ME 6226: Fundamentals of Semiconductor Manufacture and Assembly
Offered as Required

Credit Hours: 3-0-3
Prerequisite: ME 6222 or equivalent, or with the consent of the instructor
Catalog Description:
Basic mechanical and materials processes in production including silicon boule growth, plastic encapsulation, interconnect metal migration, solder joining, printing, manufacturing process cost analysis.
Textbooks:
Rao R. Tummala and Eugene J. Rlymaszewski, Microelectronics Packaging Handbook: Part 2 Semiconductor Packaging; 2nd Edition, Chapman and Hall, 1997.
Donald P. Seraphim, Ronalld C. Lasky, and Che-Yu Li Principles of Electronic Packaging, 1st Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1989.
Instructor: Daniel F. Baldwin

Goals:
  • This course is designed to provide a fundamental background for graduate and senior undergraduate students in a rapidly growing field for mechanical and manufacturing engineers, namely electronics manufacturing. This highly cross disciplinary field involves numerous mechanical and materials processes beyond those typically covered at the undergraduate level. This course will build on the undergraduate principles and focus on key materials processes through detailed analytical treatments providing the tools necessary for process system design. An integral component to the course will be a group project that will enable students to integrate the fundamental principles on practical manufacturing systems.
  • Prerequisites by topics:

    Topics:

    1. Semiconductor Manufacturing

    2. Fundamentals of Package Processing

    - Non Newtonian Flow Analysis
    - Mold Design

    - Precision Drilling Analysis
    - Analysis of Metal Deposition and Etching
    - Composite Laminant Process Analysis

    3. Interconnect Processing

    4. Assembly Processes

    5. Process Cost Analysis

    6. Industry Case Studies (Industry Guest Lectures)

    Delivery mode (%):

    Lecture: 80%
    Laboratory  
    Supervised
     
    Unsupervised
     
    Discussion: 10%
    Seminar: 10%
    Independent Study  
    Demonstration  
    Other (specify)  
       
    Grading Scheme (%):  
       
    Homework 15%
    Individual Projects 25%
    Group Projects  
    Exams 60%
    Other (specify)  

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    Revised June 2004