摘要 |
A method of making an anisotropic conductive element for use in microelectronic packaging includes providing a layer of an anisotropic conductive material incorporating a dielectric material in a fluid condition and electrically conductive particles in the dielectric material and applying a field to the anisotropic conductive material so as to alter the configuration of the particles. The layer has a pair of oppositely directed major faces, a vertical direction between the major faces and horizontal directions parallel to the major faces. The field applied to the layer of anisotropic conductive material may include electrical or magnetic fields. In certain embodiments, at last some of the conductive particles are elongated so that when the field is applied to the layer of anisotropic conductive material, the field turns the axes of elongation of at least some of the elongated particles towards the vertical direction. In other embodiments the field moves at least some of the conductive particles in horizontal directions.
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