Title: Testing approach on dynamic fatigue property of PBGA assembly under determinate vibration excitation

Authors: Zixia Chen, Yang Ping, Liqiang Zhang, Liang Qi

Addresses: Laboratory of Advanced Design, Manufacturing and Reliability for MEMS/NEMS, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China. ' Laboratory of Materials and Micro-Structural Integrity, School of Mechanical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China. ' Laboratory of Materials and Micro-Structural Integrity, School of Mechanical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China. ' Laboratory of Materials and Micro-Structural Integrity, School of Mechanical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China

Abstract: To investigate the reliability property of Plastic Ball Grid Array (PBGA) under determinate vibration, a specified PBGA assembly that contains different structural and material parameters was designed. The fatigue property of PBGA assembly under determinate vibration was tested. Manson–Coffin empirically derived formula and rain-flow algorithm were utilised to achieve the fatigue life of solder joints. Some key parameters that can influence the property of the PBGA assembly were analysed in detail.

Keywords: determinate vibration; dynamic fatigue; PBGA assembly; vibration excitation; ball grid arrays; plastic BGAs; reliability; fatigue life; solder joints.

DOI: 10.1504/IJRS.2011.039302

International Journal of Reliability and Safety, 2011 Vol.5 No.2, pp.182 - 190

Published online: 31 Mar 2015 *

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