Effect of Underfill on $\mu$BGA Reliability

$\mu$BGA 장기신뢰성에 미치는 언더필영향

There are continuous efforts in the electronics industry to a reduced electronic package size. Reducing the size of electronic packages can be achieved by a variety of means, and for ball grid array(BGA) packages an effective method is to decrease the pitch between the individual balls. Chip scale package(CSP) and BGA are now one of the major package types. However, a reduced package size has the negative effect of reducing board-level reliability. The reliability concern is for the different thermal expansion rates of the two-substrate materials and how that coefficient CTE mismatch creates added stress to the BGA solder joint when thermal cycled. The point of thermal fatigue in a solder joint is an important factor of BGA packages and knowing at how many thermal cycles can be ran before failure in the solder BGA joint is a must for designing a reliable BGA package. Reliability of the package was one of main issues and underfill was required to improve board-level reliability. By filling between die and substrate, the underfill could enhance the reliability of the device. The effect of underfill on various thermomechanical reliability issues in $\mu$BGA packages is studied in this paper.