheres made of a metal that bonds to both the first component and to the second component when subjected to a sufficiently large force, and a quantity of an uncured adhesive; thereafter bonding the first component to the second component using the bonding medium, the step of bonding including the steps of supplying a bonding apparatus having at least one force actuator; the bonding apparatus pressing the first component against the second component in a facing-but-spaced-apart relation, with the bonding medium therebetween, with a sufficient bonding force to bond the malleable spheres both to the first component and to the second component, simultaneously monitoring at least one measured bonding reaction of the first component and the second component, and simultaneously controlling the bonding apparatus responsive to the step of monitoring, and thereafter curing the adhesive.