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Reducing Head in Pillow Defects
1. ï»żan Alent plc Company
Reducing Head in Pillow
Defects
September 2009
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Introduction
âą Potential sources of Head in Pillow Defects
âą What is the mechanism of failure
âą Evaluation of Package Warpage
â Measurement
â Industry Standards
âą How Can Solder Paste Reduce HIP Defects?
â Print Volume
â Wetting Force/Speed
â Paste Activation Level
âą Future Experiments
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What is Head in Pillow?
Board Side
Component Side
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Difficult Problem
ïŒ In circuit testing may not detect the HIP defect
ïŒ Z Direction X-Ray may not detect the HIP defect
ïŒ Devices that are exposed to Drop Shock or Thermal Cycling in
field unfortunately Will over time experience this defect
Head in Pillow =
Where the solder joint
and the sphere are
touching but no
intermetallic layer is
formed
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Head in Pillow Defect C&E
Overview
ï·Warpage of
substrate
ï·Inconsistent
bump size
ï·Insufficient solder
paste volume
ï·Printing misalignment
ï·Inaccurate XY
placement
ï·Insufficient
placement force
ï·inadequate reflow
profile that results in
component & PCB
warpage
ï·Lifting of BGA bumps
due to wetting force
ï·Excessive Peak
Temperature
ï·Too much TAL
Opportunities of defects from the different stages of a SMT process
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Head in Pillow Defect Mechanism
âąBGA Oxidizes
âąFlux Activity Being
consumed
âąFlux Becomes Liquid
âąBGA Oxidizes
âąFlux Activity Being
Used
âąOxidized Sphere
rejoins the Paste
deposit with Limited
Activity
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Jeita Maximum Warpage Standards
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How Can Solder Paste be
Engineered to Reduce HIP?
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Alpha Response
Solder Paste thatâŠ
ïproduces higher and more consistent volume
deposition
ïhas a greater resistance to longer soak profiles
ïhas faster wetting speed
âą Gage R&R testing for determining in-house Head
on Pillow defects to confirm solder paste
effectiveness
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Preventing Defect with Paste
Print Height
Probable Defect
Defect
Prevented
70” Deposit
100” Deposit
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Wetting Force
âą Test Method
â Malcom Wetting
Balance Test
âą Equipment
â Malcom SWB-2
âą Test Procedure
â See Malcom SWB-2
Operating Manual
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Wetting Force
Average
-12.00
-10.00
-8.00
-6.00
-4.00
-2.00
0.00
2.00
4.00
6.00
0 2 4 6 8
Wetting time , Sec
WettingForce,mN
Average
-12.00
-10.00
-8.00
-6.00
-4.00
-2.00
0.00
2.00
4.00
0 2 4 6 8
Wetting time , Sec
WettingForce,mN
Grizzly BearStandard Paste
Goal: Increased Wetting Force and Speed
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Head in Pillow
Test Method
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Creating HIP Defects
The Occurrence of the HIP defects average 200 ppm based on customer
feedback
Issue: How do we create a test method that creates higher DPMO
(Defects per million opportunities) so we can test for it?
Good Joint
HIP Joint
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Manage Reflow and Warpage
Time, Temperature, Z-Axis Location
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HIP Test Equipment
âą Test Vehicle (TV)
âą BGA338 Dummy component
âą BGA rework station
âą Fabricated TV holder and fixture for holding the
dummy BGA with vacuum.
âą Thermocouple data acquisition
âą Solenoid Valve
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HIP Experimental Set-Up
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HIP Experimental Set-Up
1. The BGA component is held a few mm above
the test vehicle by applying vacuum to the cup.
2. The BGA is then dropped on to the test vehicle
by releasing vacuum.
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Reflow Profile Indicator
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Drop Component at Precise Time
During Reflow
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Experimental Results
âą Test Highly Activated Paste vs. Very Low
Activity Paste and Measure HIP DPMO.
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Head in Pillow Resistant Paste
Good reflow at corner pads
Only one HIP Defect was
Observed after prying the BGA
from Test Vehicle
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Less Activated Paste
After prying BGA from TV
Obvious HIP joint in the
center of the BGA block!
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Initial results suggests that flux
chemistry does affect HIP
More Active Paste Less Active Paste
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Future Work ZhuoMao BGA Rework -- HIP A reflow profile
0
50
100
150
200
250
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
Time sec
Temperature°C
lower left corner
upper right corner
lower BGA row
center BGA block
217°C
TC positions
Under the BGA
Reflow Profile vs. Head in Pillow Defect Rate
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Summary
ïŒ Component Size/Warpage Can Affect HIP
Defect Rate
ïŒ Key attributes for Solder Paste to reduce HIP
DPMOâs
ïTaller, More Consistent Paste Deposits
ïFaster, Stronger Wetting Force
ïEnhanced paste flux Activity and Activity
Duration
ïHigh Gage R&R HIP Test to Confirm Paste
Properties
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For more information click the
link below:
Alpha Products
Hinweis der Redaktion
The goal of this discussion is to look at the effects of alloy, reflow peak temperature and flux chemistry and itâs affect on voiding
Baseline facts:
Reflow profile is known to have a affect on voiding
Now we have a better understanding of why
More and more packages are now being made with low Ag alloy spheres
SAC305 is still the predominant alloy in paste
Lower silver alloys exhibit better drop shock resistance vs. higher silver alloys
This study is looking at voiding as a function of alloy composition and what affect peak temperature can have on the chemistry
Baseline facts:
Reflow profile is known to have a affect on voiding
Now we have a better understanding of why
More and more packages are now being made with low Ag alloy spheres
SAC305 is still the predominant alloy in paste
Lower silver alloys exhibit better drop shock resistance vs. higher silver alloys
This study is looking at voiding as a function of alloy composition and what affect peak temperature can have on the chemistry
Lets start off with looking at the affect the profile can have on voiding by focusing in on peak temperature
We know from experience thatâŠ.
With the same profile and different solder paste materials, IE different flux formulations with the same alloy show different voiding performance
Also With the same flux and alloy formulation we can see variations in voiding based on profile
Typically lower peak temperatures show better yields with regards to voiding when compared to higher peak temperature profiles
This is the key.
Looking at a very common activator used in many of the Alpha OM series pastes, you can see that at 241.7C there is a spike where activator reacts with the copper and creates an exothermic reaction which creates a vapor which may become entrapped in the alloy causing voiding
Green line = the activator
Blue line = weight of available flux at different temperatures still available
Red Line = slope of the green line
Thus keeping the peak profile under this exothermic reaction temperature will avoid any voids that would be created due to it.
CVP-380
Here we see that using the same alloy and a paste using activator #1 and one using activator #2 with all other conditions being the same, you can see that the material with activator #2 had fewer voids when the reflow peak temperature is held at 240C
This shows that given the same process conditions and boards, that this exothermic phenomenon does have an influence on the voiding.
Here we are using the same flux and alloy with only changing the peak temperature from 230C to 240C and the voids with the profile with the 230C peak profile had fewer voids and was Class III vs. the higher peak temperature of 240C created Class II voids
In this example we see that a straight ramp at 229C vs. a soak profile at 245C vs. a straight ramp at 240C
The results are that the profile with the straight ramp at the lower peak temperature had the best overall results.
Longer soak can reduce voiding, but this shows that peak temperature has a bigger effect on voiding than soak versus straight ramp profiles.
Now lets look at the affect of mixing alloys between the sphere and the paste and see what affect this has???
BGA spheres are usually attached to packages using flux only. BGA/CSP packages are attached to PCBâ using solder paste.
This represents the design of experiment used. Three different paste alloys were used to solder 3 different sphere alloys. Two reflow profiles were used for each of the 9 alloy combinations?
The test vehicle is a 256 IO BGA
PUT Procedure Specifies board, component and x-ray machine
Each test vehicle contains 2 BGA-256
Here is the low soak profile used
Here is the high soak profile used
SACX Paste
Red Solid Shot soak SACX Sphere
Blue SolidShort soak SAC105 Sphere
Green SolidShort soak SAC305 Sphere
Red Dotted Long soak SACX Sphere
Blue DottedLong soak SAC105 Sphere
Green Dotted Long soak SAC305 Sphere
Notice how the Red or SACX sphere with the SACX paste in both the long and short profile had the best overall results
That the number of defects is also lower compared to the other alloys
The Green or SAC305 showed the highest instance of voiding and that the low soak profile did worse then the high soak profile
We believe that this is likely due to the largest difference in liquidus is the SACX 0307 and SAC 305
SAC105 paste
Red Solid Shot soak SACX Sphere
Blue SolidShort soak SAC105 Sphere
Green SolidShort soak SAC305 Sphere
Red Dotted Long soak SACX Sphere
Blue DottedLong soak SAC105 Sphere
Green Dotted Long soak SAC305 Sphere
Again here we see that the SAC 105 and SACX paste which are closer in alloy composition to the SAC 105 paste then with the SAC 305 sphere.
However we also see a shift to the left or a higher number of larger voids compared to the SACX
SAC 305 paste
Red Solid Shot soak SACX Sphere
Blue SolidShort soak SAC105 Sphere
Green SolidShort soak SAC305 Sphere
Red Dotted Long soak SACX Sphere
Blue DottedLong soak SAC105 Sphere
Green Dotted Long soak SAC305 Sphere
Using the SAC305 paste, the number of voids comes together amongst the three alloys however the size overall is a little bigger.
Also that the SACX sphere with the SAC305 paste did worse vs. the other combinations, as expected
So looking at scoring this, the best results are to the left side of the grid. IE if the majority of the voids are
Scoring:
<3% voids10
3-5% voids 5
5-7% voids 1
>7% voids 0
Red Solid Shot soak SACX Sphere
Blue SolidShort soak SAC105 Sphere
Green SolidShort soak SAC305 Sphere
Red Dotted Long soak SACX Sphere
Blue DottedLong soak SAC105 Sphere
Green Dotted Long soak SAC305 Sphere
So with the SAC105 paste, the SAC 305 spheres showed the worst voiding
That the closer the alloys match between the sphere and the paste, the fewer large voids tend to be produced
That peak reflow temperature can have an affect on voiding. We believe this is dependant on the temperature at which material in the flux has an exothermic reaction with copper.
That solder paste formulation can have a strong influence on voiding.