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Lower Temperature Soldering of Capacitor Using Sn-Bi Coated $Sn-3.5\%Ag$ Solder  

Kim Mi-Jin (Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Seoul)
Cho Sun-Yun (Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Seoul)
Kim Sook-Hwan (Welding Centre, RIST)
Jung Jae-Pil (Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Seoul)
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Journal of Welding and Joining / v.23, no.3, 2005 , pp. 61-67 More about this Journal
Abstract
Since lead (Pb)-free solders for electronics have higher melting points than that of eutectic Sn-Pb solder, they need higher soldering temperatures. In order to decrease the soldering temperature we tried to coat Sn-Bi layer on $Sn-3.5\%Ag$ solder by electroplating, which applies the mechanism of transient liquid phase bonding to soldering. During heating Bi will diffuse into the $Sn-3.5\%Ag$ solder and this results in decreasing soldering temperature. As bonding samples, the 1608 capacitor electroplated with Sn, and PCB, its surface was finished with electroless-plated Ni/Au, were selected. The $Sn-95.7\%Bi$ coated Sn-3.5Ag was supplied as a solder between the capacitor and PCB land. The samples were reflowed at $220^{\circ}C$, which was lower than that of normal reflow temperature, $240\~250^{\circ}C$, for the Pb-free. As experimental result, the joint of $Sn-95.7\%Bi$ coated Sn-3.5Ag showed high shear strength. In the as-reflowed state, the shear strength of the coated solder showed 58.8N, whereas those of commercial ones were 37.2N (Sn-37Pb), 31.4N (Sn-3Ag-0.5Cu), and 40.2N (Sn-8Zn-3Bi). After thermal shock of 1000 cycles between $-40^{\circ}C$ and $+125^{\circ}C$, shear strength of the coated solder showed 56.8N, whereas the previous commercial solders were in the range of 32.3N and 45.1N. As the microstructures, in the solder $Ag_3Sn$ intermetallic compound (IMC), and along the bonded interface $Ni_3Sn_4$ IMC were observed.
Keywords
Tin-Bismuth coating; Tin-Silver solder; TLP bonding; Lower temperature soldering; Thermal shock;
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