Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 46, Issue 1, pp. 53-62, January 2006

Failures in Semiconductor Device Encapsulated with Red Phosphorus Flame Retardant

Yuliang Deng and Michael Pecht
CALCE EPSC
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742

Abstract:

A family of mold compounds with red phosphorus flame retardant was introduced as an environmental-friendly encapsulant for semiconductor devices. However, these mold compounds induced product failures, including current leakage and resistive shorts between adjacent leads within the package, and resistance increases and open circuits of the wire bonds. This paper presents the family of mold compounds with the red phosphorus flame retardant, the failure mechanisms and the root cause of the failures.

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