Moisture ingression in plastic packages generally occurs through delaminated interfaces between different materials. So the adhesion strength between molding compound and substrate is crucial to the plastic package reliability. In the present work, a sample preparation device was designed for molding compound adhesion test. A series of experiments has been done with this device. The results showed that the data obtained with this device was stable. The data fluctuation was relatively small. The sample preparation device was effective in molding compound adhesion test.
IntroductionStarting with the transistor, the package has functioned as both a carrier and as an enclosure. As a carrier it allows the device's functionality to be fully accessed and to be assembled and electrically interconnected to other devices. As an enclosure it provides protection from physical damage and a supportive and controlled operating environment for the device [1].According to the needs of the IC, the package has undergone many changes. Nowadays, plastic package occupies a major share of the market mainly due to the low cost and high efficiency. Epoxy molding compounds (EMCs) are the leading packaging material in plastic packages. Delamination between EMC and leadframe often causes popcoming due to the moisture absorption of EMC, resulting in the cracking of the whole package [2][3]. So delamination is the main factor reducing plastic package reliability. And the adhesion strength between EMC and leadframe is the crucial issue.A lot of efforts were made to evaluate the adhesion strength between molding compound and substrate. There are many types of molding compound adhesion test. These include the 90 0 or 180 0 peel test, leadframe pull-out test, double-lap shear test, button shear test, sandwich doublecantilever-beam test and three-point-bend test with an end pre-crack. Among these experimental methods, the leadframe pull-out test and button shear test are the most popular methods.For these two kinds of adhesion tests, there were no standard parameters of sample. And there were no unified device to prepare the sample. In the present work, a sample preparation device for button shear test was designed to simplify the sample preparation. This device could make the molding compound adhesion test easier.