cEDM Workshop 24 - Reliability of Electronics: A selection of topics

The Center for Electronics Design & Manufacturing (cEDM) mission:
To support industry by means of knowledge creation and sharing, scientifically sound methodologies and collaboration throughout the electronic supply chain, in the development and production of high quality, reliable electronic modules (PBA).

The Center for Electronics Design & Manufacturing organizes workshops on a regular basis. During these workshops Printed Board Assembly topics are presented followed by a Q&A session. The participation of our cEDM partners allows us to enlighten the topic of the day from different viewpoints in the electronic supply chain. 

This workshop is of interest to all involved in or responsible for the design, production, quality, test, supply and system integration of electronics in products for which reliability is an essential property. 

cEDM has been active in a wide variety of subjects, all dealing with the realisation of electronics as a physical entity (Design-for-eXcellence) in which product reliability and robustness take a leading role. It has looked into the quality of products exiting production, it studies mechanisms that create failures during early life and wear-out, it understands the thermo-mechanical interaction of the environment with the product and the impact on the lifetime of the product, ...

This workshop will give you insight into some of the many aspects of reliability of electronics. 

Bart Vandevelde gives an overview of the subjects that are dealt with in the different research projects as conducted by cEDM. He focusses on "the evaluation of 4-point bending fatigue testing as an alternative for thermal cycling of components". 

Eric Roose has compiled all the knowledge about thermal analysis for electronic systems, and has finalized the cEDM integration guideline "EDM-I-002 : Thermal Integration". During his presentation, he runs through the do's and don’ts of thermal design. He explains the need for efficient thermal management. He gives an insight into the different heating and cooling mechanisms that interact in an electronic system and shows different optimization possibilities at PBA level. After the workshop, you will be given access to the thermal guideline EDM-I-002. 

Boris Leekens has been involved in electronic failure analysis during the last 5 years @cEDM. The overview of the failures he has encountered gives an interesting insight in the reliability problems that electronic designers and manufacturers face. During his presentation he categorizes the failures, and gives advice on how to avoid the problems. 

There will be a last presentation, dealing with the investigation of failures for a specific case. Look at the news section of the www.cedm.be website to keep up to date.

Agenda 

• 13:30 Doors open
• 14:00 Welcome (Geert Willems, imec cEDM)
• 14:10 First results of the cEDM research projects (Bart Vandevelde, imec cEDM)
• 14:40 Thermal Integration guideline explained (Eric Roose, imec cEDM)
• 15:10 Coffee break
• 15:30 Avoiding common failure causes - a practical overview (Boris Leekens, imec cEDM)
• 16:00 Investigation of failures for a specific case (speaker : to be defined)
• 16:30 Q&A - discussion
• 16:45 Networking
• 18:30 Closure

Participation fee and registration

• Participation is free of charge for cEDM members & cEDM partners
• Others: 150 €
• Registration via e-mail: academy@imec.be
• Imec is a licensed service provider for training according to “kmo-portefeuille” : license number DV.O108298. 

More information:

• Bart Cox, bart.cox.ext@imec.be, +32 16 28 31 08
• edm@imec.be 

The Center for Electronics Design & Manufacturing : 
Interested in membership or partnership of the cEDM program, please contact:
Bart Cox, bart.cox.ext@imec.be, +32 16 28 31 08

More info on cEDM: http://www.cedm.be/

(Membership of cEDM program is free for members of Sirris) 

This workshop is supported by VLAIO within the framework of VIS-InProVoL