Selecting a leadframe material

For a Microchip Encapsulation analysis, you can select the leadframe material for your model when specifying the process settings for your analysis.

This topic assumes that the Microchip Encapsulation molding process has already been set.

1. Click (Home tab > Molding Process Setup panel > Analysis Sequence), and select a sequence that includes Paddle shift prediction.
2. Click (Home tab > Molding Process Setup panel > Process Settings), or double-click the Process Settings icon in the Study Tasks pane.
3. In the first page of the Microchip Settings Wizard, enter the required information and click Next.
4. In the second page of the Microchip Settings Wizard, click Advanced options.
5. In the Advanced Options dialog, in the Leadframe drop-down list, select the leadframe material. Click Edit to change the properties of the selected leadframe material.
6. Click OK in the Advanced Settings dialog, and click Finish to close the Wizard.

Tip: To edit the leadframe properties at a later time, select the leadframe entity on the model, right-click and select Properties.