• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.67-73
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• 2009

Compared to the chip-bonding process utilizing solder bumps, flip chip process using Cu pillar bumps can accomplish fine-pitch interconnection without compromising stand-off height. Cu pillar bump technology is one of the most promising chip-mounting process for RF packages where large gap between a chip and a substrate is required in order to suppress the parasitic capacitance. In this study, Cu pillar bumps and Sn bumps were electroplated on a chip and a substrate, respectively, and were flip-chip bonded together. Contact resistance and chip shear force of the Cu pillar bump joints were measured with variation of the electroplated Sn-bump height. With increasing the Sn-bump height from 5 ${\mu}m$ to 30 ${\mu}m$, the contact resistance was improved from 31.7 $m{\Omega}$ to 13.8 $m{\Omega}$ and the chip shear force increased from 3.8 N to 6.8 N. On the contrary, the aspect ratio of the Cu pillar bump joint decreased from 1.3 to 0.9. Based on the variation behaviors of the contact resistance, the chip shear force, and the aspect ratio, the optimum height of the electroplated Sn bump could be thought as 20 ${\mu}m$.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.245-246
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• 2008

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.364-367
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• 2008

Finite element model and the basic experimental method have been developed to help the design of the transverse ultrasonic horn for flip-chip bonding. With two types of design the horn performance and ultrasonic characteristics are verified by using laser vibrometer. These analysis and experiment results can be the fundamental data for ultrasonic horn design considering the vibration modes and performance.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.44.2-44.2
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• 2007

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.645-646
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• 2006

• Proceedings of the International Microelectronics And Packaging Society Conference
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• 1999.12a
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• pp.127-154
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• 1999

Interconnect - Wire bonding-> Flip chip interconnect ; At research step, Au stud bump bonding seems to be more proper .Package -Plastic package-> $Z_{0}$ controlled land grid package -Flip Chip will be used for RF ICs and CSP for digital ICs -RF MCM comprised of bare active devices and integrated passive components -Electrical design skills are much more required in RF packaging .Passive Component -discrete-> integrated -Both of size and numbers of passive components must be reduced

• Proceedings of the International Microelectronics And Packaging Society Conference
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• 2003.09a
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• pp.193-215
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• 2003

Fracture Mechanism of Flip Chip Electromigration Failure - Mostly caused by Cathode Depletion at the UBM/Solder Interface Guideline to Increase Electromigration Resistance Material Selection: Sn/Ag(/Cu) > Pb/63Sn Cu UBM > Ni UBM (but, Solder Material combination) UBM Design: thick UBM is preferable (but, Stress Issue) Pad open/UBM size: as large as possible (but, pad size & pitch limit)

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.19-25
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• 2011

The size reduction of the semiconductor chip and the improvement of the electrical performance have been enabled through the introduction of the Cu/Low-K process in modern electronic industries. However, Cu/Low-K has a disadvantage of the physical properties that is weaker than materials used for existing semiconductor manufacture process. It causes many problems in chip manufacturing and package processes. Especially, the delamination between the Cu layer and the low-K dielectric layer is a main defect after the temperature cycles. Since the Cu/Low-K layer is located on the top of the pad of the flip chip, the stress on the flip chip affects the Cu/Low-K layer directly. Therefore, it is needed to improve the underfill process or materials. Especially, it becomes very important to select the underfill to decrease the stress at the flip-chip and to protect the solder bump. We have solved the delamination problem in a 90 nm Cu/Low-K flip-chip package after the temperature cycle by selecting an appropriate underfill.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.9-15
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• 2009

Compared to the flip-chip process using solder bumps, Cu pillar bump technology can accomplish much finer pitch without compromising stand-off height. Flip-chip process with Cu pillar bumps can also be utilized in radio-frequency packages where large gap between a chip and a substrate as well as fine pitch interconnection is required. In this study, Cu pillars with and without Sn caps were electrodeposited and flip-chip-bonded together to form the Cu-Sn-Cu sandwiched joints. Contact resistances and die shear forces of the Cu-Sn-Cu sandwiched joints were evaluated with variation of the height of the Sn cap electrodeposited on the Cu pillar bump. The Cu-Sn-Cu sandwiched joints, formed with Cu pillar bumps of $25-{\mu}m$ diameter and $20-{\mu}m$ height, exhibited the gap distance of $44{\mu}m$ between the chip and the substrate and the average contact resistance of $14\;m{\Omega}$/bump without depending on the Sn cap height between 10 to $25\;{\mu}m$.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.37-45
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• 2008

In this study, reliabilities of Cu (60 um)/SnAg (20 um) double-bump flip chip assemblies were investigated for the flip chip interconnections on organic substrates with 100 um pitch. After multiple reflows at $250^{\circ}C\;and\;280^{\circ}C$, bump contact resistances were almost same regardless of number of reflows and reflow temperature. In the high temperature storage test, there was no bump contact resistance change at $125^{\circ}C$ up to 2000 hours. However, bump contact resistances slightly increased at $150^{\circ}C$ due to Kirkendall voids formation. In the electromigration test, Cu/SnAg double-bump flip chip assemblies showed no electromigration until about 600 hours due to reduced local current density. Finally, in the thermal cycling test, thermal cycling failure mainly occurred at Si chip/Cu column interface which was found out the highest stress concentration site in the finite element analysis. As a result, Al pad was displaced out under thermal cycling. This failure mode was caused by normal compressive strain acting Cu column bumps along perpendicular direction of a Si chip.