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http://dx.doi.org/10.6117/kmeps.2014.21.3.043

Reliability of Sn-Ag-Cu Solder Joint on ENEPIG Surface Finish: 1. Effects of thickness and roughness of electroless Ni-P deposit  

Huh, Seok-Hwan (ACI division, Samsung Electro-Mechanics)
Lee, Ji-Hye (ACI division, Samsung Electro-Mechanics)
Ham, Suk-Jin (ACI division, Samsung Electro-Mechanics)
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Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society / v.21, no.3, 2014 , pp. 43-50 More about this Journal
Abstract
By the trends of electronic package to be smaller, thinner and more integrative, the reliability of interconnection between Si chip and printed circuit board is required. This paper reports on a study of high speed shear energy of Sn-4.0wt%Ag-0.5wt%Cu (SAC405) solder joints with different the thicknesses of electroless Ni-P deposit. A high speed shear testing of solder joints was conducted to find a relationship between the thickness of Ni-P deposit and the brittle fracture in electroless Ni-P deposit/SAC405 solder. A focused ion beam (FIB) was used to polish the cross sections to reveal details of the microstructure of the fractured pad surface with and without $HNO_3$ vapor treatment. The high speed shear energy of SAC405 solder joint with $1{\mu}m$ Ni-P deposit was found to be lower without $HNO_3$ vapor, compared to those of over $3{\mu}m$ Ni-P deposit. This could be due to the edge of solder resist in $1{\mu}m$ Ni-P deposit, which provides a fracture location for the weakened shear energy of solder joints and brittle fracture in high speed shear test. With $HNO_3$ vapor, the brittle fracture mode in high speed shear test decreased with increasing the thickness of Ni-P deposit. Then the roughness (Ra) of Ni-P deposits decreased with increasing its thickness. Thus, this gives the evidence that the decrease in roughness of Ni-P deposit for Eelectroless Ni/ Electroless Pd/ Immersion Au (ENEPIG) surface play a critical role for improving the robustness of SAC405 solder joint.
Keywords
Ni-P plating; Solder joint reliability; High speed shear; Ni-P thickness;
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