The ball impact test is developed as a package-level measure of the board-level reliability of solder joints in the sense that it leads to brittle intermetallic fracturing, similar to that from a board-level drop test. Following classical structural dynamics principles, the ball impact test process is analyzed to provide insights into transient characteristics of this particular test methodology. A design guideline for the ball impact test apparatus based on characteristics of the measured impact force profile is proposed.
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