Characterization Services
 
Characterization Services
 
The Complete Technical Service Provider
ASE provides superior technical analysis and consulting services to improve the developing process on IC packaging, and allow circuit designers the maximum flexibility in the designs.
 

Electrical Characterization

Material Characterization

Stress & Reliability Characterization

Thermal Characterization



Characterization Labs
 
Since 1995, the ASE characterization labs have incorporated sophisticated instruments to provide the physical and chemical evaluation on packaging related issues. The labs are involved in the electrical, material, stress & reliability, and thermal fields.
 

Electrical Lab

Material Lab

Stress & Reliability Lab

Thermal Lab



 
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Characterization Services
 
Electrical Characterization
 

ASE Electrical Laboratory is dedicated to provide IC package electrical characteristics design and analysis in terms of simulation and measurement techniques. ASE also works closely with customers to co-design custom IC packaging solutions. The characterization services include:

R.L.C for critical Traces
R.L.C for Min/Max Traces
IBIS Model
SPICE Model
Power Noise Analysis
Ground Noise Analysis
S-parameters Analysis
Impedance Analysis
Cross Talk Noise Analysis
Noise Isolation Analysis
Signal Integrity Analysis
Customized Design Service

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Material Characterization
 

ASE performs evaluation on material properties ( physical, chemical, surface and mechanical ) for new materials and optimization on material performance and process parameters for existing materials. This is done to improve reliability, reduce production cycle time and reduce manufacturing cost without trading off product quality. The characterization services include:

Property Characterization
Tg ( glass-transition temperature )
CTE (coefficient of thermal expansion )
Curing kinetics
Modulus
Gel point
Particle size distribution
Filler content
Weight loss
Curing degree
Viscosity and thixotropic index
Ionic content
Molecular weight distribution
Organic functional group
Mixture composition
Surface roughness
Surface chemical composition

Failure Mechanism Analysis
Encapsulant: Incomplete fill / Wire sweep / Warpage / Delamination / Void
Silver epoxy: Outgassing / Delamination / Void / Bleed
Substrates: Warpage / Contamination / Crack
Flux: Flux residue / Outgassing / Corrosion
Lead frame: Contamination / Moisture uptake
Under fill: Delamination / Void

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Stress & Reliability Characterization
 

The stress & reliability characterization is used to analyze the stress issues and package reliability by numerical simulation and measurement. The analysis also consists of root cause investigation into packaging failure ( like die crack, delamination) and optimal design for low stress and high reliability. The characterization also provides component and system-level stress analyses to predict the fatigue life of solder joints, like temperature-cycle-test (TCT), bending test, and other reliability tests. The characterization services include:

Thermal Stress Characterization
Warpage & component stress prediction
Warpage & component stress measurement
Packaging material selection & structure design
Material properties measurement and test
Package level reliability analysis
Die strength flexural test
Die pull test to evaluate UBM / Bump structural integrity

Process Simulation
Die-boding process dynamic simulation
Solder bump/ joint shape prediction

Board Level Reliability Test and Simulation
Temperature cyclic test
Bend cyclic test
Drop test
Failure analysis
Solder joint reliability ( fatigue ) prediction
Wire-bonding process dynamic simulation

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Thermal Characterization
 

As the size of a chip shrinks, the heat is concentrated smaller area and results in high heat flux density. In numerous and denser transistors gathering in a monolithic and the use of MCM are liable to decrease the power dissipation in IC packaging. Dissipating the heat effectively chip is a major challenge for engineers. ASE provides to conduct component- level and system-level thermal analyses. Both the simulation and measurement techniques are The characterization services include:

Thermal Parameters
JA ( junction-to-ambient )
JC ( junction-to-case)
JB ( junction-to-board )
JT ( junction-to-top )

Thermal Management
Thermal optimal design for packages
Thermal module design for system-level

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Characterization Labs
 
Electrical Lab
 
 
Agilent Vector Network Analyzer
Tektronix Digital Sampling Oscilloscope
Agilent Impedance Analyzer
Agilent Synthesized Sweeper
Agilent Pulse Generator
Ansoft Maxwell Spicelink
Ansoft HFSS
Avant! HSPICE
Agilent ADS 2002
Cadence SpecctraQuest
Viewlogic Quad
Ansoft TPA
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Material Lab
 
 
AES (Auger Electron Spectroscopy)
ESCA ( Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical
AFM ( Atomic Force Microscopy )
CR ( Capillary Rheometer)
APA ( Advanced Polymer Analyzer )
DMA ( Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer )
FTIR ( Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer
GC/MS (Gas Chromatography / Mass Spectrometer
GPC (Gel Permeation Chromatography )
IC ( Ion Chromatography)
Particle Size Distribution Analyzer
TGA ( Thermal Gravimetric Analyzer )
TMA (Thermal-mechanical Analyzer )
Viscometer
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Stress & Reliability Lab
 
 
Micro-force Tester
Moire Interferometry
Shadow Moiré
UTM ( Universal Testing Machine )
Grind & Polishing Machine
Low/ High Power Optical Microscope
SEM & EDX (Scanning Electronic Microscope & Emission Dispersive X-ray )
X-ray
Solder Reflow Oven
Temperature Cyclic Chamber
I-DEAS
ANSYS
ANSYS-DYNA
Surface Evolver
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Thermal Lab
 
 
Wind Tunnel
DAS ( Data Acquisition System)
ANSYS
FLOTHERM
Calibration System