Reliability of gull-wing and leadless packages subjected to temperature cycling after rework

Author

Fei Chai ; Osterman, M. ; Pecht, M.

Author_Institution

CALCE Electron. Products & Syst. Center, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

Volume

12

Issue

2

fYear

2012

fDate

6/1/2012 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

510

Lastpage

519

Abstract

An experimental study was conducted to determine the effect of rework on the quality and reliability of surface mount solder interconnects. The test vehicle included thin small outline packages (TSOPs) and 2512 resistors assembled onto circuit cards with Sn3.0Ag0.5Cu and Sn63Pb37 solders. The rework process entailed the removal and replacement of the TSOPs and resistors. Reworked assemblies were then subjected to a temperature cycling test. Test results indicated that rework did not degrade the reliability of the TSOP solder attachments, but it decreased the thermal fatigue life of 2512 resistors down by 80% due to the decreased and uneven solder joint heights created by the hand-soldered rework process. Solder interconnect material changes caused by the rework process were not observed to be a significant factor in reliability.

Keywords

electronics packaging; integrated circuit interconnections; integrated circuit reliability; silver compounds; solders; tin compounds; 2512 resistor; Sn_3.0Ag_0.5Cu; TSOP solder attachments; circuit cards; gull-wing reliability; leadless package; surface mount solder interconnection reliability; temperature cycling; test vehicle; thermal fatigue; thin small outline package; Integrated circuit interconnections; Reliability; Resistance; Resistors; Soldering; Temperature measurement; 2512 Resistor; Reliability; rework; temperature cycling; thin small outline package (TSOP);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Device and Materials Reliability, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1530-4388

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TDMR.2012.2191786

Filename

6174463