Patent ID: 6960518

Claim:
A method of creating solder bumps over a substrate, comprising the steps of: providing a first substrate, said first substrate being a substrate over which at least one semiconductor device is to be mounted, said first substrate having been provided with one or more layers of interconnect traces in or over the surface thereof, said one or more layers of interconnect traces comprising a first pattern of contact points; providing a second substrate, said second substrate having been provided with a second pattern of solder bumps over the surface thereof, said second pattern of solder bumps being a mirror image pattern of said first pattern of contact points, said second pattern of solder bumps being interspersed with a pattern of copper, said pattern of copper comprising solder non-wettable surface having been created by method of black oxide copper surface treatment; matching and establishing physical contact between said first pattern of contact points and said second pattern of solder bumps by positioning above and aligning said second substrate with said first substrate; reflowing said solder bumps, thereby transferring said second pattern of solder bumps to said first pattern of contact points; removing said second substrate from above said first substrate, thereby creating solder bumps of uniform profile over said first substrate; said second substrate having been provided with a second pattern of solder bumps over the surface thereof, further comprising the steps of: providing said second substrate; depositing a first layer of metal over said second substrate; depositing a second layer of metal over said first layer of metal; patterning and etching said layer of metal, thereby creating a second pattern of openings through said second second layer of metal, said second pattern being a mirror image of said first pattern; treating said patterned second layer of metal, thereby converting said patterned second layer of metal to a solder non-wettable surface; and filling said opening created through said second layer of metal with solder.