• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국정밀공학회 2012년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
• /
• pp.71-72
• /
• 2012

• 한국정밀공학회지
• /
• 제31권10호
• /
• pp.865-871
• /
• 2014

Paradigm shift to 3-D chip stacking in electronic packaging has induced a lot of integration challenges due to the reduction in wafer thickness and pitch size. This study presents a hybrid bonding technology by self-alignment effect in order to improve the flip chip bonding accuracy with ultra-thin wafer. Optimization of Cu pillar bump formation and evaluation of various factors on self-alignment effect was performed. As a result, highly-improved bonding accuracy of thin wafer with a $50{\mu}m$ of thickness was achieved without solder bridging or bump misalignment by applying reflow process after thermo-compression bonding process. Reflow process caused the inherently-misaligned micro-bump to be aligned due to the interface tension between Si die and solder bump. Control of solder bump volume with respect to the chip dimension was the critical factor for self-alignment effect. This study indicated that bump design for 3D packaging could be tuned for the improvement of micro-bonding quality.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
• /
• 제26권2호
• /
• pp.31-43
• /
• 2019

본 연구에서는 유연한 접속부를 갖는 유연전자 패키지 플립칩 접속을 위해 폴리머 탄성범프를 제작하였으며, 범프의 온도 및 하중에 따른 폴리머 탄성 범프의 점탄성 및 점소성 거동을 해석 및 실험적으로 분석하고 비교 평가하였다. 폴리머 탄성 범프는 하중에 의한 변형이 용이하여 범프 높이 평탄도 오차의 보정이 용이할 뿐만 아니라 소자가 형성된 칩에 가해지는 응력 집중이 감소하는 것을 확인하였다. 폴리머 탄성 범프의 과도한 변형에 따른 Au Metal Cap Crack 현상을 보완하여 $200{\mu}m$ 직경의 Spiral Cap Type, Spoke Cap type 폴리머 탄성 범프 형성 기술을 개발하였다. 제안된 Spoke Cap, Spiral Cap 폴리머 탄성 범프는 폴리머 범프 전체를 금속 배선이 덮고 있는 Metal Cap 범프에 비해 범프 변형에 의한 응력 발생이 적음을 확인할 수 있으며 이는 폴리머 범프 위의 금속 배선이 부분적으로 패터닝되어 있어 쉽게 변형될 수 있는 구조이므로 응력이 완화되는데 기인하는 것으로 판단된다. Spoke cap type 범프는 패드 접촉부와 전기적 접속을 하는 금속 배선 면적이 Spiral Cap type 범프에 비해 넓어 접촉 저항을 유지하면서 동시에 금속 배선에 응력 집중이 가장 낮은 결과를 확인하였다.

• Design & Manufacturing
• /
• 제14권4호
• /
• pp.58-64
• /
• 2020

Lately, the development of the semiconductor industry has led to the miniaturization of electronic devices. Therefore, semiconductor wafers of very thin thickness that can be used in Multi-Chip Packages are required. There is active research on the backgrinding process to reduce the thickness of the wafer. The backgrinding process polishes the backside of the wafer, reducing the thickness of the wafer to tens of ㎛. The equipment that performs the backgrinding process requires ultra-precision. Currently, there is no full auto backgrinding equipment in Korea. Therefore, in this study, ultra-precision backgrinding equipment was designed. In addition, finite element analysis was conducted to verify the equipment design validity. The deflection and structural stability of the backgrinding equipment were analyzed using finite element analysis.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 대한기계학회 2004년도 추계학술대회
• /
• pp.1540-1545
• /
• 2004

Measurement of concentration fields in a micro-channel is the crucial technology in the area of Lab-on-a-chip to be used for various bio-chemical applications. It is wel-known that the only possible way to measure the concentration field in the micro-channel is using micro-LIF(Laser Induced Fluorescence) method. However, an accurate concentration field at a given cross plane in a micro-channel has not been made so far due to the limit of light illumination. The present study demonstrates a novel method to provide an ultra thin laser sheet beam having 5 microns thickness by a micro focus laser line generator. Nile Blue A was used as fluorescent dye for LIF measurement. The laser sheet beam illuminates an exact plane of concentration measurement in the micro-channel to increase the signal to noise ratio and reduce the depth uncertainty considerably.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
• /
• 제17권4호
• /
• pp.49-60
• /
• 2010

최근 휴대폰, PDA 등과 같은 모바일 전자 기기들의 사용이 급증하면서 다기능, 고성능, 초소형의 패키지가 시장에서 요구되고 있다. 따라서 사용되는 패키지의 크기도 더 작아지고 얇아지고 있다. 패키지에 사용되는 실리콘 다이 및 기판의 두께가 점점 얇아지면서 휨 변형, 크랙 발생, 및 기타 여러 신뢰성 문제가 크게 대두되고 있다. 이러한 신뢰성 문제는 서로 다른 패키지 재료의 열팽창계수의 차이에 의하여 발생된다. 따라서 초박형의 패키지의 경우 적절한 패키지물질과 두께 및 크기 등의 선택이 매우 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 현재 모바일 기기에 주로 사용되고 있는 CABGA, fcSCP, SCSP 및 MCP (Multi-Chip Package) 패키지에 대하여 휨과 응력의 특성을 수치해석을 통하여 연구하였다. 특히 휨 현상에 영향을 줄 수 있는 여러 중요 인자들, 즉 EMC 몰드의 두께 및 물성(탄성계수 및 열팽창 계수), 실리콘 다이의 두께와 크기, 기판의 물성 등이 휨 현상에 미치는 영향을 전반적으로 고찰하였다. 이를 통하여 휨 현상 메커니즘과 이를 제어하기 위한 중요 인자를 이해함으로써 휨 현상을 최소화 하고자 하였다. 휨 해석 결과 가장 큰 휨 값을 보인 SCSP에 대하여 실험계획법의 반응표면법을 이용하여 휨이 최소화되는 최적 조합을 구하였다. SCSP 패키지에서 휨에 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 인자는 EMC 두께 및 열팽창 계수, 기판의 열팽창계수, 그리고 실리콘 다이의 두께였다. 궁극적으로 최적화 해석을 통하여 SCSP의 휨을 $10{\mu}m$로 줄일 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
• /
• 제27권7호
• /
• pp.28-35
• /
• 2010

In the display industry, COG bonding method is being applied to production of LCD panels that are used for mobile phones and monitors, and is one of the mounting methods optimized to compete with the trend of ultra small, ultra thin and low cost of display. In COG bonding process, electrical characteristics such as contact resistance, insulation property, etc and mechanical characteristics such as bonding strength, etc depend on properties of conductive particles and epoxy resin along with ACF materials used for COG by manufacturers. As the properties of such materials have close relation to optimization of bonding conditions such as temperature, pressure, time, etc in COG bonding process, it is requested to carry out an in-depth study on characteristics of COG bonding, based on which development of bonding process equipment shall be processed. In this study were analyzed the characteristics of COG bonding process, performed the analysis and reliability evaluation on electrical and mechanical characteristics of COG bonding using ACF to find optimum bonding conditions for ACF, and performed the experiment on bonding characteristics regarding fine pitch to understand the affection on finer pitch in COG bonding. It was found that it is difficult to find optimum conditions because it is more difficult to perform alignment as the pitch becomes finer, but only if alignment has been made, it becomes similar to optimum conditions in general COG bonding regardless of pitch intervals.

• 한국가시화정보학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국가시화정보학회 2004년도 Proceedings of 2004 Korea-Japan Joint Seminar on Particle Image Velocimetry
• /
• pp.65-74
• /
• 2004

Measurement of concentration distributions of suspended particles in a micro-channel is out of the most crucial necessities in the area of Lab-on-a-chip to be used for various bio-chemical applications. One most feasible way to measure the concentration field in the micro-channel is using micro-LIF(Laser Induced Fluorescence) method. However, an accurate concentration field at a given cross plane in a micro-channel has not been successfully achieved so far due to various limitations in the light illumination and fluorescence signal detection. The present study demonstrates a novel method to provide an ultra thin laser sheet beam having five(5) microns thickness by use of a micro focus laser line generator. The laser sheet beam illuminates an exact plane of concentration measurement field to increase the signal to noise ratio and considerably reduce the depth uncertainty. Nile Blue A was used as fluorescent dye for the present LIF measurement. The enhancement of the fluorescent intensity signals was performed by a solvent mixture of water $(95\%)$ and ethanol (EtOH)/methanol (MeOH) $(5\%)$ mixture. To reduce the rms errors resulted from the CCD electronic noise and other sources, an expansion of grid size was attempted from $1\times1\;to\;3\times3\;or\;5\times5$ pixel data windows and the pertinent signal-to-noise level has been noticeably increased accordingly.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
• /
• 제46권1호
• /
• pp.98-106
• /
• 2009

본 논문에서는 ultra mobile PC (UMPC) 및 휴대용 기기 시스템 같이 고속으로 동작하며 고해상도 저전력 및 소면적을 동시에 요구하는 16M-color low temperature Poly silicon (LTPS) thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) 응용을 위한 1:12 MUX 기반의 1280-RGB $\times$ 800-Dot 70.78mW 0.13um CMOS LCD driver IC (LDI) 를 제안한다. 제안하는 LDI는 저항 열 구조를 사용하여 고해상도에서 전력 소모 및 면적을 최적화하였으며 column driver는 LDI 전체 면적을 최소화하기 위해 하나의 column driver가 12개의 채널을 구동하는 1:12 MUX 구조로 설계하였다. 또한 신호전압이 rail-to-rail로 동작하는 조건에서 높은 전압 이득과 낮은 소비전력을 얻기 위해 class-AB 증폭기 구조를 사용하였으며 고화질을 구현하기 위해 오프 셋과 출력편차의 영향을 최소화하였다 한편, 최소한의 MOS 트랜지스터 소자로 구현된 온도 및 전원전압에 독립적인 기준 전류 발생기를 제안하였으며, 저전력 설계를 위하여 차세대 시제품 칩의 source driver에 적용 가능한 새로운 구조의 slew enhancement기법을 추가적으로 제안하였다. 제안하는 시제품 LDI는 0.13um CMOS 공정으로 제작되었으며, 측정된 source driver 출력 정착 시간은 high에서 low 및 low에서 high 각각 1.016us, 1.072us의 수준을 보이며, source driver출력 전압 편차는 최대 11mV를 보인다. 시제품 LDI의 칩 면적은 $12,203um{\times}1500um$이며 전력 소모는 1.5V/5.5V 전원 저압에서 70.78mW이다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국진공학회 2009년도 제38회 동계학술대회 초록집
• /
• pp.141-141
• /
• 2010

The effect of thermal anneal on the characteristics of structural properties and the enhancement of luminescence and photovoltaic (PV) characteristics of silicon-rich silicon-nitride films were investigated. By using an ultra high vacuum ion beam sputtering deposition, B-doped silicon-rich silicon-nitride (SRSN) thin films, with excess silicon content of 15 at. %, on P-doped (n-type) Si substrate was fabricated, sputtering a highly B doped Si wafer with a BN chip by N plasma. In order to examine the influence of thermal anneal, films were then annealed at different temperature up to $1100^{\circ}C$ under $N_2$ environment. Raman, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray photoemission spectroscopy did not show any reliable evidence of amorphous or crystalline Si clusters allowing us concluding that nearly no Si nano-cluster could be formed through the precipitation of excess Si from SRSN matrix during thermal anneal. Instead, results of Fourier transform infrared and X-ray photoemission spectroscopy clearly indicated that defective, amorphous Si-N matrix of films was changed to be well-ordered thanks to high temperature anneal. The measurement of spectral ellipsometry in UV-visible range was carried out and we found that the optical absorption edge of film was shifted to higher energy as the anneal temperature increased as the results of thermal anneal induced formation of $Si_3N_4$-like matrix. These are consistent with the observation that higher visible photoluminescence, which is likely due to the presence of Si-N bonds, from anneals at higher temperature. Based on these films, PV cells were fabricated by the formation of front/back metal electrodes. For all cells, typical I-V characteristic of p-n diode junction was observed. We also tried to measure PV properties using a solar-simulator and confirmed successful operation of PV devices. Carrier transport mechanism depending on anneal temperature and the implication of PV cells based on SRSN films were also discussed.