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Pressureless Silver Sintering of Silicon-Carbide Power Modules for Electric Vehicles
Pressureless silver (Ag) sintering was optimized at 250°C in vacuum and nitrogen gas atmosphere with silicon carbide (SiC) chips, and silicon nitride active metal-brazed substrates (AMB). A 1200-V/200-A power ...
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Low-Pressure Silver Sintering of Automobile Power Modules with a Silicon-Carbide Device and an Active-Metal-Brazed Substrate
To improve the efficiency of power modules in environmentally friendly vehicles, silicon-carbide (SiC) chips and silicon-nitride (Si3N4) active metal-brazed (AMB) substrates were bonded by low-pressure silver (Ag...
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Lifetime Prediction of Electrochemical Ion Migration with Various Surface Finishes of Printed Circuit Boards
Electrochemical ion migration (ECM) can be generated by the electrochemical reaction between the anodic and cathodic electrodes of an electric circuit in the case of temperature, humidity and applied voltage. ...
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Effect of oxygen on pressureless silver sintering in a nitrogen atmosphere
To withstand the high working temperatures of next-generation power devices, bonding technologies have evolved from soldering with low melting point materials to sintering with high melting point materials. To...
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Silver Sintered Joint Property Between Silicon Carbide Device and Ceramic Substrate for Electric Vehicle Power Module
Highly reliable sintering technologies operating in extreme conditions are being extensively researched nowadays to improve the efficiency of power modules based on silicon carbide (SiC) devices for use in ele...
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Al and Si Alloying Effect on Solder Joint Reliability in Sn-0.5Cu for Automotive Electronics
To suppress the bonding strength degradation of solder joints in automotive electronics, we proposed a mid-temperature quaternary Pb-free Sn-0.5Cu solder alloy with minor Pd, Al, Si and Ge alloying elements. W...
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Open AccessNano-volcanic Eruption of Silver
Silver (Ag) is one of the seven metals of antiquity and an important engineering material in the electronic, medical, and chemical industries because of its unique noble and catalytic properties. Ag thin films...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Thermomechanical stress driven Ag direct bonding
The electronic packaging is being developed in the changing trend from soldering to solderless technology bonding to achieve higher performance of integrated circuits (ICs). Our Ag direct bonding opens a novel...
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Bonding copper ribbons on crystalline photovoltaic modules using various lead-free solders
The requirement for environmentally friendly technology has led to considerable efforts to develop photovoltaic (PV) modules. The copper (Cu) ribbon interconnects of PV modules require alternative bonding mate...
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Silver stress migration bonding driven by thermomechanical stress with various substrates
In recent years, the requirement for environmentally friendly power electronics such as light-emitting diodes and integrated power modules has led to substantial efforts in electronic packaging. The high opera...
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Pressureless Bonding Using Sputtered Ag Thin Films
To improve the performance and reliability of power electronic devices, particularly those built around next-generation wide-bandgap semiconductors such as SiC and GaN, the bonding method used for packaging mu...