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Achieving Fine Lines and Spaces, Part 1
Circuit designs with three-mil lines and spaces are increasingly becoming the norm for high-layer multilayer fabrication and IC substrate technology. Regardless of one’s technology level, optimizing the imaging process should be of paramount concern. Over the next few months, I will present the critical steps in the imaging process and again provide insight as to where potential yield reducing defects can occur and how to prevent them. This month I will first approach the all-important surface preparation step prior to resist lamination.
Getting Surface Preparation Right
Consider the job that the photoresist must accomplish. Besides the fact that it must provide the optimum photospeed and the highest resolution, the resist must adhere to the copper surface in order prevent resist lifting during the developing and etching steps. How does one accomplish this? First, we have to get the surface preparation prior to resist lamination.
Now, consider the copper foil surface. For this particular column, we will focus on innerlayer copper foils rather than outer layers. For innerlayers, the fabricator must carefully prepare the copper surface in order to enhance the adhesion of the photoresist during the lamination process and prior to exposure and development. It is an accepted belief that resist adhesion to copper surface depends on two very critical factors:
- Overall cleanliness of the copper surface and
- Film contact area.
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Editor's Note: This column originally appeared in the November 2013 issue of The PCB Magazine.
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