STOCHASTIC FINITE ELEMENT THERMAL ANALYSIS OF A BALL GRID ARRAY PACKAGE

Author

Rahul Upreti

Graduation Semester and Year

2018

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Department

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

First Advisor

Brian Dennis

Abstract

This study provides an insight into the factors which have a major impact on the probability of failure of a Ball Grid Array package. A stochastic finite element analysis was done on the package using First-order reliability method (FORM). The effects of uncertainty in material thermal conductivities, heat source, heat transfer coefficient and ambient temperature were studied. The average temperature at the die-junction interface was selected as failure criterion because the excess temperature at the junction is often a cause of failure. The performance of Finite Difference Method(FDM) and Semi-Analytic Complex Variable Method(SACVM) in computing sensitivities are compared. Results show that for some parameters, the probability of failure is more sensitive to uncertainties than other parameters, which provides crucial information to select the manufacturing tolerance of material properties and tolerance for parameters which are controlled experimentally. For sensitive parameters, a tighter manufacturing tolerance will decrease the randomness and ultimately increase the reliability. The parameters for which probability of failure show low sensitivity with respect to uncertainties, large tolerance for manufacturing could be selected which will drop down the cost.

Keywords

Uncertainty analysis, First order reliability method, Stochastic finite element analysis, BGA package

Disciplines

Aerospace Engineering | Engineering | Mechanical Engineering

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

Comments

Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington

Recommended Citation

Upreti, Rahul, "STOCHASTIC FINITE ELEMENT THERMAL ANALYSIS OF A BALL GRID ARRAY PACKAGE" (2018). Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses. 688.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/mechaerospace_theses/688