[HTML][HTML] Mechanical Characterization of Sintered Silver Materials for Power Device Packaging: A Review

K Wakamoto, T Namazu - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
This paper reviews sintered silver (s-Ag) die-attach materials for wide band gap (WBG)
semiconductor packaging. WBG devices that die-attach with s-Ag have attracted a lot of …

Degradation mechanism of pressure-assisted sintered silver by thermal shock test

K Wakamoto, T Otsuka, K Nakahara, T Namazu - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper investigates the degradation mechanism of pressure-sintered silver (s-Ag) film for
silicon carbide (SiC) chip assembly with a 2-millimeter-thick copper substrate by means of …

Thermal measurement and numerical analysis for automotive power modules

A Sitta, M Renna, AA Messina… - … and Multi-Physics …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The presented analysis has been aimed to evaluate the impact of die solder and sintering
solution for automotive power modules in terms of thermal behavior. First, dedicated …

Design and process optimization of a sintered joint for power electronics automotive applications

M Calabretta, A Sitta, SM Oliveri… - Design Tools and Methods …, 2020 - Springer
The massive development of Hybrid and Electrical Vehicles (HEV) is strongly impacting the
semiconductor industry demanding for highly reliable Power Electronic components. Within …

TIMs for transfer molded power modules: Characterization, reliability, and modeling

A Sitta, G Mauromicale, GL Malgioglio… - Microelectronics …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work presents an integrated experimental–numerical method to characterize, model,
and experimentally study the properties of transfer molded power modules, considering two …

Power packages interconnections for high reliability automotive applications

M Calabretta, M Renna, V Vinciguerra… - ESSDERC 2019-49th …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper an overview on Power Packages challenges and technology approaches is
given. These challenges mainly originate from Silicon Carbide MOSFETs superior …

An integrated approach to optimize solder joint reliability

A Sitta, S Russo, M Torrisi, AA Messina… - … and Multi-Physics …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work has investigated the impact of crystallographic structure on SnAgCu (SAC) solder
reliability at print board circuit (PCB) level. A detailed reliability analysis has been performed …

An integrated approach to optimize power device performances by means of stress engineering

M Calabretta, A Sitta, SM Oliveri… - Design Tools and Methods …, 2020 - Springer
In the present work it is shown how stress engineering can be used in semiconductor
industry to improve Power MOSFET transistor's performance beyond simple geometrical …

Integrated electromagnetic-thermal approach to simulate a gan-based monolithic half-bridge for automotive dc-dc converter

G Mauromicale, A Sitta, M Calabretta, SM Oliveri… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
New technological and packaging solutions are more and more being employed for power
semiconductor switches in an automotive environment, especially the SiC-and GaN-based …

Development of a Computational Fluid Dynamics Model to Evaluate the Thermal Resistance of a SiC Power Module Under Several Operating Condition

L Donetti, A Sitta, G Mauromicale… - … and Multi-Physics …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study developed a 3D Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model to compute the
thermal resistance of the SiC-based direct cooled ACEPACK™ DRIVE power module, by …