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EPSRC Reference:	GR/R09206/02
Title:	Microsystems Assembley Technology For the 21St Century - Mat21
Principal Investigator:	Ekere, Professor NN
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Project Partners:	Alpha Metals Celestica Ltd DEK Hewlett Packard Inc Kemitron Technologies
Department:	Sch of Engineering
Organisation:	University of Greenwich
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 June 2002	Ends:	30 June 2003	Value (£):	114,084
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Microsystems
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Electronics
Related Grants:	GR/R09213/01 GR/R09190/01
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Summary on Grant Application Form
This multidisciplinary project will identify a process route to integrate microsystems-based components using low cost flip chip assembly. The project will adopt microsystems technology, such as UV-LIGA, to manufacture stencils, with ultra fine apertures, for printing adhesive materials onto a substrate. Novel substrates with adhesive bumps will then be used to bond suitable bumped microsystem chip devices using flip chip assembly technology - enabling microsystem chip (MEMS, MOEMS, etc) interconnection at sub 100 micron pitch.Building upon current techniques in computational fluid dynamics, novel numerical mathematical models will be developed to predict the fluid flow dynamics of an adhesive material moving along the designed stencil. Together with experimentation these models will be validated and then used to predict print quality and hence identify optimal stencil design parameters. Both experiments and modelling will be used to predict the performance of the final microsystems assembly in terms of in-service reliability. The project will recommend a complete process route for microsystems assembly. The developed process will provide industry with appropriate microsystems technologies that will enable high-volume production of the next generation of intelligent products, for example-intelligent mobile phones, visual display equipment, medical devices, etc.
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