| Advances in Materials Research Volume 6, Number 2, June 2017, pages 185-220 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/amr.2017.6.2.185 | |
Analytical modeling enables explanation of paradoxical behaviors of electronic and optical materials and assemblies | |
Ephraim Suhir
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| Abstract [Full Text] | |
| Merits, attributes and challenges associated with the application of analytical modeling in electronics and photonics materials science are addressed, based mostly on the author\'s research during his tenure with Bell Labs, University-of-California, Portland State University, and small business innovative research (SBIR) ERS Co., USA. The emphasis is on practically important, yet often paradoxical, i.e., intuitively non-obvious, material behaviors. It is concluded that when material reliability is crucial, ability to effectively quantify it is imperative, and that analytical modeling is the most suitable, although never straightforward, technique to understand, explain and quantify material behaviors, especially in extreme, extraordinary and paradoxical situations. | |
| Key Words | |
| analytical modeling; thermal stresses; assemblies comprised of dissimilar materials; electronics and photonics packaging | |
| Address | |
| Ephraim Suhir: Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Portland State University, Portland, OR, and ERS Co., 727 Alvina Ct., Los Altos, CA, 94024, USA | |
