Blind & Buried Vias

What's Blind and Buried Vias/Via-In-Pad?

A via interconnect hole that resides in a solderable pad, where the requirements are for a flat, planar surface that does not contribute negatively to the placement or orientation of the soldered component.

Common Method of Creating Via-In-Pad

1. Using mechanical drills, the via spans one or several dielectrics and conductive layers, and is filled (post-plating) with a conductive or non-conductive epoxy material that is void-free and facilitates a planar surface to create the surface pad that a device will be soldered to.
2. Using laser ablation, the micro via spans a single dielectric and connects the surface layer to the next layer down in the stackup (except variable-depth micro vias). The subsequent micro via is fully copper plated and planarized to create a flat surface pad that a device will be soldered to.

Micro Vias

• TYPE I (1 + n + 1) - Laser micro vias on both sides of the board.
• TYPE II (1 + n +1) - Laser micro vias on both sides of the board, with buried vias in the core.
• TYPE III ( 2 + n + 2) – Laser micro vias on both sides of the board, may have buried vias in the core.

Via Fill Materials

Conductive (Type: Silver Coated Copper Particulates):

• DuPont CB-100
• Tatsuta AE3030

Non-Conductive Epoxies:

• San-Ei Kagaku PHP-900 IR10F
• Peters PP2795

 Best in class overall end-user performance with San-Ei IR-10F product.

 Very high copper peel strength.

 Low CTE above tg of the laminate material.

 Excellent performance at elevated temperatures.

Note: Non-conductive CTE is comparable to FR4 material. It is preferred to use non-conductive via fill unless thermal conductivity is the requirement. Filled via drilled sizes:  Smallest .008    Largest .020

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