Finite element analysis of plastic-encapsulated multi-chip packages

This paper describes a three-dimensional finite element study of the residual stress distribution induced inside two plastic-encapsulated multi-chip packages (MCPs) after post-mold-cure. Both the MCPs studied contained two dice. The effect of the positioning of the two silicon dice within the MCP on the maximum residual stress as well as the package warpage was studied. The results show that when the spacing between the two dice is varied, the maximum von Mises stress is initially more or less constant for relatively small spacings between the dies. However, it increases rapidly beyond a critical value and is the highest when the dice are furthest apart with the die edges flush with the substrate edges. A larger die tends to experience higher stresses at its corner and has some influence on the warpage of the package