EN 60749-4:2002

SLOVENSKI SIST EN 60749-4:2004

STANDARD
julij 2004
Semiconductor devices - Mechanical and climatic test methods - Part 4: Damp heat,
steady state, highly accelerated stress test (HAST) (IEC 60749- 4:2002)
ICS 31.080.01 Referenčna številka
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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60749-4
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM August 2002
ICS 31.080.01 Partly supersedes EN 60749:1999 + A1:2000 + A2:2001
English version
Semiconductor devices –
Mechanical and climatic test methods
Part 4: Damp heat, steady state, highly accelerated stress test (HAST)
(IEC 60749-4:2002)
Dispositifs à semiconducteurs – Halbleiterbauelemente -
Méthodes d'essais mécaniques Mechanische und klimatische
et climatiques Prüfverfahren
Partie 4: Essai continu fortement acceléré Teil 4: Feuchte Wärme, konstant, Prüfung
de contrainte de chaleur humide (HAST) mit hochbeschleunigter Wirkung (HAST)
(CEI 60749-4:2002) (IEC 60749-4:2002)
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Ref. No. EN 60749-4:2002 E
Foreword
The text of document 47/1602/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 60749-4, prepared by IEC TC 47,
Semiconductor devices, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by
CENELEC as EN 60749-4 on 2002-07-02.
This mechanical and climatic test method, as it relates to damp heat, steady state, highly accelerated
stress test (HAS), is a complete rewrite of the test contained in clause 4C, chapter 3 of EN 60749:1999.
The following dates were fixed:
– latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2003-04-01
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2005-07-01
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60749-4:2002 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
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NORME CEI
INTERNATIONALE IEC
60749-4
INTERNATIONAL
Première édition
STANDARD
First edition
2002-04
Dispositifs à semiconducteurs –
Méthodes d'essais mécaniques et climatiques –
Partie 4:
Essai continu fortement accéléré
de contrainte de chaleur humide (HAST)
Semiconductor devices –
Mechanical and climatic test methods –
Part 4:
Damp heat, steady state,
highly accelerated stress test (HAST)
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60749-4  IEC:2002 – 3 –
INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES –
MECHANICAL AND CLIMATIC TEST METHODS –
Part 4: Damp heat, steady state,
highly accelerated stress test (HAST)
FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 60749-4 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 47:
Semiconductor devices.
The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
47/1602/FDIS 47/1618/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.
This mechanical and climatic test method, as it relates to damp heat, steady state, highly
accelerated stress test (HAST), is a complete rewrite of the test contained in clause 4C,
chapter 3 of IEC 60749.
This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 3.
The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until
2007. At this date, the publication will be
• reconfirmed;
• withdrawn;
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
The contents of the corrigendum of August 2003 have been included in this copy.

60749-4  IEC:2002 – 5 –
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES –
MECHANICAL AND CLIMATIC TEST METHODS –
Part 4: Damp heat, steady state,
highly accelerated stress test (HAST)
1 Scope
This part of IEC 60749 provides a highly accelerated temperature and humidity stress test
(HAST) for the purpose of evaluating the reliability of non-hermetic packaged semiconductor
devices in humid environments.
2 HAST test – General remarks
The HAST test employs severe conditions of temperature, humidity and bias which accelerate
the penetration of moisture through the external protective material (encapsulant or seal) or
along the interface between the external protective material and the metallic conductors which
pass through it. The stress usually activates the same failure mechanisms as the “85/85”
damp heat, steady state humidity test (see IEC 60749-5). As such the test method may be
selected from 85 °C/85 % RH steady-state life or from this test method. When both test
methods are performed, test results of 85 °C/85 % RH steady-state life test take priority over
HAST.
This test method shall be considered destructive.
3 Test apparatus
The test requires a pressure chamber capable of maintaining a specified temperature and
relative humidity continuously, while providing electrical connections to the devices under test
in a specified biasing configuration.
3.1 Controlled conditions
The chamber shall be capable of providing controlled conditions of pressure, temperature and
relative humidity during ramp-up to and ramp-down from the specified test conditions.
3.2 Temperature profile
A permanent record of the temperature profile for each test cycle is recommended so that the
validity of the stress can be verified.
3.3 Devices under stress
Devices under stress shall be mounted in such a way that temperature gradients are
minimized. Devices under stress shall be no closer than 3 cm from
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