Patent Document ID: 20060294436
Application ID: 11509615
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. An apparatus for predicting reliability in an electronic device package, comprising: a package modeling database that stores data concerning the shape of an electronic device package and the specifications for modeling of the electronic device package; a material property database that stores data concerning the properties of a material made into the electronic device package; a parameter designating unit for receiving parameters inputted to designate a type of the electronic device package, dimensions thereof, selected material thereof, and conditions for assessment thereof; a modeling unit for creating a simulation model on the basis of parameters of the properties of the material, and the dimensions of the electronic device package, which are designated by using the inputted parameters; a simulation executing unit for using the simulation model which is created by the modeling unit, to execute a simulation under the conditions designated by the inputted parameters; a results-of-simulation assessing unit for assessing the results of a simulation carried out by the simulation executing unit on the basis of a predetermined assessment criterion, and storing and preserving, in a results-of-assessment database, the inputted parameters and results of assessment which are obtained by assessing the results of a simulation, with regard to each type of the electronic device package; an assessment expression generating unit for generating, as an assessment expression, an approximate expression, which infers the results of assessment from the inputted parameters, on the assumption that a predetermined amount of the results of assessment is preserved in the results-of-assessment database; and an assessment predicting unit for, when an electronic device package in which the assessment expression has already been established is designated by using the inputted parameters, outputting the results of an assessment prediction according to the assessment expression.