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In the field of microelectronic packaging, solder joint reliability is increasingly becoming<br />

the main concern with the extremely small electronic package sizes and large numbers of<br />

connections. Accelerated temperature cycling is one of the commonly used methods as part of<br />

the package qualification process. Due to the temperature fluctuations caused by environmental<br />

changes or power dissipation, the thermal expansion mismatch between different package<br />

materials can result in the temperature and time dependent creep de<strong>for</strong>mation of solder, which<br />

will accumulate damage in the solder joint failure along fatigue from the repeated cycling.<br />

Per<strong>for</strong>ming the experimental reliability tests is one of the methods to aid in design and to develop<br />

a deeper understanding of the failure mechanism, however it is usually costly and time<br />

consuming. In order to maximize the reliability per<strong>for</strong>mance, minimize the development costs,<br />

and also predict the fatigue life time of a solder joint, advanced analysis is a necessity during<br />

the design and development phase of a microelectronic package [80-81]. A validated finite<br />

element model is there<strong>for</strong>e becoming a powerful tool to help better analyze the various effects,<br />

and a more practical route <strong>for</strong> obtaining strain-stress relationships and their local distributions<br />

within the package. There are various steps involved in the finite element method [82]:<br />

1. Specify the geometry of the structure that is to be analyzed.<br />

2. Define the element type and material properties such as Young's modulus, the Poisson's<br />

ratio, CTE, and viscoplasticity.<br />

3. Mesh/divide the structure into small elements.<br />

4. Specify and apply boundary conditions and external loads<br />

5. Generate a solution based on the previously input parameters.<br />

6. Refine the mesh to achieve more accurate results.<br />

7. Interpret the simulation results.<br />

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