Case 700 ยท Public preview

One Reflow Delamination Mechanism Can Produce Different Device Failures

Two molded semiconductor devices failed after accelerated stress testing and exhibited internal delamination in acoustic images.

Acoustic imaging correlationProgressive microsectioningOptical microscopySEMFailed-to-control comparison
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What the evidence preview establishes

Reflow-related molding-compound delamination most likely produced a die crack in one device and enabled bond-pad corrosion in the other.

Why this case matters

Correlate acoustic indications with the eventual physical failure site. The same moisture-and-reflow delamination event can create mechanical die fracture in one device and a corrosion pathway at bond pads in another.

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