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Influence of Cu content on compound formation near the chip side for the flip-chip Sn-3.0Ag-(0.5 or 1.5)Cu solder bump during aging

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Sn-Ag-Cu solder is a promising candidate to replace conventional Sn-Pb solder. Interfacial reactions for the flip-chip Sn-3.0Ag-(0.5 or 1.5)Cu solder joints were investigated after aging at 150°C. The under bump metallization (UBM) for the Sn-3.0Ag-(0.5 or 1.5)Cu solders on the chip side was an Al/Ni(V)/Cu thin film, while the bond pad for the Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu solder on the plastic substrate side was Cu/electroless Ni/immersion Au. In the Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu joint, the Cu layer at the chip side dissolved completely into the solder, and the Ni(V) layer dissolved and reacted with the solder to form a (Cu1−y,Niy)6Sn5 intermetallic compound (IMC). For the Sn-3.0Ag-1.5Cu joint, only a portion of the Cu layer dissolved, and the remaining Cu layer reacted with solder to form Cu6Sn5 IMC. The Ni in Ni(V) layer was incorporated into the Cu6Sn5 IMC through slow solid-state diffusion, with most of the Ni(V) layer preserved. At the plastic substrate side, three interfacial products, (Cu1−y,Niy)6Sn5, (Ni1−x,Cux)3Sn4, and a P-rich layer, were observed between the solder and the EN layer in both Sn-Ag-Cu joints. The interfacial reaction near the chip side could be related to the Cu concentration in the solder joint. In addition, evolution of the diffusion path near the chip side in Sn-Ag-Cu joints during aging is also discussed herein.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Guh-Yaw Jang & Jeng-Gong Duh

  2. Application & Research Center, JEOL Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

    Hideyuki Takahashi

  3. Flip-Chip Engineering Department, TSMC Ltd., Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Szu-Wei Lu

  4. Flip-Chip Operation, ASE, Chung-Li, Taiwan

    Jen-Chuan Chen

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Jang, GY., Duh, JG., Takahashi, H. et al. Influence of Cu content on compound formation near the chip side for the flip-chip Sn-3.0Ag-(0.5 or 1.5)Cu solder bump during aging. J. Electron. Mater. 35, 1745–1754 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-006-0229-3

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