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High Temperature Vibration Fatigue Life Prediction and High Strain Rate Material Characterization of Lead-Free Solders 

Limaye, Geeta (2013-01-03)
Current trends in the automotive industry warrant a variety of electronics for improved control, safety, efficiency and entertainment. Many of these electronic systems like engine control units, variable valve sensor, ...

In-situ Electronics Measurement Using X-ray Micro-Computed Tomography System and Data Driven Prognostic Health Management 

Wei, Junchao (2017-05-02)
In the 21st century, the electronics is everywhere and covers every aspect of human life. You can find it when watching TV, opening a laptop, or checking emails on a cell phone. Since 2015, 268 million PCs, 455 million ...

Initialization and Progression of Damage in Lead Free Electronics under Drop Impact 

Iyengar, Deepti (2008-12-15)
Electronics may be subjected to shock, vibration, and drop impact during shipping, handling, and normal usage. Measurement of transient dynamic deformation of the electronic assemblies during shock and vibration can yield ...

Interrogation of System State of Lead-Free Electronics Subjected to Mixed Sequential Steady-State and Cyclic Thermal Environments 

Vaidya, Rahul (2010-11-04)
Electronic assemblies deployed in harsh field environments may be exposed to single and multiple thermal environments during their service life. In real world setting it is often required to know during the service life ...

Investigations on Damage Mechanics and Life Prediction of Fine-Pitch Electronics in Harsh Envirorments 

Islam, Mohd (2005-08-15)
Increased use of sensors and controls in automotive applications has resulted in significant emphasis on the deployment of electronics directly mounted on the engine and transmission. Increased shock, vibration, and higher ...

Lead-Free Assembly and Reliability of Chip Scale Packages and 01005 Components 

Liu, Yueli (2006-05-15)
Chip Scale Packages (CSPs) are widely used in portable and hand-held electronic devices due to their small size and availability. Consumers expect portable products to survive being dropped repeatedly, and drop testing is ...

Life Prediction in Leadfree Solder Joint and PCB Metallization Under Shock and Vibration 

Angral, Arjun (2011-07-18)
In the age of portable communication devices, with electronics playing a vital role in all aspects of our daily lives, their reliability is of great concern to the industry. In the highly competitive portable electronics ...

Life Prediction Model of Electronics Subjected to Thermo-Mechanical Environments 

Mirza, Kazi (2016-12-20)
Microelectronic assemblies used in automotive, military and defense applications may be subjected to extreme high and extreme low temperature in addition to temperature cycling with intermittent prolonged period of storage. ...

Material Characterization of Leadfree SAC Solder Alloys at High Strain Rates with Finite Element Analysis 

Shantaram, Sandeep (2013-07-25)
The electronics may experience high strain rates under single, sequential and simultaneous exposure to thermo-mechanical and transient dynamics loads at various stages of their life-cycle i.e. manufacturing, transportation, ...

Material Factors Influencing Metallic Whisker Growth 

Rodekohr, Chad (2008-12-15)
Whiskering refers to the formation of slender, long, metallic filaments, much thinner than a human hair, that grow on a metallic thin film surface. They are readily observed for pure and alloyed zinc (Zn), silver (Ag), ...

Microstructure – Mechanical Property Relationships in Transient Liquid Phase Bonded Nickel-Based Superalloys and Iron-based ODS Alloys 

Aluru, Sreenivasa (2006-05-15)
The research work presented here discusses the microstructure-mechanical property relationships in wide gap transient liquid phase (TLP) bonds, between the single crystal nickel-base superalloy CMSX-4 and two polycrystalline ...

Modeling and Reliability Characterization of Area-Array Electronics Subjected to High-G Mechanical Shock Up To 50,000G and Finite Element Analysis of Package on Package (PoP) Components for Warpage During Reflow 

Patel, Kewal (2013-04-17)
Electronics in aerospace applications may be subjected to very high g-loads during normal operation. A novel micro-coil array interconnect has been studied for increased reliability during extended duration aerospace ...

Models for Thermo-Mechanical Reliability Trade-offs for Ball Grid Array and Flip Chip Packages in Extreme Environments 

Hariharan, Ganesh (2007-05-15)
In the current work, decision-support models for deployment of various ball grid array devices and flip chip electronics under various harsh thermal environments have been presented. The current work is targeted towards ...

Principal Component Regression Models for Thermo-Mechanical Reliability of Plastic Ball Grid Arrays on Cu-Core and No Cu-Core PCB Assemblies in Harsh Environments 

Shirgaokar, Aniket (2009-05-21)
In the current work, Goldmann constants and Norris-Landzberg acceleration factors have been developed for eutectic Tin Lead and Lead free solders (SAC 305) with the help of statistical tools including Principal Component ...

Prognostic Health Management for Mission and Safety Critical Electronics 

Lowe, Ryan (2012-07-17)
The increasing reliance on electrical systems to fulfill mission and safety critical applications has motivated the need for in situ monitoring of functioning electrical systems and a priori warnings of failure. In this ...

Prognostics and Health Management of Lead Free Electronics Subjected to Single Steady-State and Multiple Cyclic Thermal Environments 

More, Vikrant (2010-12-13)
Requirements for system availability for ultra-high reliability electronic systems such as implantable biological systems, avionics and space are driving the need for advanced heath monitoring techniques for early detection ...

Prognostics and Remaining Useful Life Estimation of Electronic Assemblies under Shock and Combined Temperature-Vibration Experiments 

Thomas, Tony (2022-05-04)  ETD File Embargoed
The electronics components experience different high-stress loading environments such as drop, shock, and vibration at various life-cycle stages, i.e., manufacturing, transportation, and deployment in the field. In this ...

Prognostics Health Management and Damage Relationships of Lead-Free Components in Thermal Cycling Harsh Environments 

Madhura Hande, Handattu (2008-05-15)
There has been a growing interest in the area of health monitoring of electronics in order to predict the failure and provide warnings. Existing Prognostics Health Management methodologies are very reactive in nature and ...

Reliability and Prognostics of Copper-Aluminum Wirebond System Subjected to Extreme Ambient and Operating Conditions 

Deshpande, Shantanu (2018-07-26)
Wire bonding is predominant first level interconnect used in semiconductor packaging industry. Gold (Au) is traditionally used for wirebonding since inception. Recent increase in the cost of Au has forced industry to seek ...

Reliability Assessment of Electronics Under Drop-Impact Using Cohesive Zone and XFEM Models 

Kulkarni, Mandar (2011-05-05)
The evolution of complexity in the handheld portable electronics accompanied with the miniaturization due to advancement in technology has contributed to their vulnerability under shock and drop conditions. Drop reliability ...