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

Electrical Characterization

Material Characterization

Stress-Reliability Characterization

Thermal Characterization

Chemical Lab Characterization



Characterization Labs
 
 
Since 1995, the ASE characterization labs have incorporated sophisticated instruments to provide both 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

Thermal Lab

Stress-Reliability Lab

Chemical Lab



 
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Characterization Services
 
Electrical Characterization
 

The ASE Electrical Laboratory is dedicated to providing 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 compromising product quality. The characterization services include:

Property Characterization
• Tg (glass-transition temperature)
• CTE (coefficient of thermal expansion)
• Curing kinetics
• Modulus
• Gel point
• Filler content
• Weight loss
• Curing degree
• Viscosity and thixotropic index
• Organic functional group
• Mixture composition
• Surface roughness
• Surface chemical composition
• Nanoindentation
• Solder joint shape measurement
• Water angle

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
• Leadframe: Contamination / Moisture uptake
• Underfill: Delamination / Viod
• Electromigration Test

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Stress-Reliability Characterization
 

Stress and reliability characterization is used to analyze stress issues and package reliability by numerical simulation and measurement. The analysis includes root cause investigation into packaging failure such as die crack, delamination, and optimal design for low stress and high reliability. Characterization also provides component and system-level stress analyses to predict the fatigue life of solder joints, like temperature-cycling-test (TCT), drop test, 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 mechanical 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 cycling test
Cyclic bend test
Drop / shock test
Failure analysis
Solder joint reliability (fatigue) prediction
Wire-bonding process dynamic simulation
Vibration Test
Ball Impact Test

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Thermal Characterization
 

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

Thermal Parameters
θJA (junction-to-ambient)
θJC (junction-to-case)
θJB (junction-to-board)
ΨJT (junction-to-top)
Thermal optimal design for packages
External heat sink effect evaluations
Hot spot impact predictions
Compact Thermal Models (CTMs) offering
Transient analyses for power pulse impacts
Simulations for burn-in/HTOL tests
Assessments for impact of temperature-dependent leakage power

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Chemical Lab Characterization
 

Green Product Analysis
Analyze 20 controlled substances in green products. Offer prompt and accurate service to customers.

Bumping and Substrate Plating Solution Analysis
Analyze production-in-process plating solution and in-coming chemicals.

Establishing QC System for Bumping and Substrate
Combine chemical analysis and SPC to obtain material/ process optimization to reduce production cost and promote product quality.

Green Products Analysis
• Cr+6 (Hexavalent – Chromium)
• Pb (Lead) / Cd (Cadmium) / Hg (Mecury)
• Sb oxide F.R.
• Mirex (Perchlordecone)
• Azo compound
• Formaldehyde
• Organic tin compounds (Tributyl tin compound /Triphenyl tin compound /TBTO)
• PBB (Poly brominated biphenyls )
• PBDE (Poly brominated diphenyiethers )
• TBBPA-A-bis (Tetrabromobisphenol- A bis- (2,3-dibromopropylether)
• PCB (Polychlorinated biphenyls)
• PCN (Polychlorinated naphthalenes)
• CP (Short-Chain chlorinated paraffins)
• PCT (Polychlorinated terphenyls)
• Red Phosphorus
• Halogenated F.R. (F, Cl, Br, I)
• Asbestos
• PVC (Polyvinyl chloride)

Bumping / Substrate (Process Control) Analysis
Heavy metal / Purity / Impurity / contain

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Characterization Labs
 
Electrical Lab
 
Ansoft 2D Extractor
Ansoft Q3D Extractor
Ansoft TPA
Ansoft HFSS
Ansoft SIwave
Cadence APSI
Agilent ADS
TDA IConnect system
Sigrity Speed2000
Sigrity PowerSI/Broadband spice
Agilent 8722ES VNA
Agilent 8364B PNA
Agilent 4291B RF Impedance Analyzer
Tektronix TDS8000 DSO
Agilent 70843C Pattern Generator
Agilent 83752A Synthesized Sweeper
Gigatest GTL-4040 Probing Station
Double Sided Probing Station
High frequency Cables and Probes
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Material Lab
 
AES (Auger Electron Spectroscopy)
ESCA (Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis)
AFM (Atomic Force Microscopy)
APA (Advanced Polymer)
DMA (Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer)
FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer)
TGA (Thermal Gravimetric Analyzer)
TMA (Thermal-mechanical Analyzer)
Viscometer
Contact Angle Analyzer
Nanoindenter
SMT Microscope
SEM
FE-SEM / EBSD / WDS
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Thermal Lab
 
Wind Tunnel
Enclosure box
Theta jc measurement fixture
Theta jb measurement fixture
DAS (Data Acquisition System)
Calibration System
Hot disk
ANSYS
FLOTHERM
IcePak
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Stress-Reliability Lab
 
Micro-force Tester
Shadow Moiré
High speed shear tester
UTM (Universal Testing Machine)
Low/High Power Optical Microscope
Temperature Cyclic Chamber
Drop/ Shock tester
Vibration Shaker
ANSYS
ANSYS-DYNA
Surface Evolver
Mold Flow
JEDEC Drop Tower
Vibration Tester
Ball Impact Tester
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Chemical Lab
 
UV-Vis (Ultraviolet Visible Absorption Spectroscopy)
ICP-OES (Inductively Coupled Plasma)
GC-MS/FID (Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometer)
GC/FPD (Gas Chromatography)
GC/MS (Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometer)
GCMSD+ECD (Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometer)
GCMSD+PY (Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometer)
IC (Ion Chromatography)
FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer)
XRF (Fluorescent X-ray Analyzer)
Microwave
TOC (Total Organic Carbon)
CVS (Cyclic Voltammetric Stripping)
Auto titration
EA (Elemental analysers)
Karl fisher
Particle particle counter