Transient thermal behaviour of a board-mounted 160-lead plastic quad flat pack

J. Lohan, M. Davies

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Abstract

Severe transient thermal effects are induced in electronic components during assembly, reliability testing and operation. Although component reliability is a strong function of temperature, there is no absolute relationship to describe its dependency on the environmental conditions imposed by these processes. In this paper, the thermal response of a board-mounted 160-lead Plastic Quad Flat Pack to typical reliability test environments was investigated experimentally. The steady state thermal performance of the component in forced convection, and its unsteady response to air temperature cycling, power cycling and a combination of these were evaluated. The effects of various test cycle configurations, consisting of different air temperature ramp rates, dwell times, power level and air velocity, on the component response are clearly shown.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationConcurrent Engineering and Thermal Phenomena
PublisherPubl by IEEE
Pages108-116
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)0780313739, 9780780313736
Publication statusPublished - 1994
EventProceedings of the Intersociety Conference on Thermal Phenomena in Electronic Systems - Washington, DC, USA
Duration: 4 May 19947 May 1994

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Intersociety Conference on Thermal Phenomena in Electronic Systems

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the Intersociety Conference on Thermal Phenomena in Electronic Systems
CityWashington, DC, USA
Period4/05/947/05/94

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