Abstract
Copper sinter paste has been recently established as a robust die-attach material for high-power electronic packaging. This paper proposes and studies the implementation of copper sinter paste materials to create top-side interconnects, which can substitute wire bonds in power packages. Here, copper sinter paste was exploited as a fully printed interconnect and, additionally, as a copper clip-attach. The electrical and thermal performances of the copper-sinter paste interconnections (“sinterconnects”) were compared to a system with wire bonds. The results indicate comparable characteristics of the sinterconnect structures to the wire-bonded ones. Moreover, the performance of copper sinterconnects in a power module was further quantified at higher load currents via finite element analysis. It was identified that the full-area thermal and electrical contact facilitated by the planar sinterconnects can reduce ohmic losses and enhance the thermal management of the power packages.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Energies |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 13 Apr 2021 |
Keywords
- Clip bonding
- Copper paste
- Front-side interconnects
- Planar interconnects
- Power packaging
- Sinter paste
- Sinterconnects
- Top-side interconnects
- Wire-bondless packaging