Packaging for a rotational accelerometer: Is a standard plastic SOIC an industrial solution?

Valter Motta; Giovanni Frezza; Mariapia Riva; Kritivasan Sivakumar

doi:10.1117/12.396457

25 August 2000 Packaging for a rotational accelerometer: Is a standard plastic SOIC an industrial solution?

Valter Motta, Giovanni Frezza, Mariapia Riva, Kritivasan Sivakumar

Proceedings Volume 4174, Micromachining and Microfabrication Process Technology VI; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.396457
Event: Micromachining and Microfabrication, 2000, Santa Clara, CA, United States

Abstract

On the contrary of microelectronics where standard packages like e.g. DIP, QFP, BGA, SOIC dominate, microsensor packaging seems to be characterized by custom and application-specific packages. Moreover, in microsensor applications packaging is typically a relevant cost component of the whole system. In this scenario, the main question to solve for a high volume and no product specific company mission is the following: how to design versatile, reliable, low-cost packages for microsensor. In this article the assembly solutions for a low-cost mass production of a rotational accelerometer sensor are shown. From the packaging design point of view, the stress minimization has been the main guideline for any assembly process and material characterization choice. The process and material issues, including numerical simulations, optimization by design and experiment, are discussed in detail. Breakthrough in this project were the wafer to wafer bonding as well as the die singulation, the die to die interconnection and the thermomechanical stress minimization.

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Valter Motta, Giovanni Frezza, Mariapia Riva, and Kritivasan Sivakumar "Packaging for a rotational accelerometer: Is a standard plastic SOIC an industrial solution?", Proc. SPIE 4174, Micromachining and Microfabrication Process Technology VI, (25 August 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.396457

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