The demand for high performance microelectronic products drives the development of 3-D chip-stacking structure. By the introduction of through-silicon-via (TSV) into 3-D flip-chip packages, microelectronic performance is improved by increasing circuit capacity and diminishing signal delay. However, TSV-embedded structure also raises concerns over many reliability issues that come with the steep thermal and mechanical transient responses, increasing numbers of bi-material interfaces and reduced component sizes. In this research, defect initiation induced by thermalmechanical phenomena is studied to establish the early failure modes within 3-D flip-chip packages. It is found that low amplitude but extremely high frequency thermal stress waves would occur and attenuate rapidly in the first hundreds of nanoseconds upon power-on. Although the amplitude of these waves is far below material yielding points, their intrinsic characteristics of high frequency and high power density are capable of compromising the integrity of all flip-chip components. By conducting spectral analysis of the stress waves and applying the methodology of accumulated damage evaluation, it is demonstrated that micron crack initiation and interconnect debond are highly probable in the immediate proximity of the heat source. Such a negative impact exerted by the stress wave in the early, while brief, transient period is recognized as the short time scale dynamic effect. Researched results strongly indicate that short-time scale effects would inflict very serious reliability issues in 3-D flip-chip packages. The fact that 3-D flip-chip packages accommodate a large amount of reduced-size interconnects makes it vulnerable to the attack of short time scale propagating stress waves. In addition, the stacking structure also renders shearing effect extremely detrimental to 3-D flip-chip integrity. Finally, several guidelines effective in discouraging short-time scale effects and thus improving TSV flip-chip package reliability are proposed

Em ambientes costeiros, a variabilidade da biomassa de fitoplâncton é dirigida por forçantes físicas locais que apresentam distintas escalas temporais em ocorrência, intensidade e durabilidade. No canal de São Sebastião, ambiente advectivo, parte-se do pressuposto de que qualquer adição da biomassa de fitoplâncton não se deve ao crescimento local, mas ao transporte de células fitoplanctônicas movidas pelas correntes guiadas a ventos e marés. Dessa maneira, o objetivo central deste trabalho é analisar a variabilidade em alta frequência das variações da biomassa fitoplanctônica e investigar suas relações temporais com a intensidade e direção dos ventos e a amplitude das marés. Em média, o acúmulo de clorofila é estável no tempo, com curtos episódios de lento aumento e diminuições bruscas da biomassa fitoplanctônica, sendo os valores encontrados relativamente baixos, característicos de ambientes oligomesotróficos. Análises espectrais da série temporal da concentração de clorofila-a e da altura da maré revelaram alta correlação entre as duas séries durante as marés de sizígia, com periodicidades de aproximadamente 12 e 24 horas. Em relação à direção e intensidade do vento, o espectro cruzado de ondaletas apresentou áreas de forte correlação com a clorofila-a e periodicidades dominantes de três dias. Além disso, observou-se que ventos vindos do quadrante norte/nordeste carregam águas com maiores concentrações de materiais particulados ou detritos. / In coastal environments, the dynamics of phytoplankton biomass is driven by local physical forcings that have different time scales in occurrence, intensity and durability. For being an advective environment, it is normally assumed that any positive change in phytoplankton biomass in the São Sebastião Channel is not due to local growth, but to the transport of phytoplankton cells moved by currents associated with winds and tides. Thus, the main objective of this project is to analyze the variability in high-frequency variations of the phytoplankton biomass and investigate their temporal relationships with intensity and direction of winds and high tides. On average, the chlorophyll accumulation is stable over time, with short episodes of slow rise and sudden decreases of phytoplankton biomass and relatively low values, characteristic of oligo-mesotrophic environments. Spectral analysis of the time series of chlorophyll a concentration and tide height showed a high correlation between the two series during the spring tides, and dominant periodicities of about 12 to 24 hours. Regarding direction and intensity of the wind, the cross wavelet spectrum presented strong correlation areas with chlorophyll a and dominant periodicities of 3 days. In addition, it was observed that winds from the north/northeast quadrant carry water with higher concentrations of particulate matter or debris.

Em ambientes costeiros, a variabilidade da biomassa de fitoplâncton é dirigida por forçantes físicas locais que apresentam distintas escalas temporais em ocorrência, intensidade e durabilidade. No canal de São Sebastião, ambiente advectivo, parte-se do pressuposto de que qualquer adição da biomassa de fitoplâncton não se deve ao crescimento local, mas ao transporte de células fitoplanctônicas movidas pelas correntes guiadas a ventos e marés. Dessa maneira, o objetivo central deste trabalho é analisar a variabilidade em alta frequência das variações da biomassa fitoplanctônica e investigar suas relações temporais com a intensidade e direção dos ventos e a amplitude das marés. Em média, o acúmulo de clorofila é estável no tempo, com curtos episódios de lento aumento e diminuições bruscas da biomassa fitoplanctônica, sendo os valores encontrados relativamente baixos, característicos de ambientes oligomesotróficos. Análises espectrais da série temporal da concentração de clorofila-a e da altura da maré revelaram alta correlação entre as duas séries durante as marés de sizígia, com periodicidades de aproximadamente 12 e 24 horas. Em relação à direção e intensidade do vento, o espectro cruzado de ondaletas apresentou áreas de forte correlação com a clorofila-a e periodicidades dominantes de três dias. Além disso, observou-se que ventos vindos do quadrante norte/nordeste carregam águas com maiores concentrações de materiais particulados ou detritos. / In coastal environments, the dynamics of phytoplankton biomass is driven by local physical forcings that have different time scales in occurrence, intensity and durability. For being an advective environment, it is normally assumed that any positive change in phytoplankton biomass in the São Sebastião Channel is not due to local growth, but to the transport of phytoplankton cells moved by currents associated with winds and tides. Thus, the main objective of this project is to analyze the variability in high-frequency variations of the phytoplankton biomass and investigate their temporal relationships with intensity and direction of winds and high tides. On average, the chlorophyll accumulation is stable over time, with short episodes of slow rise and sudden decreases of phytoplankton biomass and relatively low values, characteristic of oligo-mesotrophic environments. Spectral analysis of the time series of chlorophyll a concentration and tide height showed a high correlation between the two series during the spring tides, and dominant periodicities of about 12 to 24 hours. Regarding direction and intensity of the wind, the cross wavelet spectrum presented strong correlation areas with chlorophyll a and dominant periodicities of 3 days. In addition, it was observed that winds from the north/northeast quadrant carry water with higher concentrations of particulate matter or debris.