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Rennier S. Rodriguez

Publications (18)

Addressing Delamination through Advanced Semiconductor Die Design

Rennier S. Rodriguez & Frederick Ray I. Gomez · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2021

Innovations and breakthroughs are continuously driven in semiconductor manufacturing to overcome existing assembly limitations and recurring difficulties. This paper is focused on the resolution of the delamination issue during die attach assembly process. A new design of semicon...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2021/v20i417303

Specialized EMI Shielding Process for Semiconductor Package

Rennier S. Rodriguez & Frederick Ray I. Gomez · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2020

Electromagnetic interference (EMI) is an unwanted disturbance caused by external sources that would affect the electrical functionality of the device. This paper presents an advanced approach of electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding protection for sensitive and critical se...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2020/v19i417238

Die Attach Process Defect Mitigation through Design Improvement on Anvil Block Tooling

Rennier S. Rodriguez, Frederick Ray I. Gomez & Bryan Christian S. Bacquian · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2020

Process improvement through modification in the design of indirect material is one potential direction to improve the productivity during assembly manufacturing. In this paper, an augmented design of anvil block is presented to reduce the crumpled strips, leadframe bending and de...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2020/v17i217182

Die Attach Process Optimization with Enhanced Epoxy Control on Leadframe Package

Rennier S. Rodriguez, Edwin M. Graycochea Jr, Rammil A. Seguido & Frederick Ray I. Gomez · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2020

The paper presents a practical procedure in selecting the best candidate for die attach epoxy control or anti-epoxy bleed-out (anti-EBO) concentration during the introduction of new leadframe configuration. Three different criteria were implemented to measure the relative impact...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2020/v14i217121

Rubber-tip Design Improvement for Die Crack Elimination at Diebond Process

Rennier S. Rodriguez & Frederick Ray I. Gomez · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2020

The paper focused on the elimination of die crack occurrence at the diebond process. Design of experiment (DOE) was done on the pick and place rubber-tip design and an improved design was finalized. The improved rubber-tip configuration with smaller vacuum design and full contact...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2020/v12i217074

Package and Process Design Augmentation of QFN Leadframe Device

Rennier S. Rodriguez, Maiden Grace R. Maming & Frederick Ray I. Gomez · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2020

Innovations and breakthroughs either through process, equipment or material is known in semiconductor industries as a positive option in overcoming the existing limitations and assembly handicaps. This presentation discusses the assembly methodology and packaging design of a quad...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2019/v9i417026

Incorporating Package Grinding Process for QFN Thin Device Manufacturing

Rennier S. Rodriguez & Frederick Ray I. Gomez · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2020

Package thinning, down-scaling, and miniaturization are common interests among semiconductor industries, with each manufacturing site having different approach and technical directions in providing novelties in their products. The paper offers an innovative design of manufacturin...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2019/v9i217014

Pick and Place Process Optimization for Thin Semiconductor Packages

Rennier S. Rodriguez & Frederick Ray I. Gomez · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2019

Nowadays, electronic manufacturers trend are to become thinner and thinner especially those electronic gadgets that is very handy and convenient on our daily necessity. Challenge with the leading manufacturers is the production and development of less size gadget yet with richnes...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2019/v4i216897

Study of Diebond Machine Platform on Theta Rotation Performance

Edwin M. Graycochea Jr., Rennier S. Rodriguez & Frederick Ray I. Gomez · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2021

Theta rotation on die during diebond process is one of the critical machine responses especially for land grid array (LGA) device with tight tolerances requirement. The paper focuses on the die theta rotation tolerance capability with critical design for LGA device evaluated on t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2021/v20i817357

Elimination of Smashed Ball Defect through Process and Design Improvement

Jonathan C. Pulido, Rennier S. Rodriguez & Frederick Ray I. Gomez · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2020

This paper presents the modification and improvement done on the wire clamp and top plate (WCTP) design to eliminate the bouncing effect of the silicon die that leads to smashed ball reject during the formation of wire. The protrusion of the unit on the vacuum hole produced movem...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2020/v17i417195

Integration of EMI Shielding Design for Substrate Package Isolation

Frederick Ray I. Gomez & Rennier S. Rodriguez · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2020

This paper presents a modified substrate design that would enable a bottom electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding protection for EMI sensitive integrated unit (IC). The modified substrate design is applied and incorporated to the existing and known shielding technique to fu...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2020/v17i217184

Metallized Semiconductor Die for Long Wire Interconnect

Frederick Ray I. Gomez & Rennier S. Rodriguez · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2020

This paper focused on the integration of metallized silicon die in design layout of quad-flat no-leads package (QFN) and ball grid array (BGA) devices. The metallized silicon die is fabricated with a conductive top layer where the junction for wire interconnection is created. The...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2020/v14i417131

Modified Sidewall Design of QFN Package

Frederick Ray I. Gomez & Rennier S. Rodriguez · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2020

The paper offers an improvement for leadframe devices to mitigate the occurrence of package chipping rejection during package mechanical singulation. The discussion provides a specialized design of mold chase for mold encapsulation process, and an augmented mechanical cutting tec...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2020/v10i217033

Glue Voids Reduction on QFN Device through Material and Process Improvement

Edwin M. Graycochea Jr., Endalicio D. Manalo, Rennier S. Rodriguez & Frederick Ray I. Gomez · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2021

The paper is focused on the glue voids reduction on critical semiconductor quad-flat no-leads (QFN) device processed on a stencil printing type of die attach machine. Process optimization through material preparation improvement was done to mitigate the silver lumps of the sinter...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2021/v20i317275

Ball Crack Mitigation through Wirebond Process Optimization

Anthony R. Moreno, Frederick Ray I. Gomez & Rennier S. Rodriguez · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2021

Intermetallic is a critical factor that is controlled and limit during manufacturing of integrated units. Through improving the ball flatness response of the semiconductor wire significantly impact the outcome for the intermetallic characteristic between metal such as Gold-Alumin...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2021/v20i217259

Warpage Mitigation through Diebond Process Improvement with Enhanced Leadframe Configuration

Edwin M. Graycochea Jr., Frederick Ray I. Gomez & Rennier S. Rodriguez · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2020

This paper presents an improvement in the design of quad flat no-leads (QFN) leadframe material to reduce the amount of unit rejection due to excessive leadframe warpage observed after die attach curing (DAC) process. The enhanced leadframe design includes modification through in...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2020/v10i217035

ESD Diode Protection Incorporated on Leadframe Package

Frederick Ray I. Gomez, Edwin M. Graycochea Jr., Nerie R. Gomez & Rennier S. Rodriguez · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2020

With the new die technology becomes smaller and thinner, silicon die circuit metallization also becomes smaller, thus electronic devices like quad-flat no-leads multi-row (QFN-mr) semiconductor leadframe package design become more sensitive and prone to electrostatic discharge (E...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2020/v14i317126

Bond Line Thickness Characterization for QFN Package Robustness

Bryan Christian S. Bacquian, Edwin M. Graycochea Jr, Frederick Ray I. Gomez & Rennier S. Rodriguez · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2020

The paper focused on the evaluation of quad-flat no-leads (QFN) semiconductor package with small silicon die on different machine platforms to achieve a higher bond line thickness (BLT) of greater than 30 µm. The characterization or evaluation was narrowed down into two main dieb...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2020/v14i217119