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SEMI Penang 2013 Presentation on One Step Chip Attach (OSCA)
1. Developments in One Step Chip Attach (OSCA) for
Thermo-compression Bonded Advanced Packaging!
1Kester
2Kester,
Singapore
United States
20th November 2013
Penang
Malaysia
Christopher Breach1 PhD!
Dan Duffy2 PhD!
Dave Eichstadt2!
Adrian Hawkins2 PhD
2. Agenda!
1. Overview!
2. Challenges with Assembly of Microbumped ICs!
3. One Step Chip Attach (OSCA) Solutions
for Micro-Bumped Arrays!
4. Properties of Uncured OSCA-T Materials!
5. Properties of Cured OSCA-T Materials!
6. OSCA-T with Solder Bumps!
7. Summary!
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3. Wire bonded interconnects have
evolved somewhat!
Wire bonded interconnect remains an
important assembly option !
Technically limited mainly by the ‘external’ nature of the long
interconnection path and use only of die peripheries
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4. Flip chip assembly has grown!
And growth is expected to continue
For LF solder and particularly for copper pillar bumps
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5. 3D IC Integration is the leading
edge application driving flip chip!
The ‘internal’ interconnections through silicon bring obvious
benefits and technical (manufacturing) challenges!
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6. And 2.5D is what is generally
practical at the moment!
Interposers permit the use of ‘internal’ or ‘thru’ connections
without the headache of digging holes in active circuits!
Passive and active interposers can be used!
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7. Cu pillar grows and LF solder
bumped flip chip remains important !
Not everything needs to be 3D
packaging or 3D IC integration!
These are simply more options for
package designers as and when needed!
Single IC flip chip packaging (Cu pillar,
LF solder bumps) is also important!
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8. These are the various bump types
and typical pitches!
Illustration from Sami Vaehaenen: ‘Emerging fine-pitch bump bonding techniques’, LCD-WG4 Vertex detector technology
meeting, 3-September-2010.
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9. Bump pitch limits the assembly
method!
200
180
Reflow
2D IC
2D Limit
2.5D IC
3D IC
Bump Pitch (microns)
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
Thermocompression
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2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
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10. Agenda!
1. Overview!
2. Challenges with Assembly of Microbumped ICs!
3. One Step Chip Attach (OSCA) Solutions
for Micro-Bumped Arrays!
4. Properties of Uncured OSCA-T Materials!
5. Properties of Cured OSCA-T Materials!
6. OSCA-T with Solder Bumps!
7. Summary!
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12. Solder micro-bumps cannot be
easily reflowed & underfilled!
Collapse of micro-bumps during reflow can result in bump
fusing
Reflow
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13. High microbump density
impedes capillary flow!
High bump density slows
capillary flow with solder and Cu
pillar bumps
Very narrow channels
encourage voids
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14. Agenda!
1. Overview!
2. Challenges with Assembly of Microbumped ICs!
3. One Step Chip Attach (OSCA) Solutions
for Micro-Bumped Arrays!
4. Properties of Uncured OSCA-T Materials!
5. Properties of Cured OSCA-T Materials!
6. OSCA-T with Solder Bumps!
7. Summary!
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15. The OSCA Process !
The number of steps required to underfill can be reduced!
Conventional capillary flow process
OSCA process
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16. OSCA materials flow less
than capillary flow underfills!
OSCA underfills undergo
squeeze flow
Squeeze flow is fluid flow
between rigid surfaces
The presence of bumps
modifies the flow front
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17. TCB can also be used for
stacked devices!
Conventional
TCB
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18. OSCA materials provide a
‘tunable’ resistance to solder flow!
The rheology of the OSCA underfill limits micro-bump
impingement
While the fluxing action enables intermetallic formation
Rheology and flux activity are controlled by chemistry
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19. Process profiles depend on
specific assemblies !
Cycle time is a concern
with TCB processes
Shorter profiles mean
better cycle time
Longer profiles may
prove better for yield
*S. Katsurayama & H. Tohmyoh. Effect of thermomechanical properties of no-flow underfill materials on interconnect
reliability. IEEE Trans. Comp. Pkgg. & Manfg. Tech. 3 370 (2013)
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20. Agenda!
1. Overview!
2. Challenges with Assembly of Microbumped ICs!
3. One Step Chip Attach (OSCA) Solutions
for Micro-Bumped Arrays!
4. Properties of Uncured OSCA-T Materials!
5. Properties of Cured OSCA-T Materials!
6. OSCA-T with Solder Bumps!
7. Summary!
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21. OSCA materials are most
commonly thermosets!
There is a wide range of thermosetting
polymers, hardeners, catalysts and modifiers
The most common are epoxies and epoxy
variants
There are many possible formulations:
Epoxy-epoxy blends
Epoxy-novolac blends
Epoxy-thermoplastic blends
And a multitude of catalysts and additives
that control adhesion, flow etc…
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22. Epoxy fluxes require careful
chemical design!
Filled/Unfilled Systems
Epoxy Flux
Initiator
SubsystemA1
Hardener
Subsystem 2
Epoxy
Monomers
Additives
Subsystem 3
Activator
Subsystem 4
A
A
B
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C
B
C
Process Time
B
C
23. Customizing or ‘tuning’ material
properties!
2-D packages may often use ‘standard’
formulations!
Increasing package complexity results in complex
processes!
There is not a ‘one material fits all’ with OSCA!
OSCA materials may need to be designed around
packages & processes!
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24. Viscosity & Temperature!
Temperature dependence of viscosity helps select dispensing tool and
substrate temperatures to optimize flow and substrate wet out
Complex
Viscosity
(
Pa-‐s)
100
10
1
0.1
0
25
50
75
100
Temperature
(
oC
)
125
150
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25. Viscosity & Filler Loading!
Rheology, onset of shear thickening depends on filler content of material
Complex
Viscosity
(Pa-‐s)
1000
100
10
0
50
100
150
Strain
Amplitude
(
%)
at
1
Hz
200
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26. Cure Kinetics!
Curing must not interfere with
the fluxing action
Cure kinetics is important for
profile design
The extent of reaction α is
given by
dα
= K (T ) f (α )
dT
⎛ −E ⎞
K (T ) = A exp ⎜ a ⎟
⎝ RT ⎠
This is one of many models: it
assumes an α independent A, Ea
Kissinger Method
⎛ AR ⎞ Eα
⎛ β ⎞
ln ⎜ 2 ⎟ = ln ⎜
−
⎝ TP ⎠
⎝ Eα ⎟ RTP
⎠
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27. Rheology & Curing!
Isothermal viscosity measurements allow process staging time and
temperature selection
100
160
120
10
100
110
C
130
C
150
C
80
60
1
Temperature
(
oC
)
Complex
Viscosity
(
Pa-‐s
)
140
40
20
0.1
0
2160
1920
1680
1440
1200
960
720
480
240
0
Time
(
sec
)
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28. Agenda!
1. Overview!
2. Challenges with Assembly of Microbumped ICs!
3. One Step Chip Attach (OSCA) Solutions
for Micro-Bumped Arrays!
4. Properties of Uncured OSCA-T Materials!
5. Properties of Cured OSCA-T Materials!
6. OSCA-T with Solder Bumps!
7. Summary!
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29. OSCA materials can be filled or
unfilled!
Filler content is physically limited to <70%
Connected!
Connected!
Not Connected!
Kawamoto et al. The Effect of Filler on the Solder Connection for No Flow Underfill. Proceedings of ECTC 2006 p479!
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30. CTE reduces with filler content!
Novel chemistry can improve the
toughness of unfilled OSCA!
Intrinsic toughening by ‘tailor made’
epoxy blends and curing agents
Optimum formulations obtained by
statistically designed experiments
1.2 micron fumed silica filler
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32. Agenda!
1. Overview!
2. Challenges with Assembly of Microbumped ICs!
3. One Step Chip Attach (OSCA) Solutions
for Micro-Bumped Arrays!
4. Properties of Uncured OSCA-T Materials!
5. Properties of Cured OSCA-T Materials!
6. OSCA-T with Solder Bumps!
7. Summary!
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33. Solder bumped IC
thermocompression bonding!
Adequate results have been attained with thermocompression
bonding of solder bumps!
CSAM images: 1268 solder bumps/250 µm pitch, 10mm x 10mm chip*
*L. R. Bao, I, Sawicki, A. Y. Xiao, B. Marr, O. M. Musa, Z. Liu, P. Tan & R. Wang. No Low Underfill with Novel Fluxes Proc. ECTC p.474 (2006)
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34. Thermocompression bonding
with high bump density!
The thermocompression bonding process can yield excellent results with high bump
counts!
Kester chip: ~12,000 solder bumps/140µm pitch, 10mm x 10mm chip, 50µm Ø, 50µm high
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35. Process optimization is crucial!
Successful bonding depends
on materials and process
optimization
Materials chemistry and
process design go hand-inhand
Poor process design can
cause excessive voiding
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36. Agenda!
1. Overview!
2. Challenges with Assembly of Microbumped ICs!
3. One Step Chip Attach (OSCA) Solutions
for Micro-Bumped Arrays!
4. Properties of Uncured OSCA-T Materials!
5. Properties of Cured OSCA-T Materials!
6. OSCA-T with Solder Bumps!
7. Summary!
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37. Summary!
OSCA underfills are available for conventional package
assembly now as ‘standar’ materials!
With more advanced (challenging) assemblies interactions
between materials chemistry and process are important!
OSCA underfills can be designed to meet the specific needs
of advanced packaging!
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38. Thank you!!
For further information contact!
Christopher Breach!
cbreach@kester.com.sg !
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