2014 15th International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Mulit-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Microelectronics and Microsystems (EuroSimE)最新文献
T. Kuenzig, Tatek Muschol, J. Iannacci, G. Schrag, G. Wachutka
{"title":"Analysis of RF-MEMS switches in failure mode: Towards a more robust design","authors":"T. Kuenzig, Tatek Muschol, J. Iannacci, G. Schrag, G. Wachutka","doi":"10.1109/EUROSIME.2014.6813812","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROSIME.2014.6813812","url":null,"abstract":"We present comprehensive theoretical and experimental investigations on one of the most relevant failure mechanisms in RF-MEMS switches, namely electrically induced stiction. In particular, we analyze an RF-MEMS switch equipped with an embedded active thermal recovery appliance by deriving and applying a 3D, problem-adapted, coupled finite element (FE) model including all relevant mechanical, electrical, thermal, and fluidic effects. The accuracy and predictive power of the simulations is ensured by a dedicated calibration procedure based on highly accurate characterization techniques such as white light interferometry and laser Doppler vibrometry. Applying the calibrated model, we studied the switch operation during failure and recovery in all details and identified the most important design parameters affecting its reliability with a view to improving the recovery capability as well as optimizing the overall performance towards a more robust switch design.","PeriodicalId":359430,"journal":{"name":"2014 15th International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Mulit-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Microelectronics and Microsystems (EuroSimE)","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116453382","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":"Mechanical stress analysis in photovoltaic cells during the string-ribbon interconnection process","authors":"F. Kraemer, J. Seib, E. Peter, S. Wiese","doi":"10.1109/EUROSIME.2014.6813853","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROSIME.2014.6813853","url":null,"abstract":"The paper analyzes the mechanical problems of interconnecting individual solar cells in order to create a photovoltaic module. Modern modules increase their produced electrical power steadily at a constant low voltage, which causes high currents through the interconnecting copper wires, also called copper ribbons. The resistance of the interconnections is crucial, because it has a significant influence on the total module efficiency. However, an increased cross-section of the copper ribbons leads to severe mechanical problems, because the thin silicon solar cells would tend to break more easily. In this study the stresses created during the cell interconnection process are analyzed by 3-D FEM-simulations. These simulations are done by applying the commercial code ANSYS. The geometrical model consists of two adjacent cell quarters which are interconnected by one and a half copper ribbons. The geometrical model has a very fine mesh in critical cell sections in order to enable a result evaluation by path plots. The mechanical load is created by a temperature reduction from the solidification temperature of the lead-containing solder to room temperature. The result evaluation by path plots highlights those cell sections, which are the most critical in the productive tabber-stringer process. These results cannot be found by contour plots since the path plots are able to identity positions with high stress gradients. Due to the dominating compressive load of the silicon after the cooling step it is difficult to find possible crack positions. Applying the path plots big stress difference can be found in very small sections which correlate well with experimentally observed failure positions. Now it is possible to understand the complex nature of failure formation in the silicon solar cells applying this result evaluation method.","PeriodicalId":359430,"journal":{"name":"2014 15th International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Mulit-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Microelectronics and Microsystems (EuroSimE)","volume":"340 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116475588","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":"Correlation of activation energy between LEDs and luminaires in the lumen depreciation test","authors":"Guangjun Lu, C. Yuan, Xuejun Fan, G. Zhang","doi":"10.1109/EUROSIME.2014.6813827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROSIME.2014.6813827","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigated the correlation of activation energy between LED light source and LED luminaire in lumen depreciation test. Two nonlinear fitting methods were used to verify the stability of the different algorithms to extract the activation energy. The results show that the activation energy of LED luminaire is very close to the LED light source. Activation Energy is typically around 0.20eV and ranges from 0.18eV to 0.23eV for LED luminaire, compared to typically 0.17eV and ranging from 0.11eV to 0.26eV of LED light source.","PeriodicalId":359430,"journal":{"name":"2014 15th International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Mulit-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Microelectronics and Microsystems (EuroSimE)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124787541","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. Orellana, B. Arrazat, P. Fornara, C. Rivero, A. Di Giacomo, S. Blayac, K. Inal, P. Montmitonnet
{"title":"Improvement of freestanding CMOS-MEMS through detailed stress analysis in metallic layers","authors":"S. Orellana, B. Arrazat, P. Fornara, C. Rivero, A. Di Giacomo, S. Blayac, K. Inal, P. Montmitonnet","doi":"10.1109/EUROSIME.2014.6813834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROSIME.2014.6813834","url":null,"abstract":"A freestanding cross-shaped structure designed as a planar rotation stress sensor [1], [2], [3] is manufactured using standard CMOS technology (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor). The fabrication process induces thermal residual stresses which result in out-of-plane bending, which degrades the device reliability and precision. To control such movements, the design was studied under stress compensation using a bilayered aluminum (Al) / titanium nitride (TiN) structure. Likewise, a single layer of aluminum was studied, to determine a technological solution, with better compatibility. Fabrication stresses have been measured using Stoney's formula based on bending of full-wafer coatings. The Finite Element Method (FEM) is used to model the effect of these stresses on the geometry after release, and the results are compared with measurements. For this purpose, a comb-shaped structure has been designed to relate residual stress in a freestanding Al-TiN bi-layered structure with its bending. Based on this, conservation or elimination of TiN layer is judged, so that the design remains planar after release. The model is then applied to the movement of the cross-shaped sensor after release, and a second optimization variable is studied for maximum sensitivity: the shape of the hinge between the two arms of the cross.","PeriodicalId":359430,"journal":{"name":"2014 15th International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Mulit-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Microelectronics and Microsystems (EuroSimE)","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122474208","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":"Compact thermal modeling of microbolometers","authors":"M. Janicki, P. Zając, M. Szermer, A. Napieralski","doi":"10.1109/EUROSIME.2014.6813849","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROSIME.2014.6813849","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an approach to dynamic thermal modeling of micromachined microbolometers. Firstly, all the important factors influencing temperature of infrared radiation sensing elements are identified in repeated numerical thermal simulations performed for a detailed device model, where temperature values were computed for time instants equidistantly spaced on the logarithmic time scale. Secondly, based on the simulation results all the important time constants contained in these dynamic thermal responses were properly identified what allowed the derivation of compact thermal models in the form RC equivalent circuits containing a limited number of stages. The resulting compact thermal models are suitable for the direct implementation in SPICE or any other multiphysics simulation environment.","PeriodicalId":359430,"journal":{"name":"2014 15th International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Mulit-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Microelectronics and Microsystems (EuroSimE)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116135505","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. Ewuame, V. Fiori, K. Inal, P. Bouchard, S. Gallois-Garreignot, Sylvain Lionti, C. Tavernier, H. Jaouen
{"title":"CMOS stress sensor for 3D integrated circuits: Thermo-mechanical effects of Through Silicon Via (TSV) on surrounding silicon","authors":"K. Ewuame, V. Fiori, K. Inal, P. Bouchard, S. Gallois-Garreignot, Sylvain Lionti, C. Tavernier, H. Jaouen","doi":"10.1109/EUROSIME.2014.6813808","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROSIME.2014.6813808","url":null,"abstract":"This work aims at determining thermomechanical stresses induced by annealed copper filled Through Silicon Via (TSV) in single crystalline silicon by using MOS (Metal Oxide Semiconductor) rosette sensors. These sensors were specifically designed and embedded. Through the piezoresistive relations, the stress tensor was evaluated by carrying out electrical measurements on test vehicle. The MOS stress sensors would have been needed to be calibrated: first results of the calibration were obtained however, since they were still partial, they were not used to make the bridge from electric to mechanic quantities. Experimental findings were based on the direct calculation of stresses from electrical measurements data and literature piezoresistive coefficients. In order to get only the TSV contribution and to suppress the manufacturing process variability contribution, an optimization calculation was needed. A finite element approach was also adopted to evaluate numerically the stresses induced by TSV. The stress values obtained from the optimization are in the range of the ones obtained by simulation in the sensor area. Thus, it can be stated that the methodology is relevant, and the results will be confirmed by extracting the true piezoresistive coefficients for the embedded MOS. Once calibration performed, the piezoresistive coefficients should enable getting more accurate stress values. At this stage, the quite good agreement between numerical and experimental results seems promising.","PeriodicalId":359430,"journal":{"name":"2014 15th International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Mulit-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Microelectronics and Microsystems (EuroSimE)","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129330323","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":"FEM wire bonding simulation for sensor chip applications","authors":"F. Kraemer, S. Wiese","doi":"10.1109/EUROSIME.2014.6813852","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROSIME.2014.6813852","url":null,"abstract":"The paper describes a three-dimensional dynamic finite element simulation of the wedge bonding process on a sensor chip design. The stiffness of the die bond connection has a strong influence on the sensitivity and accuracy of sensors. Soft die bonds are preferred in order to decouple the substrate stiffness from the flexibility of the sensor beams. However, a very soft die bond connection may cause trouble during the subsequent wire bonding process because the die is not sufficiently fixed to the substrate which may result in a partial absorption of the ultrasonic energy that is required for the welding of bond wire and pad metallization. The FEM simulations presented in this paper were done by the commercial code LS-Dyna which is capable of high deformation speeds and high plastic deformations. The study investigates the effect of die adhesives with different Young's moduli on the resulting stresses and strains in the bond interface. Based on the simulation results contact forces are evaluated, too, in order to assess the induced ultrasonic energy which is essential for the contact formation. The simulation results show big differences in the resulting force peaks of up to 20 %. The bond pad stresses even differ by up to 70 %. The simulations prove a remarkable influence of the die adhesive stiffness on the mechanical contact loads during the wire bond process.","PeriodicalId":359430,"journal":{"name":"2014 15th International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Mulit-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Microelectronics and Microsystems (EuroSimE)","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126306201","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":"Simulation and measurement of pressure dependent Q-factors in NEMS resonators","authors":"J. Manz, G. Schrag, G. Wachutka","doi":"10.1109/EUROSIME.2014.6813858","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROSIME.2014.6813858","url":null,"abstract":"The fluidic damping and the hereof resulting Q-factor of various mechanical resonators with gaps of nanometer size between suspended part and substrate was theoretically and experimentally determined. These investigations have been carried out in the pressure regime from atmospheric pressure down to about 3 Pa. The air flow in the nanogap between the movable part of the device and the substrate was modeled by extending the mixed level model presented in [1, 2] to the slip flow and molecular dynamical regime. The pressure-dependent measurements were carried out using a Laser-Doppler vibrometer. The extracted Q factors conform very well with those expected from theory in every pressure regime. This is a noticeable result, because even at normal pressure the range of validity for a continuum-theoretical description is reached for the nanometer feature sizes considered in this work.","PeriodicalId":359430,"journal":{"name":"2014 15th International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Mulit-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Microelectronics and Microsystems (EuroSimE)","volume":"2009 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129079842","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}
M. Niessner, G. Schuetz, C. Birzer, H. Preu, L. Weiss
{"title":"Accurate prediction of SnAgCu solder joint fatigue of QFP packages for thermal cycling","authors":"M. Niessner, G. Schuetz, C. Birzer, H. Preu, L. Weiss","doi":"10.1109/EUROSIME.2014.6813873","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROSIME.2014.6813873","url":null,"abstract":"We present an approach for the accurate prediction of the solder joint fatigue of quad flat packages (QFPs) with gullwing-shaped leads exposed to thermal cycling on board (TCoB). The derived fatigue life model is experimentally validated against more than 25 legs that differ in package size, materials, thermal cycling temperature profile and exposed pad vs. non-exposed pad type. The fatigue life model shows an accuracy of 25% and is used to analyze the sensitivity of the solder joint lifetime of QFPs w.r.t. changes in material properties and geometry.","PeriodicalId":359430,"journal":{"name":"2014 15th International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Mulit-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Microelectronics and Microsystems (EuroSimE)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125946525","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":"An analytical model for thermal failure analysis of 3D IC packaging","authors":"J. Lan, Mei-Ling Wu","doi":"10.1109/EUROSIME.2014.6813841","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROSIME.2014.6813841","url":null,"abstract":"The analytical model for temperature distribution in a multi-die stack with multiple heat sources is developed for calculating mean die temperature of a 3D IC package. The thermal resistance network model is set up based on heat dissipation paths from multi-die to ambient and is a composite of thermal spreading resistance and one-dimensional (1D) thermal resistance. Thermal spreading resistance comprises the majority of the thermal resistance when heat flows in the horizontal direction of the large plate. The present study investigates the role of determining temperature rise compared to thermal resistances intrinsic to the 3D technology, including thermal resistance of bonding layers and through-silicon-vias (TSVs). As the four thinner stacking chips in the 3D package are connected by TSVs and bumps, the Finite Element method (FEM) analysis is used to analyze the thermal management of the 3D Stacked IC package. The simulation model to obtain the multi-die temperature of 3D IC package was built up by ANSYS® APDL. The data comparison between the simulation and the analytical model showed that the analytical model is matched with the simulation model, demonstrating that the analytical model can be used to predict the thermal failure in 3D IC packages accurately. The main point in this paper is to use a simple concept and theoretical resistance network model to improve the thermal failure by redesigning the parameters or materials of the Printed Circuit Board (PCB).","PeriodicalId":359430,"journal":{"name":"2014 15th International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Mulit-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Microelectronics and Microsystems (EuroSimE)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132388257","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}