Ex parte MATSUURA et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1999-0139                                                       
          Application No. 08/542,576                                                 


          having specified properties.  Claim 1 is illustrative:                     
                                                                                    


               1.  A fabrication process of a semiconductor                          
               package, comprising the steps of:                                     
                    (1) bonding a semiconductor chip to a lead frame                 
               with an adhesive member; and                                          
                    (2) molding a molding compound so that the                       
               molding compound covers at least said semiconductor                   
               chip and a bonded part between the semiconductor                      
               chip and said lead frame, wherein:                                    
                         said adhesive member is a composite                         
                    adhesive sheet comprising a heat-resistant film                  
                    and a coating layer of an adhesive applied on                    
                    both major surfaces of the heat resistant film;                  
                    and                                                              
                         said adhesive is a heat-resistant adhesive                  
                    having a coming-out length of not more than 2                    
                    mm and a water absorption rate of not more than                  
                    3 wt.%.[1]                                                       
                                   THE REFERENCES                                    
          Newman et al. (Newman)          4,545,840          Oct. 08,                
          1985                                                                       
          Pashby et al. (Pashby)          4,862,245          Aug. 29,                



               The appellants define “coming-out length” as “the length of a came-out1                                                                    
          peripheral portion of a 19 x 50 mm wide adhesive film of 25 Fm in thickness as
          measured at a central part in the direction of the longer surfaces of the  
          adhesive film when the adhesive film is pressed at 350ºC under 3 MPa for one
          minute” (specification, page 8, lines 7-11).                               
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