CALCE EPS Consortium Research for 2008

The following projects were presented to the CALCE EPS Consortium Members on October 18, 2007 and have been approved for study during the 2008 research year by the Director of the CALCE Electronics Products and Systems Consortium. For general inquiries, please contact Michael Osterman .

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C08-01 Reliability of Pb-free and Reballed PBGAs in SnPb Assembly Process
C08-03 Effect of Cyclic Fatigue Damage Accumulation on Properties of SAC Solders
C08-04 Solder Joint Reliability of Solder Dipped SAC/SnPb and SnBi Leaded SMT Packages in a Sn37Pb Assembly Process
C08-05 Tin Whisker Shorting Propensity and Growth Assessment
C08-07 Solder Joint Reliability of Reworked/Repaired SMT Assemblies
C08-08 Thermal Aging Effect on Reliability of Pb-free Interconnects Sn96.5Ag3.0Cu0.5 and SnCuNi
C08-09 Vibration Fatigue Life of Pb-free Interconnects Sn96.5Ag3.0Cu0.5 and SnCuNi
C08-10 Investigation of Factors Affecting Flex Cracking of Standard and Flexible Termination Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors
C08-12 Physics-of-Failure Qualification of Electronic Systems
C08-14 Electronic Component Failures Under Extreme G Loading
C08-15 calcePWA Shock Model Improvements?Load Sequencing
C08-16 Comparative Analysis of Interconnect Degradation Using RF Impedance
C08-17 Accelerated Testing Guideline of COF Package Assembly
C08-18 Fundamental Understanding of MEMS Structures Subjected to High Shock
C08-19 Reliability of Embedded Capacitors
C08-20 Stress Relaxation in Stamped Metal Land Grid Array Sockets
C08-21 Modeling Mechanical Torsion of PWA in calcePWA
C08-22 Acceleration Parameter of Highly Accelerated Life Test: Combined Effect of Moisture and Temperature on PEMS Reliability
C08-23 Physics of Failure of Cu/Low-k Silicon Devices
C08-24 Sustainment Stovepipe Analysis and Avoidance
C08-25 Evaluation of Residual Stresses of PEM Induced by Effective Chemical Shrinkage of Polymer Materials
C08-26 PoF Based Design for Optimum Reliability of High Power LED
C08-27 Characterization of Halogen free PCB Laminate Materials
C08-28 Probabilistic PoF Modeling: Effect of Number of I/O on Thermal Cycling Durability Predictions (continuation C07-28)
C08-29 Thermal Performance and Reliability of Thermal Interface Materials
C08-30 Virtual Qualification of Engine Control Modules
C08-32 Field Programmable Gate Arrays FPGA Storage Qualification Test Failure Evaluation
C08-33 Derating Guideline Evaluation for Electronic Products
C08-35 Lead Free Synthesis
C08-36 Microvia Non-destructive Inspection & Qualification
C08-37 Reliability Investigation of Power Electronic Inverter Design
C08-41 Identification of Sources of Counterfeit Parts
C08-45 Durability Assessment of an Advanced Power Electronics Module
C08-46 Model-based Design Guidelines for Shock & Drop Loading
C08-47 Mitigation Measures for Electrochemical Migration on Lead-Free Assemblies with Low-Profile Components