Comparison of power cycling reliability of flexible PCB interconnect smaller/thinner and larger/thicker power devices with topside Sn-3.5Ag solder joints

The power cycling reliability of flexible printed circuit board (PCB) interconnect smaller/thinner (ST) 9.5 mm × 5.5 mm × 0.07 mm and larger/thicker (LT) 13.5 mm × 13.5 mm × 0.5 mm single Si diode samples have been studied. With the assumption of creep strain accumulation-induced fatigue cracking as...

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Main Authors: Li, Jianfeng, Dai, Jingru, Johnson, Christopher Mark
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Dai, Jingru
Johnson, Christopher Mark
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Johnson, Christopher Mark
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description The power cycling reliability of flexible printed circuit board (PCB) interconnect smaller/thinner (ST) 9.5 mm × 5.5 mm × 0.07 mm and larger/thicker (LT) 13.5 mm × 13.5 mm × 0.5 mm single Si diode samples have been studied. With the assumption of creep strain accumulation-induced fatigue cracking as the failure mechanism of the Sn-3.5Ag solder joints, finite element (FE) simulations predicted a higher power cycling reliability of soldering the flexible PCB on a ST Si diode than on a LT Si diode under similar power cycling conditions. Then the power cycling test results of 10 samples for each type are reported and discussed. The samples were constructed with commercially available ST Si diodes with 3.2/0.5/0.3 μm thick AlSiCu/NiP/Pd topside metallization and LT Si diodes with 5/0.1/1/1 μm thick Al/Ti/Ni/Ag topside metallization. In contradiction with the FE prediction, most ST Si diode samples were less reliable than those LT Si diode samples. This can be attributed to the fact that the failure of the ST diode samples was associated with the weak bonding and hence the shear-induced local delamination of the topside solder joints from the AlSiCu metallization, while the failure of the LT diode samples was mainly caused by the creep strain accumulation-induced fatigue cracking within the solder joints. Such results can be used to not only provide better understanding of the different failure mechanisms, but also demonstrate the importance of employing an appropriate topside metallization on the power devices.
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spelling nottingham-507332020-05-04T19:51:32Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50733/ Comparison of power cycling reliability of flexible PCB interconnect smaller/thinner and larger/thicker power devices with topside Sn-3.5Ag solder joints Li, Jianfeng Dai, Jingru Johnson, Christopher Mark The power cycling reliability of flexible printed circuit board (PCB) interconnect smaller/thinner (ST) 9.5 mm × 5.5 mm × 0.07 mm and larger/thicker (LT) 13.5 mm × 13.5 mm × 0.5 mm single Si diode samples have been studied. With the assumption of creep strain accumulation-induced fatigue cracking as the failure mechanism of the Sn-3.5Ag solder joints, finite element (FE) simulations predicted a higher power cycling reliability of soldering the flexible PCB on a ST Si diode than on a LT Si diode under similar power cycling conditions. Then the power cycling test results of 10 samples for each type are reported and discussed. The samples were constructed with commercially available ST Si diodes with 3.2/0.5/0.3 μm thick AlSiCu/NiP/Pd topside metallization and LT Si diodes with 5/0.1/1/1 μm thick Al/Ti/Ni/Ag topside metallization. In contradiction with the FE prediction, most ST Si diode samples were less reliable than those LT Si diode samples. This can be attributed to the fact that the failure of the ST diode samples was associated with the weak bonding and hence the shear-induced local delamination of the topside solder joints from the AlSiCu metallization, while the failure of the LT diode samples was mainly caused by the creep strain accumulation-induced fatigue cracking within the solder joints. Such results can be used to not only provide better understanding of the different failure mechanisms, but also demonstrate the importance of employing an appropriate topside metallization on the power devices. Elsevier 2018-05 Article PeerReviewed Li, Jianfeng, Dai, Jingru and Johnson, Christopher Mark (2018) Comparison of power cycling reliability of flexible PCB interconnect smaller/thinner and larger/thicker power devices with topside Sn-3.5Ag solder joints. Microelectronics Reliability, 84 . pp. 55-65. ISSN 0026-2714 Reliability; Planar interconnect; Power semiconductor; Finite element method; Power cycling; Sn-3.5Ag solder alloy; Scanning electronic microscopy https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microrel.2018.03.013 doi:10.1016/j.microrel.2018.03.013 doi:10.1016/j.microrel.2018.03.013
spellingShingle Reliability; Planar interconnect; Power semiconductor; Finite element method; Power cycling; Sn-3.5Ag solder alloy; Scanning electronic microscopy
Li, Jianfeng
Dai, Jingru
Johnson, Christopher Mark
Comparison of power cycling reliability of flexible PCB interconnect smaller/thinner and larger/thicker power devices with topside Sn-3.5Ag solder joints
title Comparison of power cycling reliability of flexible PCB interconnect smaller/thinner and larger/thicker power devices with topside Sn-3.5Ag solder joints
title_full Comparison of power cycling reliability of flexible PCB interconnect smaller/thinner and larger/thicker power devices with topside Sn-3.5Ag solder joints
title_fullStr Comparison of power cycling reliability of flexible PCB interconnect smaller/thinner and larger/thicker power devices with topside Sn-3.5Ag solder joints
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of power cycling reliability of flexible PCB interconnect smaller/thinner and larger/thicker power devices with topside Sn-3.5Ag solder joints
title_short Comparison of power cycling reliability of flexible PCB interconnect smaller/thinner and larger/thicker power devices with topside Sn-3.5Ag solder joints
title_sort comparison of power cycling reliability of flexible pcb interconnect smaller/thinner and larger/thicker power devices with topside sn-3.5ag solder joints
topic Reliability; Planar interconnect; Power semiconductor; Finite element method; Power cycling; Sn-3.5Ag solder alloy; Scanning electronic microscopy
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