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http://dx.doi.org/10.6117/kmeps.2014.21.4.057

The Improvement of Electrical Characteristics of Inkjet-printed Cu films with Stress Relaxation during Thermal Treatment  

Yi, Seol-Min (Institute of applied materials, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Joo, Young-Chang (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University)
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Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society / v.21, no.4, 2014 , pp. 57-62 More about this Journal
Abstract
Using flexible bismaleimide-triazine co-polymer as a substrate, inkjet-printed Cu films were also investigated for low-cost and process feasibility of flexible electronics. After annealing at $200^{\circ}C$ for 1 h under various reducing ambient, surface color was changed to red and electrical resistivity was decreased to the level of conductor under formic acid ambient. However, its resistivity was much higher than conventional copper films due to surface crack. In order to reduce the residual film stress after annealing, additional isothermal treatment was inserted before anneal hiring the stress relaxation applied in processes of amorphous materials. As a result, no surface crack was observed and electrical resistivity of $3.4{\mu}{\Omega}cm$ was measured after annealing at $230^{\circ}C$ with stress relaxation while electrical resistivity of $7.4{\mu}{\Omega}cm$ was observed after normal annealing without relaxation. The effect of stress relaxation was also confirmed by observing surface crack after decreasing the relaxation time to 0 min.
Keywords
inkjet printing; Cu; electrical property; stress relaxation;
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