The thesis is mainly focused on the investigation of optimal process operation, which is appropriate for new-type stacking package product to achieve the assembly products of two or more packages. By melting solder balls to form the stacking package products, the eventual goals of lightness, thinness and smallness will be accomplished. To increase and stabilize the production yield of stacking package products, different flux, different temperature setting with reflow oven, and different flux dipping method were used. With Taguchi design of experiment, the solder balls combined situations under varied conditions were observed. The best process character of new-type integration assembly products was achieved. The experimental results and mass production data prove that different flux type and temperature setting with reflow oven won¡¦t influence the solder balls connection between two package products. Only the flux dipping method will directly affect solder balls connection between two package products. The abnormal phenomenon is the so-called cold joint in assembly plants. With innovation, silicon gel head is used as a flux adhesive way to achieve the goal of flux transferred. This method can be used in integration process of new-type stacking package products. That will certainly assure that every solder ball on each package product can be helpful for adhesion of flux. The experiments proved that the yield rate of solder balls connection of two package products is 100% after the stacking package products through reflow oven. This proves that using flux with silicon gel head on new-type stacking package products is the best way of process operation. The innovation of this new process has been granted a patent by the Patent office, ROC. Although this is a simple invention, it will bring profit to ASE Co. as well and ensure the leadership of new-type stacking package products in related industries. Keywords: Stack¡BSolder Ball¡BCold Joint¡BSilicon Pad

90nm wafer process has been released in production, but the bump pitch released in production is 180um. The major problem is the yield of solder paste printing process below 180um will be less than 80%. It means the cost will be very high. Thus it is difficult to make 150um bump pitch by using printing process in production. Substrate C4 pad will be bumped by pre-solder, and it will be jointed with wafer bump after re-flow process. The printing process is the most popular process in C4 pad pre-solder due to low cost and high throughput. But the challenge of 150um and even more of the wafer bump pitch shrinkage are the inevitable trend. So, a lot of substrate manufacturers are trying to develop the new process for C4 pro-solder pitch less than 100um. As soon as the C4 pad pre-solder pitch has been shrunk, the solder volume will be shrunk as well. It means the bump structure will be getting weak, and it may not pass the reliability tests. Thus, to evaluate the workability of bump structure is our purpose. First, the simulation software is used to compare the fatigue lives of two structures by using solder bump and copper bump substrates during thermal cycling test, and then to proceed the whole FCBGA process and reliability tests. The result of evaluation confirm the workability of FCBGA product using copper bump substrate, and it can be used with the same parameter and machine in solder bump substrate. Keyword¡GFCBGA, Substrate, Bump, Cold Joint, Delamination

Master of Science / Department of Civil Engineering / Robert Peterman / A flowable hybrid concrete mix with a spread of 17 to 20 inches was created with a superplasticizer to be used in post-tension haunch-slab (PTHS) bridges where rebar congestion is heaviest. The mix would allow for proper concrete consolidation. A conventional concrete mix with a slump of three to four inches was also created to be placed on top of the hybrid mix. The conventional mix would be used to create a sloping surface on the top of the concrete. The two mixes could be combined in the PTHS bridge deck and act as one monolithic specimen. Standard concrete tests such as compressive strength, tensile strength, modulus of elasticity, permeability, freeze/thaw resistance, and coefficient of thermal expansion were determined for the mixes and compared. Core blocks were cast using both mixes and composite cores were drilled. The cores were tested and their composite split-tensile strengths were compared to the split-tensile strengths of cylinders made from the respective mixes. A third concrete mix was made by increasing the superplasticizer dosage in the hybrid concrete mix to create a self-consolidating concrete (SCC) mix with a 24-inch spread. The SCC mix was created as a worst-case scenario and used in the determination of shear friction. Eighty-four push-off shear friction specimens were cast using the SCC mix. Joint conditions for the specimens included uncracked, pre-cracked, and cold-joints. Uncracked and pre-cracked specimens used both epoxy- and non-epoxy-coated shear stirrups. Cold-joint specimens used both the SCC mix and the conventional concrete mix. Joint-conditions of the cold-joint specimens included a one-hour cast time, a seven-day joint with a clean shear interface, and a seven-day joint with an oiled shear interface. The shear friction specimens were tested using a pure shear method and their results were compared to the current American Concrete Institute code equation.

This thesis is focused on defects occurring in products made by high pressure die casting of aluminum alloys. The theoretical part includes introduction to high pressure die casting technology and description of individual defects, causes and corrective procurations. The practical part focuses on the determination of the defect on the pre-selected casting, which is cast in the foundry ALW INDUSTRY, s.r.o. Based on the identification of the defect, there is a corrective procuration to reduce its occurrence.

<p dir="ltr">Reinforced concrete elements are vulnerable to sliding against each other when shear forces are transmitted between them. Shear-friction is the mechanism by which shear is transferred between concrete surfaces. It develops by aggregate interlock between the concrete interfaces while reinforcement crossing the shear interface or normal force due to external loads contributes to the shear resistance. Current design provisions used in the United States (ACI 318-19, AASHTO LRFD (2020), and the PCI Design Handbook (2017)) include design expression for shear-friction capacity. However, the value of the reinforcement yield strength input into the expressions is limited to a maximum of 60 ksi. Furthermore, the concrete strength is not incorporated into the primary design expressions. These limits cause the potential contribution of high-strength reinforcement and high-strength concrete in shear-friction applications from being considered. Therefore, a research program was developed to investigate the possibility of improving current shear-friction design practice and addressing these current limits.</p><p dir="ltr">Specifically, an experimental program was conducted to evaluate the influence of high-strength reinforcement and high-strength concrete on shear-friction strength. In addition, a statistical analysis was performed using a comprehensive shear-frication database comprised of past tests available in the literature. The experimental program consisted of two phases. Phase I included 24 push-off specimens to study the influence of the yield strength of the interface reinforcement (Grade 60 and Grade 100) and the number and size of interface reinforcing bars (6-No.4 and 4-No. 5 bars) with three different interface conditions (rough, smooth, and shear-key). Phase II included 20 push-off specimens with rough interfaces to investigate the influence of the yield strength of the interface reinforcement (Grade 60 and Grade 100) and concrete strength (target strengths of 4000 psi and 8000 psi). The influence of these two variables was observed over a range of reinforcement ratios (ρ = 0.55%, 0.83%, 1.11%, and 1.38%).</p><p dir="ltr">The test results showed that the overall shear-friction strength was the greatest for rough interface specimens, followed by specimens detailed with shear keys. The smooth interface specimens had the lowest strengths. The results of both phases of the experimental program indicated that the use of high-strength reinforcement did not improve shear-friction capacity.</p><p dir="ltr">Furthermore, the results from the Phase II tests showed that increasing the concrete compressive strength led to increased shear-friction capacity. The test results from the experimental program were analyzed and compared with current design provisions, which demonstrated room for improvement of current design practice.</p><p dir="ltr">Following the experimental program, a comprehensive shear-friction database was analyzed, and multilinear regression was used to create a model to predict shear-friction strength. Factors were then applied to the model to provide acceptable design expressions for shear-friction strength (less than 5% unconservative estimates). The database was used to evaluate the factored model and current design provisions.</p><p dir="ltr">The research outcomes, especially the expressions for shear-friction strength that were developed and that include consideration of the concrete compression strength, along with the shear-friction tests demonstrating the lack of strength gain with the use of Grade 100 reinforcement, provide valuable information for the concrete community to help direct efforts toward improving current shear-friction design practice.</p>