ECE 654              Spring 2003 - Syllabus  - Tentative           IC 702-E

Electronic Packaging Design

 

Instructor:   Olgierd A. Palusinski

                       Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

                University of Arizona, Tucson

                        Tel:    (520) 621-4928

              Tel.:  (520) 621-6094 (Secretary)

                        FAX:  (520) 626-9241 (Fax serving Microelectronics Group)

                        FAX:    (520) 621-8076 (Main Office)

                       E‑mail: palusinski@ece.arizona.edu  (preferred medium for communication)

                       Web page: http://www.ece.arizona.edu/~cmsl

 

Office Hours:  T, Th.:  9:30 – 10:30 AM or by appointment

 

Class:  3:30 – 4:45 PM; T, Th; room Harvill 211.

 

Prerequisites: Graduate standing in engineering or science. ECE 554 (NTU: IC 701‑E) is

                  recommended but not required. ECE 554 can be taken concurrently.

 

Textbook:   None. Class notes will be available to students and readings from

                        the reference texts will be suggested.

 

Reference texts:

 

1. Yang, B., 2001, Digital Signal Integrity: modeling and simulation with interconnects and packaging, Prentice Hall, N. J.

 

2. Pecht, M., 1991, Handbook of Electronic Packaging Design, Marcel Dekker, N. Y.

 

3. Tummala, R. R. and E. J. Rymaszewski (Eds.), 1997, Microelectronics Packaging Handbook, Van Nostrand Reinhold, N. Y.

 

4. Shackelford, J. F., 1992, Introduction to Materials Sciences for Engineers, McMillan, N. Y.

 

5. Capillo, C., 1990, Surface Mount Technology - Materials, Processes, and Equipment, McGraw, N. Y.

 

 


Course Objectives:

 

A student completing this course will be familiar with the fundamentals needed for analysis and design of packages for integrated circuit applications. This course will provide analytical tools for the first order solutions to several packaging design problems. The course crosses traditional boundaries between engineering specialties and involves electrical engineering, materials sciences, and mechanical engineering. This is a rapidly developing area of engineering, with a few universities offering packaging courses. Consequently, packaging experts are in short supply and industry demand is high.

 

Course Description:

 

This course includes the analysis and design of chip‑ and board‑level packages and interconnections for integrated circuit applications. Analysis/design problems have been selected to cover spectrum of module configurations, performance characteristics, manufacturing technologies, and costs. Electrical, thermal, and mechanical considerations are presented with their relation to global performance. Optional term paper (project) allows students to get involved in solving, simplified, but realistic design problems inspired by an industrial experience. Research problems will also be considered as term paper topics.

 

Homework: Assigned but not collected

 

Examinations: See grading.     

 

 Projects: See grading

 

Grading:

 

A.   Term paper option

 

Final examination:                                                                   30%

Midterm examination                                                                      20%

Term Paper:                                                                         50%

 

 

A topic for the term paper (project) may be selected from the list provided by instructor or proposed by the student. In either case, the student must submit to the instructor a short, written proposal of the term paper for approval. For report writing requirements please consult a separate document.

 

C.   Examination option

 

4 written examinations (in the semester 1hr 15min each, the lowest to be dropped):       70%

Final Examination:                                                                   30%

 


Course topics

 

I. Basics - survey

 

1. System integration

2. Packaging materials

3. Thermal management

4. Reliability

 

II. Elements of technology           

 

1. Technology trends

2. Assembly processes

3. Popcorning in plastic packages

4. Single and multi-chip packages

4. Printed wire boards

 

III. Elements of design

 

1. Electrical modeling

2. Signal integrity in digital systems

3. Signal integrity in mixed-signal circuits

4. Multilevel system wirability and system design

 

IV. Design optimization

 

1. Modeling    

2. Performance metrics

3. Multicriteria optimization techniques

4. Case study: selection of optimum number of signal layers in a board.