Thermal performance characterization of nano thermal interface materials after power cycling
Paper in proceeding, 2012

The need for faster, smaller, and more reliable and efficient products has resulted in increase of heat generated in microelectronic components. The removal of the heat generated is an important issue in electronic packaging. A novel Nano-TIM was developed to improve the heat dissipation of electronics packaging. This paper aims at studying the heat dissipation performance of a new class of nano-structured polymer-metal composite film (Nano-TIM) after power cycling. The new Nano-TIM uses metal to provide continuous thermal pathways while using nano-polymer to control the elasticity of the TIM. Through semiconductor processing and RTD principle, chips including 5*5, 10*10, 20*20, 30*30 (mm 2), were developed to study different size's influence on heat dissipation effect of the Nano-TIM. Additional parameters studied include power effect. RTD is used respectively to measure the junction temperature, and then the R thJC (Junction-to-Case Thermal Resistance) is calculated afterwards. The Transient thermal resistances of the Nano-TIM were also tested by T3Ster method to further study heat dissipation effect of Nano-TIM. The morphologies and interaction between the Nano-TIM and chips were carefully studied using X-ray Scanning Microscope to analyze heat flow path. The result shows that Nano-TIMs can be used to 30 mm in chip length as the thermal interface material.

Thermal interface materials

Electronic Packaging

Different sizes

Transient thermal resistance

Dissipation effects

X ray scanning

Power effects

Nano-structured

Junction temperatures

In-chip

Power cycling

Semiconductor processing

Microelectronic components

Heat flow path

Polymer-metal composite

Thermal Performance

Author

S. Sun

Shanghai University

L. Xin

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2)

Shanghai University

Carl Zandén

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2)

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Electronics Material and Systems

Björn Carlberg

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2)

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Electronics Material and Systems

L. Ye

SHT Smart High-Tech

Johan Liu

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2)

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Electronics Material and Systems

Proceedings - Electronic Components and Technology Conference

05695503 (ISSN)

1426-1430
978-146731966-9 (ISBN)

Subject Categories

Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

DOI

10.1109/ECTC.2012.6249023

ISBN

978-146731966-9

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