Study on the Die-Attach Voids Distribution With X-Ray and Image Processing Techniques

Power electronic components' reliability depends, to a great extent, on the quality of die-attach technology. The voids appearance in the die-attach regions is almost unavoidable during the manufacturing process. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that image processing tools enable fast and accurate void segmentation, while reducing manual interaction for X-ray monitoring of imperfect power transistor die soldering. The most common void parameters such as void area, void distribution, and shape roundness were extracted and used for statistical analysis.

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