47.4. Material Model and Contact Properties

The migration model (TB,MIGR) is used to model electromigration effects. The atomic flux option is used in this example. For a detailed description of the input for this migration model, including a complete example, see Atomic Flux Option (TBOPT = 0) in the Material Reference.

The constants and material coefficients in μMKSV units are used as described in the tables below.

Most of the material properties for copper and SAC were taken from Wang and Liang.[2] Some copper material properties, such as the pre-exponential diffusivity coefficient, the activation energy of diffusion, and the change number, were selected from Chao et al.[3]

It is assumed that the electrical resistivity of the solder and the copper plates is not affected by temperature or concentration. The proper direction of atomic flux with respect to the electric current density is specified by the negative sign of the charge numbers. The coefficients of diffusion expansion are specified as positive to ensure the correct sign of the diffusion strain for backstress calculation.

Constants
Boltzmann constant kB (pJ/K)1.3806488E-11
Boltzmann constant kB_eV (eV/K)8.6173324E-5
Universal gas constant R (J/(K*mol))8.31445
Reference temperature for thermal strain calculation (°C)25
Reference normalized concentration for diffusion strain calculation1.0
Copper
Property Value MP Label
Young’s modulus (MPa) 127.7E3EX
Poisson’s ratio0.31PRXY
Electrical resistivity (TOhm*μm @ 200°C)2.38E-14RSVX
Pre-exponential diffusivity ((μm)2/s)7.8E7 DXX

Thermal conductivity (pW/(μm*K))

393E6KXX

Specific heat (pJ/(kg*K)

385.2E12C

Density (kg/(μm)3)

8900E-18DENS

Coefficient of thermal expansion (1/°C)

17.1E-6ALPX

Coefficient of diffusion expansion

1E-5BETX
Property Value TBDATA Constant

Activation energy of diffusion Qa (J/(K*mol))

210E3C1 = Qa/R
Atomic volume V1 (μm)31.182E-11C2 = V1/kB
Charge number Z1-4C4 = Z1/kB_eV
SnAgCu (SAC)
Property Value MP Label
Young’s modulus (MPa) 26.2E3EX
Poisson’s ratio0.35PRXY

Electrical resistivity (TOhm*μm @ 200°C)

20.75E-14RSVX

Pre-exponential diffusivity ((μm)2/s)

4.1E7DXX
Thermal conductivity (pW/(μm*K))57E6KXX

Specific heat (pJ/(kg*K))

219E12C
Density (kg/(μm)3)7390E-18DENS

Coefficient of thermal expansion (1/°C)

23E-6ALPX
Coefficient of diffusion expansion1E-5BETX
Property Value TBDATA Constant
Activation energy of diffusion Ea (eV) 0.8C1 = Ea/kB_eV
Atomic volume V2 (μm)32.71E-11C2 = V2/kB
Heat of transport Q (eV)0.0094 C3 = Q/kB_eV
Charge number Z2-23C4 = Z2/kB_eV

The input listing below demonstrates how to use the above properties to define the migration model for solder.

kB=1.3806488e-23*1.e12   ! Boltzmann constant, pJ/K 
kB_eV=8.6173324e-5       ! Boltzmann constant, eV/K

Ea=0.8                   ! activation energy, eV
V2=2.71e-29*1e18         ! atomic volume, μm^3 
Q=0.0094                 ! heat of transport, eV
Z2=-23                   ! charge number

tb,migr,2                ! migration model for SAC solder joint
tbdata,1,Ea/kB_eV        ! activation energy of diffusion/kB_eV
tbdata,2,V2/kB           ! atomic volume/kB
tbdata,3,Q/kB_eV         ! coefficient of thermomigration/kB_eV
tbdata,4,Z2/kB_eV        ! charge number/kB_eV

Following are the contact element properties defined via CONTA174 real constants.

Contact Properties
Property Real Constant Value
Structural stiffness FKN1.0 times underlying element stiffness
Thermal conductance (pW/((μm)2*°C))TCC1E6
Electrical conductance (pA/((μm)2*Volt))ECC1E14
Diffusivity coefficient ((μm)3/s)DCC1E6