D. Tracy, L. Nguyen, R. Giberti, A. Gallo, C. Bischof, J. Sweet, A.W. Hsia
{"title":"Reliability of aluminum-nitride filled mold compound","authors":"D. Tracy, L. Nguyen, R. Giberti, A. Gallo, C. Bischof, J. Sweet, A.W. Hsia","doi":"10.1109/ECTC.1997.606148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECTC.1997.606148","url":null,"abstract":"There are increasing demands placed on plastic packages to dissipate higher power levels and operate in high temperature conditions. Of concern is the reliability and the functionality of the IC device operating at higher power levels and/or high temperature conditions. One particular concern is the integrity of the aluminum-gold wire bond interface under high operating conditions. Mold compound stability is one of several factors contributing to the stability of the aluminum-gold bond. The Plastic Packaging Consortium (PPC), a Technology Reinvestment Project (TRP) funded by DARPA under SOL 94-27, addresses the needs to build-up and strengthen an onshore infrastructure for thermally-enhanced, ruggedized, and high density packages. An 160-lead (28/spl times/28/spl times/3.4 mm) plastic quad flat pack (PQFP) is used to characterize a thermally-enhanced and high operating temperature stable mold compound. The compound uses silica-coated aluminum nitride (AlN) filler to provide a thermal conductivity 4-6 X compared to fused silica-filled compounds. Thermal measurements show the AlN compound decreases /spl theta//sub JA/ by 8-10/spl deg/C/W compared to the fused silica-filled molded package. The thermal performance of the AlN-molded packages is equal to the embedded heat spreader enhancements. Use of alternate flame retardant synergists (antimony pentoxide-Sb/sub 2/O/sub 5/-or a new non-antimony type) provide a more stable compound as determined by High Temperature Storage Life (HTSL) testing at 200/spl deg/C. The testing confirms that the compounds formulated with the alternate flame retardant synergists (Sb3/sub O5/ or non-antimony type) improve HTSL performance.","PeriodicalId":339633,"journal":{"name":"1997 Proceedings 47th Electronic Components and Technology Conference","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124884053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Processing diagrams for polymeric die attach adhesives","authors":"J. Hsiung, R. Pearson","doi":"10.1109/ECTC.1997.606220","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECTC.1997.606220","url":null,"abstract":"With a processing diagram, one can reduce the effort required to customize curing process conditions for polymeric die attach adhesives. Polymeric die attach adhesives are often cured per the manufacturer's recommendations during initial screening evaluations. In most cases, the recommended cure schedules have to be modified so as to fit differences in process equipment. Unfortunately, the modified cure schedule is usually determined by a trial-and-error method. An aim of our experiments is to understand the curing process of a wide range of polymeric die attach adhesives (conventional, fast, and snap cure adhesives) and to construct a processing diagram, i.e. \"Bondability Diagram\", so as to define the processing window. Such diagrams should be helpful in determining both the time and cure temperature required to produce high quality bonds. The bondability diagram can be constructed based on fundamental understandings of the phenomena involved in the curing process using a wide variety of tools. Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) is utilized to study the cure kinetic and extent of reaction. Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) is used to determine gelation times and melt viscosity under a shear mode. A modified Rheovibron is employed to perform cure characterizations under a tensile mode so that cure stresses could be determined. Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) is used to evaluate the outgassing phenomena. Optical Microscopy (OM) is used to detect voids. Results indicate that cure behaviors of conventional, fast, and snap cure adhesives are different in several respects. The combination of DSC, DMA, TGA, OM, and lap shear test leads to a frame work of developing the bondability diagram concept. The bondability diagram concept provides a foundation for an understanding of the recommended cure schedule and allows one to design a suitable cure schedule.","PeriodicalId":339633,"journal":{"name":"1997 Proceedings 47th Electronic Components and Technology Conference","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125046357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The application of acoustic microscopy to the characterisation of non-standard microelectronic packaging structures","authors":"W. Lawton, J. Barrett","doi":"10.1109/ECTC.1997.606298","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECTC.1997.606298","url":null,"abstract":"The constant progress of the microelectronics packaging industry towards smaller, cheaper, faster and more reliable products has led to the development of many new advanced and direct IC attach packaging technologies, i.e. Chip-on-Board, Flip Chip and Ball Grid Arrays. The quality and reliability of these technologies is a very important consideration in determining the success of such products. This paper will report on the benefits and limitations found in employing the acoustic microscopy analysis technique to the characterisation, from a reliability perspective, of these advanced microelectronic packaging technologies.","PeriodicalId":339633,"journal":{"name":"1997 Proceedings 47th Electronic Components and Technology Conference","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125437411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experimental and numerical study of underfill encapsulation of flip-chips using conductive epoxy polymer bumps","authors":"G. Ni, M. Gordon, W. F. Schmidt, A. Muyshondt","doi":"10.1109/ECTC.1997.606270","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECTC.1997.606270","url":null,"abstract":"The flow of underfill encapsulant for epoxy bonded flip-chips is studied numerically and experimentally and compared to analytical predictions for fully developed 2-D flow. A 2-D VOF (volume of fluid) FLUENT model was used to explore the functional relationships between the gap size, the encapsulant's viscosity and surface tension, and the flow rate. The computational intensiveness of this problem prevented direct comparisons between the numerical and experimental data. However, scaled results indicate that the numerical predictions are in general agreement with analytical predictions-the numerical flow times are proportional to the viscosity and to the square of the distance travelled, and inversely proportional to the gap height and the surface tension. The constant of proportionality, however, differs by up to 60% because the numerical (and experimental) flow is not fully developed near the encapsulant-air interface. Experiments at varying temperatures have allowed the inference of the encapsulant's temperature dependent viscosity and an optimal temperature for the underfill process.","PeriodicalId":339633,"journal":{"name":"1997 Proceedings 47th Electronic Components and Technology Conference","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130163448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Next generation of electronic packaging education at Georgia Tech Packaging Research Center","authors":"R. Tummala","doi":"10.1109/ECTC.1997.606285","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECTC.1997.606285","url":null,"abstract":"The Packaging Research Center (PRC), funded by NSF as one of its engineering centers in the US, views research and education being equally important in addressing the competitiveness need in electronic packaging in the next decade. The strategy to achieve this competitiveness goal involves two critical items: (1) development of next generation of technologies; and (2) development of human resources, by means of globally-competitive education to apply the technologies to the global market. The PRC views that four major education challenges must be addressed in order to meet the above need. These are: (1) system-level education. This is currently missing and includes technologies, manufacturing, business economics and management, global markets and foreign culture; (2) cross-discipline education: current university education is highly discipline-oriented, whereas electronic products are highly cross-disciplinary; (3) industry education: industry engineers are immersed in current, short term technologies and generally are not addressing the next generation needs; and (4) undergrad and pre-college education. To address the above challenge, an education strategy has been developed which consists of educational programs grouped into six strategic major categories: (1) undergraduate, (2) graduate; (3) under-represented outreach; (4) industry engineers; (5) national education; and (6) global education. This paper reviews all of these programs.","PeriodicalId":339633,"journal":{"name":"1997 Proceedings 47th Electronic Components and Technology Conference","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129102506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Morozova, L. Liew, W. Zhang, R. Irwin, B. Su, Y.C. Lee
{"title":"Controlled solder self-alignment sequence for an optoelectronic module without mechanical stops","authors":"N. Morozova, L. Liew, W. Zhang, R. Irwin, B. Su, Y.C. Lee","doi":"10.1109/ECTC.1997.606326","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECTC.1997.606326","url":null,"abstract":"A new flip-chip solder technology has been developed for the precision self-alignment of an optoelectronic module without using mechanical stops. A main feature of the technology is the controlled self-alignment sequence: the laser is aligned to a polymer waveguide in the lateral and vertical directions, then it slowly makes a contact with the waveguide in the axial direction. The elimination of the use of mechanical stops significantly simplifies the process. The axial distance between the laser and the waveguide is very small; it is determined by the edges and a tilt angle of 12/spl deg/. The lateral accuracy is less than 2 /spl mu/m.","PeriodicalId":339633,"journal":{"name":"1997 Proceedings 47th Electronic Components and Technology Conference","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127879216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Nangalia, N. Koopman, V. Rogers, M. Beranek, H. Hager, E. Ledbury, V. Loebs, E. Miao, C.-H. Tang, C. Pico, E. Swenson, D. Hatzis, P. Li, C. Luck
{"title":"Fluxless, no clean assembly of optoelectronic devices with PADS","authors":"S. Nangalia, N. Koopman, V. Rogers, M. Beranek, H. Hager, E. Ledbury, V. Loebs, E. Miao, C.-H. Tang, C. Pico, E. Swenson, D. Hatzis, P. Li, C. Luck","doi":"10.1109/ECTC.1997.606255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECTC.1997.606255","url":null,"abstract":"MCNC has developed and is licensing a radically new fluxless, no-clean process that has enjoyed considerable success with a variety of soldering operations. This process is called PADS (Plasma Assisted Dry Soldering) and relies on a pretreatment which enables the subsequent solder reflow in inert, and even oxidizing ambients. Conventional mass production soldering tools can be used; just eliminate the flux dispense and flux cleaning steps and PADS pretreatment steps. This paper illustrates various soldering operations performed using PADS that could be used for assembly of optoelectronic devices. Examples include fiber optic module assembly/pigtailing, display module assembly (flip chip on glass), laser TAB attach of chips for flat panel displays, die bonding of transistors using lead free solder, seal ring attach for hermetic sealing of devices, and several related applications.","PeriodicalId":339633,"journal":{"name":"1997 Proceedings 47th Electronic Components and Technology Conference","volume":"132 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124434850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stress analysis of a compressed elastomeric connector spring","authors":"Y. Ling","doi":"10.1109/ECTC.1997.606275","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECTC.1997.606275","url":null,"abstract":"When a single elastomeric pad, or block is used as a spring member to generate contact normal forces for a high density interconnection system, it is desirable to have approximately the same amount of normal force for each contact. This paper analyzes the force, or pressure distributions among contacts when an elastomeric block is compressed between two support plates. Simple analytical solutions are derived using a variational calculus approach, in which the fact that the block height, or thickness is much smaller than its length is included to simplify the analyses. The cases of both the rigid and deflectable support plates are studied and the effects of spring design parameters on stress/pressure distributions are discussed. The results show that in the plane strain situation, i.e., for a wide block, the pressure distribution is highly non-uniform and such a design should be avoided. A uniform pressure distribution can be obtained for the plane stress, or the narrow block case when the support plates are sufficiently stiff.","PeriodicalId":339633,"journal":{"name":"1997 Proceedings 47th Electronic Components and Technology Conference","volume":"318 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124506662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Yamaguchi, M. Higashi, H. Yonekura, N. Hamada, Y. Kunimatsu
{"title":"Improvement of solder joint reliability between multilayer ceramic package and printed wiring board by new ceramic material","authors":"K. Yamaguchi, M. Higashi, H. Yonekura, N. Hamada, Y. Kunimatsu","doi":"10.1109/ECTC.1997.606340","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECTC.1997.606340","url":null,"abstract":"Ball grid array (BGA) packages for MPU semiconductor device are considered as replacements of pin grid array packages. This is driven by the requirements for smaller size, thinner thickness, higher wiring density and higher performance. A thermal coefficient of expansion (TCE) mismatch between an Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ ceramic BGA and a printed wiring board (PWB) causes a large stress in solder joints during a thermal fatigue test. Stress due to the TCE differences is also large in a leadless chip carrier (LCC) package, since this is the same surface mounting type package as BGA. By a finite element method (FEM) simulation, we found that a minimum stress value was obtained when the target TCE value was 9/spl sim/14ppm./spl deg/C. We developed a new ceramic material. The TCE and the Young's Modulus of this material are 11.5ppm//spl deg/C and 114GPa, respectively. By temperature cycling tests of BGA and LCC, we have confirmed that a relaxation of the thermal stress drastically increased solder joint reliabilities by using the high TCE new ceramic material.","PeriodicalId":339633,"journal":{"name":"1997 Proceedings 47th Electronic Components and Technology Conference","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122625787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design and qualification of hermetically packaged lithium niobate optical modulator","authors":"R. Moyer, R. Grencavich, R.W. Smith, W. Minford","doi":"10.1109/ECTC.1997.606205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECTC.1997.606205","url":null,"abstract":"Applications for lithium niobate modulators have developed in CATV, telephone and data communications markets. With deployment of devices in these systems comes the need to ensure long term reliability. In this paper we described the design, assembly, and qualification of a hermetically packaged optical modulator. The qualification devices were fabricated using a pilot production facility running at Lucent Technologies-Bell Laboratories. A variety of techniques are used to hermetically seal the Kovar package. The effects of thermal expansion mismatch between the package and the die are managed by careful package design and assembly operations. The package assembly employs a modular design which allows qualification of the subassemblies as well as the entire modulator. This design modularity allows fiber subassemblies and the lithium niobate die to be characterized for optical and mechanical performance before they are incorporated into the packaged modulator.","PeriodicalId":339633,"journal":{"name":"1997 Proceedings 47th Electronic Components and Technology Conference","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123160294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}