Micro-Mechanical Deformation Analysis of Surface Laminar Circuit in Organic Flip-Chip Package: An Experimental Study

Abstract

Thermo-mechanical deformations of microstructures in a surface laminar circuit (SLC) substrate are quantified by microscopic moiré interferometry. Two specimens are analyzed; a bare SLC substrate and a flip chip package assembly. The specimens are subjected to a uniform thermal loading of ΔT=−70°C and the microscopic displacement fields are documented at the identical region of interest. The nano-scale displacement sensitivity and the microscopic spatial resolution obtained from the experiments provide a faithful account of the complex deformation of the surface laminar layer and the embedded microstructures. The displacement fields are analyzed to produce the deformed configuration of the surface laminar layer and the strain distributions in the microstructures. The high modulus of underfill produces a strong coupling between the chip and the surface laminar layer, which produces a DNP-dependent shear deformation of the layer. The effect of the underfill on the deformation of the microstructures is investigated and its implications on the package reliability are discussed. [S1043-7398(00)01304-9]