Inventors:
Russell Stapleton - Apex NC, US
Melissa Kern - Mt. Airy NC, US
Matthew Smith - Apex NC, US
International Classification:
H01L 23/34, C07C 211/43, C07D 241/00, H01L 21/56
US Classification:
257713000, 438114000, 438119000, 438127000, 544336000, 564305000, 257E23080, 257E21502
Abstract:
Latent thermal initiators and protectant compositions that remain shelf stable at elevated temperatures, yet readily cure during a solder bump reflow process or other high temperature processing. The thermal initiators comprise thermally labile cation-anion pairs where the blocked cation prevents cure at low temperatures, and the unblocked cation initiates cure at high temperatures. Also provided is a method of making a preferred initiator comprising the cation N-(4-methylbenzyl)-N,N-dimethylanalinium] and the anion [N(SOCF)].