Quality of pressure sintering

Abstract

Pressure sintering is relatively new joining technology with very good performance and reliability, making it the technology of choice for automotive power electronics. But the automotive industry demands high quality and reliability and this drives research into better understanding of parameters that influence reliability and failure mechanisms, in order to control quality. In this paper we present an overview of the currently known parameters that influence the quality as well as a number of (potential) measurement and inspection systems that quantify leading and indicative parameters for quality and reliability.