• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제55권5호
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• pp.299-307
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• 2022

Gold plating is used as a coating of connector in printed circuit boards, ceramic integrated circuit packages, semiconductor devices and so on, because the film has excellent electric conductivity, solderability and chemical properties such as durability to acid and other chemicals. In most cases, internal connection between device and package and external terminals for connecting packaging and printed circuit board are electroless Ni-P plating followed by immersion Au plating (ENIG) to ensure connection reliability. The deposition behavior and film properties of electroless Au plating are affected by P content, grain size and mixed impurity components in the electroless Ni-P alloy film used as the underlayer plating. In this study, the correlation between electroless nickel plating used as a underlayer layer and cyanide-free electroless Au plating using thiomalic acid as a complexing agent and aminoethanethiol as a reducing agent was investigated.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.27-33
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• 2008

PDA, 핸드폰과 같은 포터블 제품의 사용이 급증함에 따른 전자 제품의 사용 환경의 변화는 제품의 솔더 조인트 신뢰성을 더욱 필요로 하게 되었다. 무전해 니켈/금 도금 표면 처리는 솔더링 특성이 우수하고, 표면처리 두께가 균일하며 패키징 공정에서 사용되는 광학설비에서 인식이 잘되기 때문에 미세피치 SMT 디바이스와 BGA 기판에 폭넓게 사용되고 있다. 그러나 무전해 니켈/금 도금 표면과 솔더 계면에서 발생되는 취성 파괴가 문제점으로 지적되고 있다. 솔더의 취성 파괴는 솔더링시 금속간 화합물과 무전해 니켈층 사이에 형성된 P-rich 영역의 갈바닉 니켈 부식에 의한 black pad 현상에 기인한다. 이론적으로 평탄한 무전해 Ni표면은 무전해 금도금 과정 중 도금액의 균일하게 순환되기 때문에 black pad 발생을 억제하는 장점을 가지고 있다. 그러나 이러한 장점에도 불구하고 무전해 Ni층의 표면형상을 어떻게 제어 할지에 대한 연구는 충분히 이루어 지지 않고 있다. 본 연구에서는 Cu 하지층의 표면 형상이 무전해 Ni층의 표면 형상에 미치는 영향에 대하여 분석하였다. 이를 위해 Cu 에칭액과 Cu에칭 처리 횟수를 변화시켜 Cu 하지층의 표면 형상을 다양하게 변화시켰다.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.71-77
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• 2012

We studied the effect of heat treatment on the microstructures and mechanical strength of the solder joints in the Light Emitting Diode (LED) packages. The commercial LED packages were mounted on the a flame resistance-4 (FR4) Printed Circuit Board (PCB) in the reflow process, and then the joints were aged at $125^{\circ}C$ for 100, 200, 300, 500 and 1000 hours, respectively. After the heat treatment, we measured the shear strength of the solder joints between the PCB and the LED packages to evaluate their mechanical property. We used Pb-free Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu solder to bond between the LED packages and the PCBs using two different surface finishes, Electroless Nickel-Immersion Gold (ENIG) and Electroless Nickel-Electroless Palladium-Immersion Gold (ENEPIG). The microstructure of the solder joints was observed by a scanning electron microscope (SEM). (Cu,Ni)6Sn5 intermetallic compounds (IMCs) formed between the solder and the PCB, and the thickness of the IMCs was increased with increasing aging time. The shear strength for the ENIG finished LED package increased until aging for 300 h and then decreased with increasing aging time. On the other hand, in the case of an ENEPIG finished LED package, the shear strength decreased after aging for 500 h.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.47-53
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• 2015

인쇄회로기판 솔더 상부 및 하부 접합부의 서로 다른 표면처리 조건에 따른 Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu (SAC305) 접합부의 열처리 및 전류 인가에 따른 금속간 화합물 성장거동을 비교하기 위하여 in-situ 미세구조분석 및 electromigration (EM) 수명평가를 실시하였다. 솔더 접합 직후, 상부 접합부의 electroless nickel immersion gold (ENIG) 표면처리에서는 $(Cu,Ni)_6Sn_5$, 하부 접합부의 organic solderability preservative (OSP) 표면처리에서는$ Cu_6Sn_5$, $Cu_3Sn$ 금속간 화합물이 접합 계면에서 생성되었다. EM 수명평가 결과 온도 $130^{\circ}C$, 전류밀도 $5.0{\times}10^3A/cm^2$ 하에서 평균파괴시간이 약 78.7 hrs으로 도출되었고, 하부 OSP 표면처리에서 전자가 솔더로 빠져나가는 부분에서 Cu의 소모에 의한 단락이 주 손상기구로 확인되었다. In-situ 주사전자현미경을 통해 계면 미세구조 분석 결과 상부 접합부 ENIG 표면처리에서 전자의 방향에 따른 미세구조의 큰 차이가 없고 뚜렷한 손상이 관찰되지 않았으나, 하부 접합부 OSP 표면처리의 경우 전자가 솔더로 유입되는 부분에서 빠른 Cu 소모로 인한 보이드 성장이 관찰되었다. 따라서, SAC305무연솔더 접합부에서 ENIG 표면처리가 OSP 표면처리보다 보다 우수한 EM확산방지막 역할을 하여 금속간 화합물 성장을 억제하고 보다 우수한 EM 신뢰성을 보이는 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.80-87
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• 2008

Many researches related to the reliability of Pb-free solder joints with PCB (printed circuit board) surface finish under thermal or vibration stresses are in progress, because the electronics is operating in hash environment. Therefore, it is necessary to assess Pb-free solder joints life with PCB surface finish under thermal and mechanical stresses. We have investigated 4-points bending fatigue lifetime of Pb-free solder joints with OSP (organic solderability preservative) and ENIG (electroless nickel and immersion gold) surface finish. To predict the bending fatigue life of Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu solder joints, we use the test coupons mounted 192 BGA (ball grid array) package to be added the thermal stress by conducting thermal shock test, 500, 1,000, 1,500 and 2,000 cycles, respectively. An 4-point bending test is performed in force controlling mode. It is considered that as a failure when the resistance of daisy-chain circuit of test coupons reaches more than $1,000{\Omega}$. Finally, we obtained the solder joints fatigue life with OSP and ENIG surface finish using by Weibull probability distribution.

• 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한용접접합학회 2005년도 추계학술발표대회 개요집
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• pp.219-221
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• 2005

Sn-9Zn solder balls were bonded to Cu, ENIG (Electroless Nickel/Immersion Gold) and electrolytic Au/Ni pads, and the effect of aging on their joint reliability was investigated. The interfacial products were different from the general reaction layer formed in a Sn-base solder. The intermetallic compounds formed in the solder/Cu joint were $Cu_{5}Zn_{8}$ and $Cu_{6}Sn_{5}$. After aging treatment, voids formed irregularly at the bottom side of the solder because of Sn diffusion into the $Cu_{5}Zn_{8}$ IMC. In the case of the solder/ENIG joint, $AuZn_{3}$ IMCs were formed at the interface. In the case of the Au/Ni/Cu substrate, an $AuZn_{3}$ IMC layer formed at the interface due to the fast reaction between Au and Zn. In addition, the $AuZn_{3}$ IMC layer became detached from the interface after reflow. When the aging time was extended to 100 h, $Ni_{5}Zn_{21}$ IMC was observed on the Ni substrate.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.24-24
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• 2009

ENIG(Electroless Nickel Immersion Gold) is the surface treatment method that is used most widely at fine pitch's SMT and BGA packaging process. In this paper, we have studied the effect of P content variation during ENIG process on those phenomena related to the solder joint. The effect of P content was discussed using the results obtained from FE-SEM, EPMA, EDS and FIB. Finally, it was concluded that the more P-content in Ni layer, the thicker P-rich layer.

• 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한용접접합학회 2005년도 춘계학술발표대회 개요집
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• pp.25-27
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• 2005

Sn-9Zn solder balls were bonded to Cu and ENIG (Electroless Nickel/Immersion Gold) pads, and the effect of aging on their joint reliability was investigated. The interfacial products were different from the general reaction layer formed in a Sn-base solder. The intermetallic compounds formed in the solder/Cu joint were $Cu_{5}Zn_{8}$ and $Cu_{6}Sn_{5}$. After aging treatment, voids formed irregularly at the bottom side of the solder because of Sn diffusion into the $Cu_{5}Zn_{8}$ IMC. In the case of the solder/ENIG joint, $AuZn_{3}$ IMCs were formed at the interface. In the case of the Sn-9Zn/ENIG, the shear strength remained nearly constant in spite of aging for 1000 hours at $150^{\circ}C$. On the other hand, in the case of the Sn-9Zn/Cu, the shear strength significantly decreased after aging at $150^{\circ}C$ for 100hours and then remained constant by further prolonged aging. Therefore, the protective plating layer such as ENIG must be used to ensure the mechanical reliability of the Sn-9Zn/Cu joint.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.261-266
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• 2009

The mechanical and electrical properties of ball grid array (BGA) solder joints were measured, consisting of Sn-3.5Ag, with organic solderability preservative (OSP)-finished Cu pads and Electroless Nickel/Immersion Gold (ENIG) surface finishes. The mechanical properties were measured by die shear test. When ENIG PCB was upper joint and OSP PCB was lower joint, the highest shear force showed at the third reflow. When OSP PCB was upper joint and ENIG PCB was lower joint, the highest shear force showed at the forth reflow. For both joints, after the die shear results reached the highest shear force, shear force decreased as a function of increasing reflow number. Electrical property of the solder joint decreased with the function of increasing reflow number. The scanning electron microscope results show that the IMC thickness at the bonding interface gets thicker while the number of reflow increases.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.33-38
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• 2009

전자 기기 제품들이 소형화 및 휴대화 되면서 낙하충격 신뢰성에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 대표적인 무연솔더인 Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu 솔더를 이용하여 ENIG (Electroless Nickel Iimmersion Gold), OSP (Organic Solderability Preservative) 표면 처리와 등온 시효 시험 (High Temperature Storage test)에 따른 보드 레벨 패키지 (board level package)의 낙하충격 신뢰성 (drop reliability) 시험을 수행하였다. 또한 충격 조건을 변화시켜 시편에 가해지는 가속도 (G:acceleration)와 충격 지속 시간 (pulse duration)에 따른 신뢰성을 평가하였다. 기판의 strain측정 결과 중앙 부위가 가장 응력이 컸으며, 충격가속도에 비례하여 응력이 증가하였다. 시효 처리 전에는 OSP처리된 기판이 다소 우수한 신뢰성을 보였지만, 시효 처리후에는 ENIG기판에서 신뢰성이 우수하였고, 반대로 OSP는 감소하는 경향을 보였다. OSP의 경우 과도한 금속간화합물 (intermetallic compound)의 성장으로 인해 접합 계면에서 취성파괴 (brittle fracture)가 일어난 것을 관찰할 수 있었다.