Numerical and Experimental Evaluation of the Microsecond Pulsed Heating Curve Technique Dedicated to Die Interconnection Characterization

Autor: Jean-Christophe Crebier, Laurent Dupont, Zoubir Khatir, Benoit Thollin, Pierre-Olivier Jeannin, Yvan Avenas
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire des Technologies Nouvelles (IFSTTAR/COSYS/LTN), Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology
IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2016, 6 (6), pp. 835-45. ⟨10.1109/TCPMT.2016.2554538⟩
ISSN: 2156-3985
2156-3950
DOI: 10.1109/tcpmt.2016.2554538
Popis: This paper describes and qualifies a partial thermal impedance measurement technique to evaluate the thermal behavior of the physical layers close to the die in power electronic assemblies. The measurement approach is derived from the pulsed heating curve method; nonetheless, the experimental setup proposed here is fitted for a higher sensitivity analysis of die interconnections due to the extraction of the transient thermal impedance at very high current levels and short heating times. Another advantage of this method is that the cooling efficiency of the system has no impact on the sensitivity of the measurements, which makes it particularly suitable for aging monitoring or in-line manufacturing process control. The method is then implemented with power diodes in order to compare the thermal impedance of two power modules with different solder void repartitions. Experimental results and finite-element simulations show that this method has a very good sensitivity and can, therefore, be used to compare the quality of different die attaches without requiring an efficient power module cooling system.
Databáze: OpenAIRE