A simple and easy-to-use analytical (“mathematical”) predictive model has been developed for the assessment of the size of an inelastic zone, if any, in a ball-grid-array (BGA) assembly. The BGA material is considered linearly elastic at the strain level below the yield point and ideally plastic above the yield strain. The analysis is carried out under the major assumptions that, as far as the estimated size of an inelastic zone is concerned, (1) the inhomogeneous (“discrete”) BGA structure can be substituted by a homogeneous (continuous) bonding layer of the same thickness (height) and (2) only the longitudinal cross-section of the package-substrate assembly can be considered. The numerical example carried out for a 30 mm long surface-mount package and a thick lead-free solder indicated that, in the case of a high expansion PCB substrate, about 7.5% of the interface's size experienced inelastic strains, while no such strains could possibly occur in the case of a low expansion ceramic substrate. The suggested model can be used to check if the zone of inelastic strains exists in the design of interest and, if inelastic strains cannot be avoided, how large this zone is, before applying a Coffin-Manson-type of an equation (such as, say, Anand's model in the ANSYS software) with an objective to evaluate the BGA material lifetime.
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Predicted Size of an Inelastic Zone in a Ball-Grid-Array Assembly
E. Suhir,
Santa Cruz, CA 95060;
College Park, MD 20742;
1040 Vienna,
ERS Co.,
727 Alvina Court,
Los Altos, CA 94024
e-mail: suhire@aol.com
E. Suhir
University of California
,Santa Cruz, CA 95060;
University of Maryland
,College Park, MD 20742;
Technical University
,1040 Vienna,
Austria
;ERS Co.,
727 Alvina Court,
Los Altos, CA 94024
e-mail: suhire@aol.com
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B. Levrier
B. Levrier
IMS-Bordeaux,
33405 Talence,
University of Bordeaux
,33405 Talence,
France
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E. Suhir
University of California
,Santa Cruz, CA 95060;
University of Maryland
,College Park, MD 20742;
Technical University
,1040 Vienna,
Austria
;ERS Co.,
727 Alvina Court,
Los Altos, CA 94024
e-mail: suhire@aol.com
B. Levrier
IMS-Bordeaux,
33405 Talence,
University of Bordeaux
,33405 Talence,
France
Manuscript received January 19, 2012; final manuscript received August 20, 2012; accepted manuscript posted August 27, 2012; published online January 22, 2013. Assoc. Editor: Martin Ostoja-Starzewski.
J. Appl. Mech. Mar 2013, 80(2): 021007 (5 pages)
Published Online: January 22, 2013
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Received:
January 19, 2012
Revision Received:
August 20, 2012
Accepted:
August 27, 2012
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Suhir, E., Bechou, L., and Levrier, B. (January 22, 2013). "Predicted Size of an Inelastic Zone in a Ball-Grid-Array Assembly." ASME. J. Appl. Mech. March 2013; 80(2): 021007. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4007476
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