5 Oct 2015 Karthik Vijay [email protected] +44 7584 643 677 Dendritic Growth & Corrosion Under Low-Standoff Components in Automotive Electronics A Flux Solution…
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1 5 Oct 2015 Karthik Vijay [email protected] +44 7584 643 677
Dendritic Growth & Corrosion Under Low-Standoff Components in Automotive Electronics
A Flux Solution…
Indium Corporation
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What is Solder Paste?
No Clean Flux Technology
Activators - cleaning agent during reflow, Dissolves oxides off metal surfaces & promotes wetting
Rosin- Tacky and viscous, acts as an oxygen barrier
Gelling Agents – thickeners, Regulate viscosity and paste stability - rheological additives
Solvents - dissolve chemicals, activators, gelling agents, & resins to create a homogeneous paste
Reflow Profiles Involved
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Halogen-Free No-Clean Fluxes
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High SIR
Good Wetting Halogens may be
compensated with the use of large amount of hygroscopic organic acids Compromised SIR???
With more acids, rosin quantity that serves as oxygen barrier in the flux will have to be reduced to achieve adequate viscosity. Compromised Wetting???
Oxidation & Smaller Paste Deposits
SIR (Surface Insulation Resistance) J-STD-004B SIR, IPC-TM-650, 2.6.3.7
ECM – Electrochemical Migration
Automotive 1– More Stringent SIR Requirements
Automotive 2– More Stringent SIR Requirements
• Exposure – Steady State : 40 deg C / 90% RH; 504 hrs – Damp Cycling: 25 deg C / 95% RH; 50 deg C /
90% RH; 144 hrs
• Space between Traces : 0.3mm
• Bias : 50V DC
• Resistance Criteria : 100 MΩ Lower Limit (8 log 10)
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Low-Standoff Components with Poor Ventilation For Large low stand-off components such as Power MOSFETs, QFN, LGA, during SMT assembly, flux outgassing/drying is difficult due to poor venting
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Automotive Customer Requirements Reflowed Flux Residue Exposed to: - Dry heat test
- 120 deg C for 500 hrs; 10V - 150 deg C for 500 hrs; 10V - 120 deg C for 504 hrs; 30V
- Heated oil @ 85 deg C for 10 days
Automotive - High Heat Storage & SIR Electrical Reliability
Automotive - High Heat Storage Electrical Reliability for MOSFET Low-Standoff Component
PDSON Double-MOSFET device subject to Dry heat test - 120 deg C for 500
hrs; 10V - 150 deg C for 500
hrs; 10V - Dendritic growth
seen
Standard J-Std 004B SIR Test to test flux under Low-Standoff Component
Paste
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- No SIR failures - But test does not simulate flux trapped beneath a
low-standoff component
J-Std 004B SIR Test with Glass Slide on Coupon to test flux under Low-Standoff Component
Paste
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Barely Pass SIR
RCOOH encapsulated in solid rosin, incapable of engaging in corrosion reaction
Activator RCOOH in flux
RCOO- + H+ mobile in liquid environment
Solvent dried out
H2O H+ engage in corrosion reaction
Solvent retained
Flux Activator & Solvents during Reflow of Low-Standoff Components
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Flux Chemistry Solution
• Make wet flux residue non-corrosive and non-conductive by going very low on activators and flux activity.
• But this would result in – Poor wetting – Head-in-Pillow (HiP)
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How can the flux be designed so that - The wet flux residue is benign and does not cause
electrical failures - The flux activity is not compromised and achieve
good wetting and eliminate Head-in-Pillow
Flux Chemistry Design SIR Electrical Reliability Test
1 √ 2 √
3 √ 4 √
5 √ I √
X 1 2
3 4
5 I
X
X X
X √
SIR - Standard SIR + Glass Slide
Flux Chemistry Design Oxidation Barrier & Head-in-Pillow Test
Paste I
Paste 3
Flux Chemistry Design Oxidation Barrier & Head-in-Pillow Test
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5
I
x x
x
√ √
√
Flux Performance Summary
Paste SIR-Glass
SIR-Std HIP Wet (air) Wet (N2)
Paste 1 x √ √ √ √
Paste 2 x √ √ √ √
Paste 3 x √ x √ √
Paste 4 x √ x x √
Paste 5 x √ x √ √
Paste I √ √ √ √ √
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good acceptable unacceptable
Summary
• Good SIR performance with wet flux residue demands low activator concentration or low corrosivity in the flux residue.
• Good wetting, and good HIP need good flux oxidation barrier capability and good fluxing capacity.
• The dilemma between good soldering performance versus low corrosivity can be resolved with a breakthrough in flux technology
• This flux solution is expected to have better resistance for dewing tests as well
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