Electronic Packaging Enhancement Engineered by Reducing the Bonding Temperature via Modified Cure Cycles

Semiconductor packaging continues to reduce in thickness following the overall thinning of electronic devices such as smartphones and tablets. As the package becomes thinner, the warpage of the semiconductor package becomes more important due to the reduced bending stiffness and driven by thermal residual stresses and thermal expansion mismatch during the epoxy molding compound (EMC) curing to create the package. To address this packaging reliability issue, in this study, we developed a modified cure cycle that adds a rapid cooling step to the conventional cure cycle (CCC) to enhance the reliability of the EMC molded to a copper substrate (EMC/Cu bi-layer package) by lowering the bonding temperature of the EMC/Cu bi-layer package. Modeling of the package via Timoshenko theory including effective cure shrinkage allowed the rapid cooling step to be quantified and confirmed via experiments. The modified cure cycle resulted in a 26% reduction in residual strain, a 27% reduction in curvature, and a 40% increase in peel strength compared to the CCC, suggesting that this is an effective new method for managing warping effects in such packaged structures.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

ACS applied materials & interfaces - 15(2023), 8 vom: 01. März, Seite 11024-11032

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Park, Seong Yeon [VerfasserIn]
On, Seung Yoon [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Junmo [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Jeonyoon [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Taek-Soo [VerfasserIn]
Wardle, Brian L [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Seong Su [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bonding temperature
Cure cycle
Cure shrinkage
Curvature
Journal Article
Semiconductor package

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Date Completed 02.03.2023

Date Revised 05.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acsami.2c21229

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM352066806