TY  - JOUR
AB  - Electrically conductive adhesives are considered to be strong candidates for replacing toxic lead‐based solders. The present work has focused on thermal fatigue cracking of isotropic conductive adhesive (ICA) joints. The initiation and propagation of cracks in the ICA joints were investigated with scanning electron microscopy. A linear elastic finite element analysis has been performed to analyse the stress distribution in the ICA joint and correlate the critical stress concentrations with the observed crack initiation sites. The effect of joint configurations on thermal stresses was also evaluated with numerical calculations.
VL  - 16
IS  - 1
SN  - 0954-0911
DO  - 10.1108/09540910410517059
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/09540910410517059
AU  - Mo Zhimin
AU  - Lai Zonghe
AU  - Li Shiming
AU  - Liu Johan
PY  - 2004
Y1  - 2004/01/01
TI  - Thermal fatigue cracking of surface mount conductive adhesive joints
T2  - Soldering & Surface Mount Technology
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 48
EP  - 52
Y2  - 2024/09/20
ER  -