Effects of sulfide-forming element additions on the Kirkendall void formation and drop impact reliability of Cu/Sn-3.5Ag solder joints

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Ternary Pb-free solders, Sn-3.5Ag-X, containing 0.5 wt.%, of Zn, Mn and Cr, were reacted with Cu UBM, which was electroplated using SPS additive. Characteristics of Cu-Sn IMCs and Kirkendall void formation at the Cu/Sn-3.5Ag solder joints were significantly affected by the third element, and the potency to suppress Kirkendall voids at the solder joint increased in the order of Cr, Mn, Zn, which was indeed the order of the drop reliability improvement. From the AES analyses, it was suggested that the sulfide-forming elements in the solder diffused into the Cu UBM and reduced the segregation of S atoms to the Cu/Cu(3)Sn interface by scavenging S, which led to the suppression of Kirkendall void nucleation at the Cu/Cu(3)Sn interface and the drop reliability improvement. In the case of the Zn-containing solder joint, Cu(3)Sn phase, known to be a host of Kirkendall voids, did not form at all even after extended aging treatments. The magnitude of the tensile stress at the Cu(3)Sn/Cu interface which drove the Kirkendall void growth was estimated to be 10-100 MPa. Crown Copyright (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier Ltd. on behalf of Acta Materialia Inc. All rights reserved.
Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Issue Date
2009-10
Language
English
Article Type
Article
Keywords

INTERFACIAL REACTIONS; SURFACE SEGREGATION; CU; SN; ZN; SULFUR; COPPER; DIFFUSION; PHOSPHORUS

Citation

ACTA MATERIALIA, v.57, pp.5001 - 5012

ISSN
1359-6454
DOI
10.1016/j.actamat.2009.06.060
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10203/101241
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MS-Journal Papers(저널논문)
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