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The Effect of Misaligned Passive Component on Fatigue Life of Solder Joints and Solder Shape

  • State University of New York Binghamton University

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Abstract

In the surface mount technology (SMT), the pick and place process of the passive components such as capacitors and resistors may induce systematic misplacement because of the various environmental factors in the manufacturing. Particularly, in the reflowing process, it encompasses skewing, overhanging, or tilting by the driven force from the self-alignment of the molten solder. The solder joint shape variations with the passive component misplacement could severely affect to determine the fatigue life of the solder joint. In this research, surface evolver software was used to create a 3D model based on energy minimization and we used it to determine the solder shape. A finite element method was used to predict the fatigue life of solder joints using an energy-based method under thermal cycling in ANSYS while the passive component is misaligned. Through varying passive component offset and solder paste volume, the fatigue life could be predicted. The solder joint fatigue life result of misaligned passive components could provide the guideline for choosing solder paste volume and placement offset of passive component as well as determining reflow solder joint defects.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 19th InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2020
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages1029-1034
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781728197647
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2020
Event19th InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2020 - Virtual, Orlando, United States
Duration: Jul 21 2020Jul 23 2020

Publication series

NameInterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITHERM
Volume2020-July

Conference

Conference19th InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityVirtual, Orlando
Period07/21/2007/23/20

Keywords

  • Fatigue Life
  • Misplacement
  • Overhanging
  • Self-alignment
  • Solder Shape
  • Surface Evolver

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