Thermal Analysis of System in Package Considering Boundary Conditions for Long-Term Reliability Studies

This paper proposes an integrated Foster-based thermal network for a System in Package (SiP) that models thermal interaction between package layers to predict the transient temperature of junctions and interlayer compression in SiP. The critical factors contributing to impedance mismatch are detaile...

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Main Authors: Djallel Eddine Touati, Aziz Oukaira, Ahmad Hassan, Mohamed Ali, Yvon Savaria, Ahmed Lakhssassi
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Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
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author Djallel Eddine Touati
Aziz Oukaira
Ahmad Hassan
Mohamed Ali
Yvon Savaria
Ahmed Lakhssassi
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Mohamed Ali
Yvon Savaria
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description This paper proposes an integrated Foster-based thermal network for a System in Package (SiP) that models thermal interaction between package layers to predict the transient temperature of junctions and interlayer compression in SiP. The critical factors contributing to impedance mismatch are detailed to ensure modeling accuracy. Important factors include the boundary conditions and the interface layer of the thermal material. With the help of the Finite Element Method (FEM) and data curve fitting, thermal parameters are derived and expressed as a function of boundary conditions. The proposed modeling method is demonstrated with 3D heterogeneous System in Package models implemented in Simulink for long-term temperature predictions. Predicted junction and interlayer temperatures show good accuracy, confirmed by reported results obtained by Finite Element Analysis (FEA). The importance of considering the boundary conditions and the materials used in the various interfaces is shown through simulation results. Neglecting one of these key factors, the predicted temperature differs by as much as 14.5 °C in the reported results. The proposed thermal network is consistent with FEA, while computing much faster and producing results that differ by no more than 0.5 °C, unlike previously reported models.
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spelling doaj-art-09a1e46e14424907b6ed91c934b4ec2e2025-08-20T03:56:03ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-011312775812776910.1109/ACCESS.2024.339637310517584Thermal Analysis of System in Package Considering Boundary Conditions for Long-Term Reliability StudiesDjallel Eddine Touati0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1604-6674Aziz Oukaira1Ahmad Hassan2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2215-5375Mohamed Ali3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7476-7920Yvon Savaria4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3404-9959Ahmed Lakhssassi5https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1781-3211Department of Engineering and Computer Science, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, QC, CanadaElectrical Engineering Department, Polytechnique Montréal, Montreal, QC, CanadaElectrical Engineering Department, Polytechnique Montréal, Montreal, QC, CanadaElectrical Engineering Department, Polytechnique Montréal, Montreal, QC, CanadaElectrical Engineering Department, Polytechnique Montréal, Montreal, QC, CanadaDepartment of Engineering and Computer Science, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, QC, CanadaThis paper proposes an integrated Foster-based thermal network for a System in Package (SiP) that models thermal interaction between package layers to predict the transient temperature of junctions and interlayer compression in SiP. The critical factors contributing to impedance mismatch are detailed to ensure modeling accuracy. Important factors include the boundary conditions and the interface layer of the thermal material. With the help of the Finite Element Method (FEM) and data curve fitting, thermal parameters are derived and expressed as a function of boundary conditions. The proposed modeling method is demonstrated with 3D heterogeneous System in Package models implemented in Simulink for long-term temperature predictions. Predicted junction and interlayer temperatures show good accuracy, confirmed by reported results obtained by Finite Element Analysis (FEA). The importance of considering the boundary conditions and the materials used in the various interfaces is shown through simulation results. Neglecting one of these key factors, the predicted temperature differs by as much as 14.5 °C in the reported results. The proposed thermal network is consistent with FEA, while computing much faster and producing results that differ by no more than 0.5 °C, unlike previously reported models.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10517584/Finite element analysis (FEA)finite element method (FEM)heat transfer and interactionintegrated circuits (ICs)system-in-package (SiP)thermal model
spellingShingle Djallel Eddine Touati
Aziz Oukaira
Ahmad Hassan
Mohamed Ali
Yvon Savaria
Ahmed Lakhssassi
Thermal Analysis of System in Package Considering Boundary Conditions for Long-Term Reliability Studies
IEEE Access
Finite element analysis (FEA)
finite element method (FEM)
heat transfer and interaction
integrated circuits (ICs)
system-in-package (SiP)
thermal model
title Thermal Analysis of System in Package Considering Boundary Conditions for Long-Term Reliability Studies
title_full Thermal Analysis of System in Package Considering Boundary Conditions for Long-Term Reliability Studies
title_fullStr Thermal Analysis of System in Package Considering Boundary Conditions for Long-Term Reliability Studies
title_full_unstemmed Thermal Analysis of System in Package Considering Boundary Conditions for Long-Term Reliability Studies
title_short Thermal Analysis of System in Package Considering Boundary Conditions for Long-Term Reliability Studies
title_sort thermal analysis of system in package considering boundary conditions for long term reliability studies
topic Finite element analysis (FEA)
finite element method (FEM)
heat transfer and interaction
integrated circuits (ICs)
system-in-package (SiP)
thermal model
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10517584/
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