Detailed Description
The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.
Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used herein in the description of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention.
Some embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following embodiments and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.
Referring to fig. 1 to 8 in combination, the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a soft and hard combined circuit board, which includes the following steps:
in step S1, referring to fig. 1, a flexible inner circuit board 10 is provided.
In this embodiment, the flexible inner circuit board 10 is a dual-layer circuit board, and includes an insulating base 11, a first inner circuit layer 13, and a second inner circuit layer 15. Wherein the first inner wiring layer 13 and the second inner wiring layer 15 are respectively stacked on opposite sides of the insulating substrate 11 along a first direction X. The insulating substrate 11 is a polyimide film layer.
In some embodiments, the flexible inner circuit substrate 10 may also be a single-layer circuit substrate or a multi-layer circuit substrate. When the flexible inner circuit board 10 is a multi-layer circuit board, the flexible inner circuit board 10 further includes at least one third inner circuit layer (not shown), which is embedded in the insulating base 11 and is spaced apart from and laminated with the first inner circuit layer 13 and the second inner circuit layer 15, respectively.
In some embodiments, the insulating substrate 11 may also be selected from, but not limited to, polyethylene terephthalate, polyethylene naphthalate, polyethylene, teflon, liquid crystal high molecular polymer, polyvinyl chloride, polythioamine, polymethyl methacrylate, polycarbonate, polyethylene terephthalate, or polyimide-polyethylene-terephthalate copolymer, or a combination thereof, and the like.
In step S2, referring to fig. 2, peelable sheets 20 are disposed on opposite sides of the flexible inner circuit board 10, and at least one through hole 21 is formed to penetrate the flexible inner circuit board 10 and the two peelable sheets 20.
In this embodiment, the peelable film 20 is polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
In some embodiments, the peelable film 20 may be made of other materials, which only needs to ensure that the peelable film 20 has a slight tackiness, so that the peelable film is easy to adhere to the flexible inner circuit board 10 and be easily peeled in a subsequent process, so that details are not described here.
The through holes 21 may be formed by, but not limited to, laser cutting, mechanical cutting, etching, and the like.
In step S3, referring to fig. 3, the through hole 21 is filled with the conductive paste 30, and the conductive paste 30 extends from two opposite sides of the flexible inner circuit board 10.
In this embodiment, the conductive paste 30 fills the through hole 21. In some embodiments, the conductive paste 30 may not fill the entire through hole 21, and it is only necessary to ensure that the conductive paste 30 protrudes from opposite sides of the flexible inner circuit board 10.
The conductive paste 30 may be filled in the through holes 21 by, but not limited to, printing, injection, or the like.
In this embodiment, after the conductive paste 30 is filled in the through hole 21, the conductive paste 30 may be baked so that the conductive paste 30 is pre-cured, thereby further ensuring that the conductive paste 30 maintains a certain shape.
In step S4, referring to fig. 4, the peelable film 20 is peeled to obtain the intermediate structure 10a. Wherein, in the intermediate structure 10a, the conductive paste 30 protrudes from opposite sides of the flexible inner circuit substrate 10.
In step S5, referring to fig. 5, an outer circuit substrate 50 is provided, the outer circuit substrate 50 includes an insulating layer 51 and a wiring layer 53 disposed on a surface of the insulating layer 51, and the wiring layer 53 is provided with at least one opening 530 to expose a portion of the insulating layer 51.
In the present embodiment, the outer circuit board 50 is a single-sided circuit board, that is, the wiring layer 53 is formed of a circuit layer.
In some embodiments, the wiring layer 53 may also be a dual-layer wiring structure or a multi-layer wiring structure. That is, the wiring layer 53 may include two or more laminated wiring layers.
Preferably, the insulating layer 51 is a polyimide film. More preferably, the insulating layer 51 is a thermoplastic polyimide film.
The openings 530 may be formed by, but are not limited to, laser cutting, mechanical cutting, etching, and the like.
In step S6, referring to fig. 6, an adhesive layer 60 is disposed on a side of the wiring layer 53 facing away from the insulating layer 51, and the adhesive layer 60 is provided with at least one first through slot 61 and at least one second through slot 63. Wherein the first through groove 61 is disposed corresponding to the wiring layer 53 to expose a part of the wiring layer 53, and the second through groove 63 communicates with the opening 530 to form a recess 65.
Preferably, the thickness of the adhesive layer 60 is less than or equal to the height of the conductive paste 30 protruding from one side of the flexible inner circuit substrate 10 along the first direction X.
More preferably, the thickness of the adhesive layer 60 is smaller than the height of the conductive paste 30 protruding from one side of the flexible inner circuit substrate 10 along the first direction X.
The first through groove 61 and the second through groove 63 may be formed by, but not limited to, laser cutting, mechanical cutting, etching, and the like.
The adhesive layer 60 may be, but is not limited to, prepreg (pp= Perperg), and other lamination adhesive materials commonly used in the art may be used, and will not be described herein.
In step S7, referring to fig. 7 and 8, the intermediate structure 10a is sandwiched between two outer circuit boards 50 with the adhesive layer and pressed to obtain the soft and hard combined circuit board 100. Wherein each of the outer circuit substrates 50 is bonded to the intermediate structure 10a through the adhesive layer 60, the conductive paste 30 is disposed corresponding to the first through groove 61 to electrically connect the wiring layer 53, the second through grooves 63 of the two adhesive layers 60 are disposed corresponding to each other, and the insulating layer 51 is recessed toward the recess 65 to be bonded to the flexible inner circuit substrate 10.
Specifically, the conductive paste 30 softens and deforms during hot pressing, so as to fill the first through groove 61 and electrically connect the flexible inner circuit substrate 10 and the outer circuit substrate 50, and after pressing, the width of the portion of the conductive paste 30 protruding from the flexible inner circuit substrate 10 is greater than the width of the portion of the conductive paste 30 embedded in the flexible inner circuit substrate 10, thereby improving the stability of the electrical connection between the flexible inner circuit substrate 10 and the outer circuit substrate 50. The adhesive layer 60 is softened and flows in hot pressing to be reinforced, so that the gap between the outer layer circuit substrate 50 and the gap between the flexible inner layer circuit substrate 10 and the gap between the outer layer circuit substrate 50 and the flexible inner layer circuit substrate 10 are gradually filled, and the outer layer circuit substrate 50 and the flexible inner layer circuit substrate 10 are bonded. The insulating layer 51 is forced and softened by heat at the time of hot pressing and is recessed toward the recessed portion 65 to be bonded with the flexible inner circuit board 10.
Wherein, when the thickness of the adhesive layer 60 is less than or equal to the height of the conductive paste 30 protruding from one side of the flexible inner circuit substrate 10 in the first direction X, it is convenient to achieve contact of the conductive paste 30 with the wiring layer 53 before lamination, thereby facilitating ensuring the effectiveness of the electrical connection between the flexible inner circuit substrate 10 and the outer circuit substrate 50, especially when the thickness of the adhesive layer 60 is less than the height of the conductive paste 30 protruding from one side of the flexible inner circuit substrate 10 in the first direction X.
The manufacturing method of the soft and hard combined circuit board does not need to carry out a cover opening step, and the manufacturing process is simplified. In addition, in the method for manufacturing the soft and hard combined circuit board, the conductive paste 30 is used for realizing the electric connection of the inner circuit and the outer circuit, so that the influence on the flatness of the circuit board when copper plating is used for forming the conductive holes is reduced. In the method for manufacturing the soft and hard combined circuit board, the insulating layer 51 is positioned on the outermost layer, so that the insulating layer can be used as the solder mask of the soft and hard combined circuit board to protect the soft and hard combined circuit board at the same time, and the solder mask is not required to be formed any more, so that the process is simplified, and the flatness of the circuit board is improved. In addition, the manufacturing process of the manufacturing method of the soft and hard combined circuit board can be used for manufacturing ultrathin soft and hard combined boards.
In some embodiments, referring to fig. 9, before step S7, the method for manufacturing the soft and hard combined circuit board may further include: a glue layer 70 is disposed in the opening 530, and the glue layer 70 is adhered to the insulating layer 51. Referring to fig. 10, in step S7, when the intermediate structure 10a is sandwiched between the two outer circuit boards 50 and pressed, the insulating layer 51 is recessed toward the recess 65 and the flexible inner circuit board 10 is bonded by the adhesive layer 70, so as to form a soft-hard combined circuit board 100a.
In some embodiments, referring to fig. 11, the adhesive layer 70 may also be disposed on the surface of the intermediate structure 10a before step S7, and when the intermediate structure 10a is sandwiched between the two outer circuit substrates 50 in step S7, the adhesive layer 70 is disposed corresponding to the recess 65, and after the intermediate structure 10a and the two outer circuit substrates 50 are pressed together, the insulating layer 51 is recessed towards the recess 65 and is bonded to the flexible inner circuit substrate 10 through the adhesive layer 70.
In some embodiments, referring to fig. 12, the adhesive layer 60 may be further disposed on the surface of the intermediate structure 10a before the step S7, where the first through groove 61 is configured to receive a portion of the conductive paste 30 protruding from one side of the flexible inner circuit board 10 along the first direction X. In step S7, when the intermediate structure 10a is sandwiched between the two outer circuit boards 50, the second through slot 63 communicates with the opening 530.
In some embodiments, after step S7, the method for manufacturing a soft and hard combined circuit board may further include: at least one opening 510 (see fig. 13 and 14) is provided in the insulating layer 51 to expose a portion of the wiring layer 53 as a connection pad for connecting other electronic components.
Referring to fig. 15, the present invention further provides a flexible-rigid combined circuit board 100, which includes a flexible inner circuit board 10, an adhesive layer 60, and two outer circuit boards 55. The two outer circuit substrates 55 are laminated on both sides of the flexible inner circuit substrate 10 and bonded to the flexible inner circuit substrate 10 by the adhesive layers 60, respectively. At least one opening 550 penetrates each of the outer circuit substrate 55 and the adhesive layer 60 to expose the flexible inner circuit substrate 10. At least one connecting hole 101 penetrates the flexible inner circuit board 10 and the adhesive layer 60 to connect the two outer circuit boards 55. The soft and hard combined circuit board 100 further includes an insulating layer 51 and a conductive paste 30. The insulating layer 51 is adhered to the surface of the outer circuit substrate 55 facing away from the flexible inner circuit substrate 10, the side wall of the opening 550, and the surface of the flexible inner circuit substrate 10 corresponding to the opening 550. The conductive paste 30 fills the connection holes 101 to electrically connect the flexible inner circuit substrate 10 and the outer circuit substrate 55.
In this embodiment, the connection hole 101 is a stepped hole, and includes a first portion 102, a second portion 103, and a third portion 104 that are sequentially connected. The second portion 103 penetrates through the flexible inner circuit board 10, and the first portion 102 and the third portion 104 respectively penetrate through the adhesive layers 60 at two sides of the flexible inner circuit board 10. The width of the first portion 102 and the third portion 104 is greater than the width of the second portion 103, respectively.
In this embodiment, the flexible inner circuit board 10 is a dual-layer circuit board, and includes an insulating base 11, a first inner circuit layer 13, and a second inner circuit layer 15. Wherein the first inner circuit layer 13 and the second inner circuit layer 15 are respectively stacked on opposite sides of the insulating substrate 11. The connection hole 101 penetrates the first inner circuit layer 13, the insulating substrate 11, and the second inner circuit layer 15 in sequence. The insulating substrate 11 is a polyimide film layer.
In some embodiments, the flexible inner circuit substrate 10 may also be a single-layer circuit substrate or a multi-layer circuit substrate. When the flexible inner circuit board 10 is a multi-layer circuit board, the flexible inner circuit board 10 further includes at least one third inner circuit layer (not shown), which is embedded in the insulating base 11 and is spaced apart from and laminated with the first inner circuit layer 13 and the second inner circuit layer 15, respectively.
In some embodiments, the insulating substrate 11 may also be selected from, but not limited to, polyethylene terephthalate, polyethylene naphthalate, polyethylene, teflon, liquid crystal high molecular polymer, polyvinyl chloride, polythioamine, polymethyl methacrylate, polycarbonate, polyethylene terephthalate, or polyimide-polyethylene-terephthalate copolymer, or a combination thereof, and the like.
In this embodiment, the outer circuit board 55 is a single circuit layer. In some embodiments, the outer circuit substrate 55 may also be a dual layer circuit substrate or a multi-layer circuit substrate.
Preferably, the insulating layer 51 is a polyimide film. More preferably, the insulating layer 51 is a thermoplastic polyimide film.
The adhesive layer 60 may be, but is not limited to, prepreg (pp= Perperg), and other lamination adhesive materials commonly used in the art may be used, and will not be described herein.
At least one opening 510 may be further formed on the insulating layer 51 to expose a portion of the outer circuit substrate 55 as a connection pad for connecting other electronic components.
In some embodiments, referring to fig. 16, the soft and hard combined circuit board 100 may further include a glue layer 70, the glue layer 70 is disposed in the opening 550, and at the opening 550, the insulating layer 51 is bonded to the flexible inner circuit board 10 through the glue layer 70.
While the invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited thereto, and that the invention is not limited thereto, but rather by the scope of the appended claims, while the above disclosure is directed to equivalent embodiments capable of being altered or modified in a manner similar to the above embodiments, any simple modification, equivalent variations and modification made in accordance with the technical principles of the present invention fall within the scope of the technical aspects of the present invention.