Investigations of the fracture strength of thin silicon dies embedded in flexible foil substrates

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Abstract

Mechanical stress induced by mechanical and thermal loading on thin silicon devices breaks the devices at a certain load called the fracture or breaking strength of the device. The displacement experienced by the dies, due to bending, at fracture strength is called the fracture displacement. The strength properties of thin, bare silicon dies have already been reported. This work extends the study further to demonstrate the improvement in the fracture strength of thin silicon dies, of three different thicknesses (30, 65 and 130 μm), when integrated in flexible foil substrates. The fracture strength of the dies was measured using uniaxial (3-point-bending test) and biaxial (Ring-ball test) bending tests. Experimental results of the fracture strength of thin, bare silicon dies were in good agreement with simulation results obtained from Finite Element Analysis (FEA). Experimental results showed that there was an increase of the fracture strength up to about 190% and an increase in the curvature of bending up to about 85% when silicon dies were integrated in flexible foil substrates. This increase in the fracture strength and curvature of bending can be useful in designing and manufacturing more mechanically robust flexible electronic devices.

Details

Original languageGerman
Title of host publication2014 IEEE 20th International Symposium for Design and Technology in Electronic Packaging (SIITME)
Place of PublicationBucharest
PublisherIEEE Xplore
Pages267-271
Number of pages5
ISBN (print)978-1-4799-6962-3
Publication statusPublished - 26 Oct 2014
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesInternational Symposium for Design and Technology of Electronics Packages (SIITME)
ISSN2642-7036

Conference

Title2014 IEEE 20th International Symposium for Design and Technology in Electronic Packaging (SIITME)
Duration23 - 26 October 2014
LocationBucharest, Romania

External IDs

Scopus 84936149821
ORCID /0000-0002-0757-3325/work/139064855

Keywords

Keywords

  • Silicon, Substrates, Stress, Finite element analysis, Reliability, Analytical models, Electronics packaging