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Epoxy resin composition for semiconductor sealing and resin molded type semiconductor device sealed with the epoxy resin composition
Assignee: Resonac Corp
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Filing: 1998-01-16
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Granted: 1999-12-21
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Expires: 2018-01-16
Abstract
Abstract An epoxy resin composition for semiconductor sealing, which comprises an epoxy resin, a curing agent and an inorganic filler, and has a J-value of 10 to 50, which is a maximum jetting flow value determined according to a method of evaluating jetting flow of epoxy resin composition.
Inventors
- 👤 Mitsuo Togawa
- 👤 Kazuhiko Miyabayashi
- 👤 Takahiro Horie
- 👤 Naoki Nara
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 07:32
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08K; C08K3/00; C08K3/34; C08K3/36; H; H10; H10W; H10W76/00; H10W76/10; C08K5/00; C08K5/0008; C08L; C08L63/00; H10W90/00; H10W90/701; H10W90/751; H10W90/756; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/901
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
106 words
An epoxy resin composition for semiconductor sealing, which comprises an epoxy resin, a curing agent and an inorganic filler, and has a J-value of 10 to 50, which is a maximum jetting flow value determined according to a method of evaluating jetting flow of epoxy resin composition, wherein the inorganic filler is a powdery inorganic filler comprising 15 to 50% by weight of particles of 75 to 150 μm in particle size and 50 to 85% by weight of particles of less than 75 μm in particle size, and wherein the inorganic filler is 60-95% by weight based on a total of the epoxy resin composition.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
106 words
An epoxy resin composition for semiconductor sealing, which comprises an epoxy resin, a curing agent and an inorganic filler, and has a J-value of 10 to 50, which is a maximum jetting flow value determined according to a method of evaluating jetting flow of epoxy resin composition, wherein the inorganic filler is a powdery inorganic filler comprising 15 to 50% by weight of particles of 75 to 150 μm in particle size and 50 to 85% by weight of particles of less than 75 μm in particle size, and wherein the inorganic filler is 60-95% by weight based on a total of the epoxy resin composition.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
47 words
The epoxy resin composition for semiconductor sealing of claim 1, wherein the powdery inorganic filler comprises 15 to 25% by weight of particles of 75 to 150 μm in particle size and 75 to 85% by weight of particles of less than 75 μm in particle size.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The epoxy resin composition for semiconductor sealing of claim 1, wherein the powdery inorganic filler has an angular shape or an obtusely angular shape.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
The epoxy resin composition for semiconductor sealing of claim 1, wherein the powdery inorganic filler is selected from the group consisting of crystalline silica powder, alumina powder, silicon nitride powder, fused silica powder and a mixture thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
57 words
The epoxy resin composition for semiconductor sealing of claim 1, wherein the curing agent is a phenolic resin, and the epoxy resin and the phenolic resin are in such amounts that epoxy groups of the epoxy resin and hydroxyl groups of the phenolic resin are in a number ratio of epoxy groups/hydroxyl groups of 0.6 to 1.4.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
58 words
The epoxy resin composition for semiconductor sealing of claim 1, which further comprises 0.5 to 12.0% by weight of a cure accelerator based on a weight of the epoxy resin, the cure accelerator being selected from the group consisting of a tertiary amine, an imidazole compound, an organic phosphine, a tetra-substituted phosphonium tetra-substituted borate and a tetraphenylboron salt.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
64 words
The epoxy resin composition for semiconductor sealing of claim 1, which further comprises not more than 5% by weight of a coloring agent, not more than 5% by weight of a mold release agent, not more than 15% by weight of a coupling agent and not more than 30% by weight of a flame retardant, all based on a weight of the epoxy resin.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
117 words
The epoxy resin composition for semiconductor sealing of claim 1, wherein the epoxy resin is a mixture of an orthocresol novolac epoxy resin, a biphenyl epoxy resin and a brominated bisphenol A epoxy resin, the curing agent is a phenolic novolac resin, the inorganic filler is a powdery inorganic filler which comprises a mixture of a crystalline silica powder and a fused silica powder, the powdery inorganic filler comprising 15 to 50% by weight of particles of 75 to 150 μm in particle size and 50 to 85% by weight of particles of less than 75 μm in particle size, and being 60 to 95% by weight based on a total weight of the epoxy resin composition.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
A resin molded semiconductor device sealed with the epoxy resin composition for semiconductor sealing of claim 1.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
64 words
The epoxy resin composition for semiconductor sealing of claim 6, which further comprises not more than 5% by weight of a coloring agent, not more than 5% by weight of a mold release agent, not more than 15% by weight of a coupling agent and not more than 30% by weight of a flame retardant, all based on a weight of the epoxy resin.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
46 words
The resin molded semiconductor device of claim 9, wherein a thickness of the resin molding at a marking side of the semiconductor device is greater than a resin molding at a back side of the semiconductor device, said back side being opposite to said marking side.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
27 words
The epoxy resin composition for semiconductor sealing of claim 1, wherein the inorganic filler is 70-95% by weight based on the total of the epoxy resin composition.
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