• DocumentCode
    2113916
  • Title

    Automated Modeling and Fatigue Analysis of Flexible Printed Circuits

  • Author

    Ptchelintsev, Alexander

  • Author_Institution
    Nokia Res. Center
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    24-26 April 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    This paper describes first results of an ongoing research project on development of an automated procedure of fatigue life assessment of flexible printed circuits (FPCs) by finite element simulation combined with optimization analysis. The methodology is implemented as a plug-in for ABAQUS/CAE. Issues related to fatigue analysis of FPCs are discussed. Initial results of sensitivity analysis are also presented
  • Keywords
    fatigue testing; finite element analysis; flexible electronics; printed circuit testing; printed circuits; sensitivity analysis; ABAQUS/CAE; fatigue analysis; fatigue life assessment; finite element simulation; flexible printed circuits; sensitivity analysis; Analytical models; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Copper; Fatigue; Finite element methods; Flexible printed circuits; Materials testing; Polyimides; Shape;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Thermal, Mechanical and Multiphysics Simulation and Experiments in Micro-Electronics and Micro-Systems, 2006. EuroSime 2006. 7th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Como
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0275-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ESIME.2006.1643955
  • Filename
    1643955