TY - JOUR
T1 - Thermo-mechanical stresses and mechanical reliability of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC)
AU - Park, Jin Woo
AU - Chae, Jeong Hoon
AU - Park, Il Hyun
AU - Youn, Hyuk Joon
AU - Moon, Yang Ho
PY - 2007/7
Y1 - 2007/7
N2 - In this work, the effects of design parameters on the mechanical reliability of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) are evaluated by a board flex test. Using the finite element method (FEM), thermo-mechanical stresses that accumulated in the ceramic of MLCC during termination firing, soldering, and board flex test are determined by varying design parameters. The calculation results revealed that the sizes of Cu terminations are the parameters that affect the stress the most. The degree of sensitivity of the stress to the dominant parameters depends significantly on the thickness ratio of the MLCC to the board. Based on our investigation, better design rules are proposed and verified experimentally.
AB - In this work, the effects of design parameters on the mechanical reliability of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) are evaluated by a board flex test. Using the finite element method (FEM), thermo-mechanical stresses that accumulated in the ceramic of MLCC during termination firing, soldering, and board flex test are determined by varying design parameters. The calculation results revealed that the sizes of Cu terminations are the parameters that affect the stress the most. The degree of sensitivity of the stress to the dominant parameters depends significantly on the thickness ratio of the MLCC to the board. Based on our investigation, better design rules are proposed and verified experimentally.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2007.01688.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2007.01688.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34547238440
VL - 90
SP - 2151
EP - 2158
JO - Journal of the American Ceramic Society
JF - Journal of the American Ceramic Society
SN - 0002-7820
IS - 7
ER -