* The monolithic multi-function protection
(RBO) has been developed to protect
sensitivesemiconductorsin car electron ic
modules against both overvoltage and
batteryreverse.
* In addition, the RBO circuit prevents
overvoltages generated by the module from
affecting the carsupply network.
MOTORDRIVER APPLICATION
BATTERY
Filter
D1
T2
T1
MOTOR
RBO
DEVIC EMOTO R C ONTROL
In thisapplication,onehalfof the motordrivecircuitis suppliedthroughthe “RBO” and isthusprotected
as perits basicfunctionapplication.
The secondpart isconnecteddirectly to the“carsupplynetwork” and is protectedas follows:
The soldering process causes considerable
thermal stress to a semiconductor component.
This has to be minimized to assure a reliable and
extended lifetime of thedevice. The PowerSO-10
package can beexposed to a maximum
temperatureof 260°C for 10 seconds. However a
proper solderingof the packagecould be done at
215°C for 3 seconds. Any solder temperature
profile should be within these limits. As reflow
techniquesaremost commonin surfacemounting,
typical heating profilesare given in Figure 1,either
for mounting on FR4 or on metal-backed boards.
For each particular board, the appropriate heat
profile has to be adjusted experimentally. The
present proposal is just a starting point. In any
case, the following precautions have to be
considered:
- alwayspreheatthe device
- peak temperatureshould beat least30 °C
higherthanthe meltingpoint of thesolder
alloychosen
Fig. 1 :Typicalreflowsolderingheat profile
-thermalcapacityof thebase substrate
Voids pose a difficult reliability problem for large
surface mount devices. Such voids under the
package result in poor thermal contact and the
high thermal resistance leads to component
failures. The PowerSO-10 is designed from
scratch to be solely a surface mount package,
hence symmetry in the x- and y-axis gives the
package excellent weight balance.Moreover, the
PowerSO-10offersthe uniquepossibilityto control
easily the flatness and quality of the soldering
process. Both the top and the bottom soldered
edges of the package are accessible for visual
inspection(soldering meniscus).
Coplanarity between the substrate and the
package can be easily verified. The quality of the
solder joints is very importantfor two reasons : (I)
poor quality solder joints result directly in poor
reliabilityand (II) solder thickness affects the
thermal resistance significantly. Thus a tight
control of this parameter results in thermally
efficientandreliablesolder joints.
Temperature ( C)
250
o
o
245 C
o
215 C
200
Soldering
Cooli ng
150
Epoxy FR4
board
Preheating
100
Metal-backed
50
board
0
0408 01 201602 002 40280320360
Time (s )
10/15
RBO40-40G / RBO40-40M / RBO40-40T
SUBSTRATESAND MOUNTINGINFORMATION
The use of epoxy FR4 boardsis quite commonfor
surface mounting techniques,however, their poor
thermal conductioncompromisestheotherwise
outstandingthermalperformanceofthe
PowerSO-10. Some methods to overcome this
limitationare discussedbelow.
One possibilityto improve the thermal conduction
is the use of large heat spreader areas at the
copper layer of the PC board. This leads to a
reductionof thermal resistanceto 35 °C for 6 cm
of theboard heatsink(seefig.2).
Use of copper-filledthroughholes on conventional
FR4 techniqueswillincrease the metallization and
Fig.2 :
Mountingon epoxyFR4head dissipationby extendingthe area ofthecopper layer
Copper foil
decrease thermal resistance accordingly. Using
a configurationwith 16holesunderthe spreaderof
the packagewith apitch of 1.8mm and a diameter
of 0.7 mm, the thermal resistance (junction heatsink) can be reduced to 12°C/W (see fig. 3).
Besidethe thermaladvantage, thissolutionallows
multi-layer boards to be used. However, a
drawback of this traditional material prevents its
use in very high power, high current circuits. For
instance, it is not advisable to surface mount
devices with currents greater than 10 A on FR4
2
boards. A Power Mosfet or Schottky diode in a
surfacemountpower packagecan handleup to
around50 A ifbetter substratesare used.
A new technology available today is IMS - an
Insulated Metallic Substrate. This offers greatly
enhanced thermal characteristics for surface
mount components.IMS is a substrateconsisting
of threedifferentlayers,(I) thebasematerialwhich
is availableas an aluminiumor a copperplate, (II)
a thermal conductive dielectrical layer and (III) a
copper foil, whichcan be etched as a circuitlayer.
Using this material a thermalresistance of 8°C/W
with 40 cm
2
of board floating in air is achievable
(seefig. 4). If evenhigherpower is to bedissipated
an externalheatsink couldbe appliedwhich leads
to an R
thatR
(j-a) of 3.5°C/W (see Fig. 5), assuming
th
(heatsink-air)isequaltoR
th
(junction-heatsink). This is commonly applied in
practice,leadingtoreasonableheatsink
dimensions. Often power devices are defined by
Fig.4 :Mountingon metalbacked board
Copper foil
Insulation
consideringthe maximumjunction temperatureof
the device. In practice , however, this is far from
being exploited. A summary of various power
managementcapabilities is madein table1 based
on a reasonabledeltaT of70°Cjunctionto air.
The PowerSO-10 concept also represents an
attractive alternati ve to C.O.B. techniques.
PowerSO-10 offers devices fully tested at low
and high temperature. Mounting is simple - only
conventionalSMT isrequired - enabling the users
togetrid ofbondwire problemsand theproblemto
controlthe hightemperaturesoftsolderingas well.
An optimized thermal managementis guaranteed
th
through PowerSO-10 as the power chips must in
any case be mounted on heat spreaders before
beingmountedonto the substrate.
Fig. 5 :
Mounting on metal backed board with an
externalheatsinkapplied
Copper foil
FR4board
Alumini um
Aluminium
heatsink
TABLE1
PowerSo-10packagemountedonRth(j-a)PDiss
1.FR4using the recommendedpad-layout
2
2.FR4withheatsink on board(6cm
)35°C/W2.0 W
50 °C/W1.5 W
3.FR4withcopper-filledthroughholes andexternalheatsink applied12 °C/W5.8 W
Information furnished is believedto be accurate and reliable. However, SGS-THOMSON Microelectronics assumes no responsibility forthe
consequences of use of such information nor for any infringement of patents or other rights of third parties which may result fromits use.No
license is grantedby implicationor otherwise under any patent or patentrights of SGS-THOMSON Microelectronics.Specifications mentioned
in this publication are subjectto change withoutnotice. This publication supersedes andreplaces all informationpreviously supplied.
SGS-THOMSONMicroelectronics productsare notauthorized foruse as criticalcomponents in life support devices or systems without express
written approval of SGS-THOMSONMicroelectronics.
1997SGS-THOMSON Microelectronics -Printed inItaly - All rights reserved.
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