• International Journal of Korean Welding Society
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.15-28
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• 2005

The ball shear test was investigated in terms of the effects of test parameters, i.e., shear height and shear speed, with an experimental and non-linear finite element analysis for evaluating the solder joint integrity of area array packages. Two representative Pb-free solder compositions were examined in this work: Sn-3.5Ag-0.75Cu and In-48Sn. The substrate was a common SMD type with solder bond pad openings of 460 $\mu$m in diameter. The microstructural investigations were carried out using SEM, and the IMCs were identified with EDS. Shear tests were conducted with the two varying test parameters. It could be observed that increasing shear height, at fixed shear speed, has the effect of decreasing shear force for both Sn-3.5Ag-0.75Cu and In-48Sn solder joints, while the shear force increased with increasing shear speed at fixed shear height. Too high shear height could cause some undesirable effects on the test results such as unexpected high standard deviation values or shear tip sliding from the solder ball. The low shear height conditions were favorable for screening the type of brittle interfacial fractures or the degraded layers in the interfaces. The shear speed conditions were discussed with the stress analyses of the solder ball, and we cannot find any conspicuous finding which is related to optimum shear speed from the stress analyses.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.14-21
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• 2010

A miniature single solder ball joint is designed to mimic the actual solder joints used in the micro-electric industries. Shear tests were conducted to evaluate the mechanical behavior of miniature single solder joints at intermediate strain rates from $0.019\;s^{-1}$ to $2.16\;s^{-1}$ at room temperature. The shear fracture strength of the present solder ball joints generally increased with increasing shear strain rate, ranging from 32 to 51MPa. This behavior is affected by the sensitivity of bulk solder strength to strain rate. Shear fracture mode changed from brittle to partial ductile (failure inside the bulk solder) with an increase of shear speed. The unloading shear fracture toughness is generally consistent with the measure of the amount of bulk solder on the fractured surface.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.449-454
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• 2009

This paper presents an experimental study on the failure characteristics of SnAgCu lead-free solder balls. To estimate the effect of Ag, three types of SnAgCu balls are first prepared by varying the weight percent of Ag(1.0, 3.0, 4.0 wt%) and then analyzed by reliability tests such as thermal shock, high speed ball shear, and drop tests. Thermal shock test reveals that the higher the weight percent of Ag is, the longer the fatigue lift becomes. To the contrary, high speed ball-shear test and drop test show that the shear strength and the fracture toughness of solder balls are inversely proportional to the weight percent of Ag, respectively, Reasons for these observations will be further investigated In the future work.

• 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한용접접합학회 2002년도 Proceedings of the International Welding/Joining Conference-Korea
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• pp.463-468
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• 2002

This study investigates the variations of shear force, displacement, and fracture surface with the shear speed and the number of reflows. The experimental data of shear tests indicate that the shear force increases as increasing the number of reflows and the shear speed due to the formation of a kind of intermetallic compound, Ni$_3$Sn$_4$, on Au/Ni/Cu pad, and the work-hardening. However, general trends show that the shear force decreases due to increasing the thickness of the intermetallic compound over 4x reflow. It is observed that the intermetallic compound which is formed between solder and pad increases according to increasing the number of reflows, and the growth rate of the intermetallic compound at central region on the interface is faster than one at edge part. The general tendencies of shear force and displacement with different shear speeds are almost identical as an increase of the number of reflows.

• 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한용접접합학회 2005년도 춘계학술발표대회 개요집
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• pp.19-21
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• 2005

The ball shea. tests for ball grid array (BGA) and flip chip packages were carried out with different displacement rates to find out the optimum condition of the displacement rate for this test. The BGA packages consisted of two different kinds of solder balls (eutectic Sn-37wt.%Pb and Sn-3.5wt.%Ag) and electroplated Au/Ni/Cu substrate, whereas the flip chip package consisted of electroplated Sn-37Pb solder and Cu UBM. The packages were reflowed up to 10 times, or aged at 443 K up to 21 days. The variation of the displacement rate resulted in the variations of the shear properties such as shear force, displacement rate at break, fracture mode and strain rate sensitivity. The increase in the displacement rate led to the increase of the shear force and brittleness of solder joints.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.127-131
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• 2004

BGA(ball grid array) package에서 솔더볼의 피로강도에 대한 솔더 조성에 대한 영향을 조사하기 위하여 패키지 신뢰성 시험을 실시하였다. 공정조성 솔더 63Sn/37Pb, 62Sn/36Pb/2Ag, 63Sn/34.4Pb/2Ag/0.5Sb 솔더를 이용하여 제조된 시편을 MRT Lv3 (moisture resistance test level) 조건에서 전처리 후 T/C(temperature cycle test) 실험을 수행하였다. 각각의 신뢰성 시험에 대하여 전단강도를 측정하였으며, 미세 조직 사진을 얻었다. 또한, SEM (scanning electron microscope)과 EDX (energy dispersive X-ray)를 이용하여 파괴 기구에 대한 분석을 실시하였다. Sn63Pb34.5Ag2Sb0.5 솔더에서 Au-Sn 성장비는 63Sn/37Pb, 62Sn/36Pb/2Ag 솔더에 비해 느리다 솔더 조성에 따른 솔더볼의 전단응력 저하에 대하여 논의하였다.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제47권9호
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• pp.580-585
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• 2009

The effects of shear speed and tip height on the high speed shear test of Sn-3.0wt.%Ag-0.5wt.%Cu ball joints were investigated. Solder balls of $450{\mu}m$ in diameter were reflowed at $245^{\circ}C$ on a FR4 PCB (Printed Circuit Board) in order to obtain a sample for the high-speed shear test. The UBM was comprised of Cu/Ni/Au, and the shear speed and tip height varied from 0.5 to 3.0 m/s, and from 10 to $135{\mu}m$, respectively. According to the experimental results, faster shear speed enhanced the shear strength of the solder joints, regardless of the tip height. The fraction of ductile (solder) fracture decreased when the shearing speed was raised from 0.5 to 3.0 m/s. With an increasing tip height from 10 to 50 and $135{\mu}m$, the fracture mode changed from pad lift to mixed (ductile and brittle) and ductile fracture, respectively, while the shearing energy also increased in the same order. The shear energy had a proportional relationship with the fraction of the solder fracture.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.550-559
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• 2014

Hydraulic performance of the 1 inch ball valve have been analyzed based on the three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes analysis and an experiment. The experimental test rig of the 1 inch ball valve has been developed to investigate pressure drop for the 1 inch ball valve. The numerical model, which has reliability and effectiveness, has been constructed through the grid dependency test and validation with the results of the experiment. Shear stress transport turbulence model has been used to enhance an accuracy of the turbulence prediction in the pipeline and ball valve, respectively. Effects of the ball valve angle on the flow characteristics and friction performance have been evaluated.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.47-54
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• 2002

Powder type Ag system insert metals were manufactured by ball milling process. The variables of milling process such as milling media, revolution speed and powder/ball weight ratio were constant except the milling time. The milling times were selected for 24, 48 and 72 hours. The insert metals made by milling process were evaluated by performing scanning electron microscope, x-ray and DSC(differential scanning calorimetry) analysis, and further in terms of wettability test. The selected insert metals that have the good characteristics compared to commercial insert metals were applied to make the brazed joints of the steel/steel and the steel/WC superhard particles. The characterizations of those brazed joints were also conducted by microstructural observations, shear tensile tests and microhardness measurements. The results indicated that milling time of 48 hours for making powder type insert metals was the best condition showing the small amount of oxides residue, low wetting angle and stable microstructure. The brazed joints that applied the 48 hours milled insert metal were very sound condition indicating the shear tensile value of $2.29{\times}102$ MPa and the microhardness of 138VHN. Further, the amount of the porosity was appeared to be lower than that of the commercial insert metals.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.35-39
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• 2011

고속전단시힘의 표준화를 위한 기초 연구의 일부로 Sn-3.0wt%Ag-0.5wt%Cu 솔더 볼의 고속전단특성에 대한 연구를 수행 하였다. 고속전단 시험편 제작을 위해 직경 450 ${\mu}m$의 솔더 볼을 FR4 PCB (Printed Circuit Board) 위에 장착한 후 $245^{\circ}C$ 온도에서 리플로 솔더링을 행하였다. PCB 상의 금속 패드로는 ENIG (Electroless Nickel/mmersion Gold, i.e Cu/Ni/Au)와 OSP (Organic Solderability Preservative, Cu 패드)를 사용하였다. 고속전단 속도는 0.5~3.0 m/s 범위, 전단 팁의 높이는 10~135 ${\mu}m$ 범위에서 변화시켰다. 실험결과로서, OSP 패드의 경우 전단 팁 높이 증가에 따라 연성 파괴가 증가하였으며, 전단속도 증가에 따라 연성파괴는 감소되었다. ENIG 패드의 경우에도 전단 팁 높이 증가에 따라 연성 파괴가 증가하였다. 전단 팁 높이 10 ${\mu}m$(볼 직경의 2%)는 패드 박리 파괴가 대부분이어서 전단파면 관찰에는 부적절한 높이였다. 고속전단에너지는 OSP 및 ENIG 패드 모두 전단 팁 높이 증가에 따라 증가하는 경향을 보였다.