• 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한용접접합학회 2002년도 Proceedings of the International Welding/Joining Conference-Korea
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• pp.450-455
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• 2002

Cu-cored Sn-Ag solder balls were fabricated by coating pure Sn and Ag on Cu balls. The melting behavior and the solderability of the BGA joint with the Ni/Au coated Cu pad were investigated and were compared with those of the commercial Sn-Ag and Sn-Ag-Cu balls. DSC analyses clarified the melting of Cu-cored solders to start at a rather low temperature, the eutectic temperature of Sn-Ag-Cu. It was ascribed to the diffusion of Cu and Ag into Sn plating during the heating process. After reflow soldering the microstructures of the solder and of the interfacial layer between the solder and the Cu pad were analyzed with SEM and EPMA. By EDX analysis, formation of a eutectic microstructure composing of $\beta$-Sn, Ag$_3$Sn, ad Cu$_{6}$Sn$_{5}$ phases was confirmed in the solder, and the η'-(Au, Co, Cu, Ni)$_{6}$Sn$_{5}$ reaction layer was found to form at the interface between the solder and the Cu pad. By conducting shear tests, it was found that the BGA joint using Cu-cored solder ball could prevent the degradation of joint strength during aging at 423K because of the slower growth me of η'-(Au, Co, Cu, Ni)$_{6}$Sn$_{5}$ reaction layer formed at the solder, pad interface. Furthermore, Cu-cored multi-component Sn-Ag-Bi balls were fabricated by sequentially coating the binary Sn-Ag and Sn-Bi solders on Cu balls. The reflow property of these solder balls was investigated. Melting of these solder balls was clarified to start at the almost same temperature as that of Sn-2Ag-0.75Cu-3Bi solder. A microstructure composing of (Sn), Ag$_3$Sn, Bi and Cu$_{6}$Sn$_{5}$ phases was found to form in the solder ball, and a reaction layer containing primarily η'-(Au, Co, Cu, Ni)$_{6}$Sn$_{5}$ was found at the interface with Ni/Au coated Cu pad after reflow soldering. By conducting shear test, it was found that the BGA joints using this Cu-core solder balls hardly degraded their joint shear strength during aging at 423K due to the slower growth rate of the η'-(Au, Cu, Ni)$_{6}$Sn$_{5}$ reaction layer at the solder/pad interface.he solder/pad interface.

• 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한용접접합학회 2006년도 춘계 학술대회 개요집
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• pp.30-32
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• 2006

The interfacial reaction and reliability of eutectic Sn-Pb and Pb-free eutectic Sn-Ag ball-grid-array (BGA) solders with an immersion Ag-plated Cu substrate were evaluated following isothermal aging at $150^{\circ}C$. During reflowing, the topmost Ag layer was dissolved completely into the molten solder, leaving the Cu layer exposed to the molten solder for both solder systems. A typical scallop-type Cu-Sn intermetallic compound (IMC) layer was formed at both of the solder/Cu interfaces during reflowing. The thickness of the Cu-Sn IMCs for both solders was found to increase linearly with the square root of isothermal aging time. The growth of the $Cu_3Sn$ layer for the Sn-37Pb solder was faster than that for the Sn-3.5Ag solder, In the case of the Sn-37Pb solder, the formation of the Pb-rich layer on the Cu-Sn IMC layer retarded the growth of the $Cu_6Sn_5$ IMC layer, and thereby increased the growth rate of the $Cu_3Sn$ IMC layer. In the ball shear test conducted on the Sn-37Pb/Ag-plated Cu joint after aging for 500h, fracturing occurred at the solder/$Cu_6Sn_5$ interface. The shear failure was significantly related to the interfacial adhesion strength between the Pb-rich and $Cu_6Sn_5$ IMC layers. On the other hand, all fracturing occurred in the bulk solder for the Sn-3.5Ag/Ag-plated Cu joint, which confirmed its desirable joint reliability.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.67-76
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• 1995

The microstructure of 95wt.%Pb/5wt.%Sn and 63wt.%Sn/37wt.%Pb solders for flip chip bonding process has been characterized. Solders were deposited by thermal evaporation and reflowed in the conventional furnace or by rapid thermal annealing(RTA) process. As-deposited films show columnar structure. The microstructure of furnace cooled 63Sn/37Pb solder shows typical lamellar form, but that of RTA treated solder has the structure showing an uniform dispersion of Pb-rich phase in Sn matrix. The grain size of 95Pb/5Sn solder reflowed in the furnace is about $5\mu\textrm{m}$, but the grain size of RTA treated solder is too small to be observed. The microstructure in 63Sn/37Pb solder bump shows the segregation of Pb phase in the Sn rich matrix regardless of reflowing method. The 63Sn/37Pb solder bump formed by RTA process shows more uniform microstructure. These result are related to the heat dissipation in the solder bump.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.61-67
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• 2005

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.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.39-43
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• 2002

48 $\mu$BGA 패키지에 Sn-37Pb 공정 솔더와 Sn-0.7Cu, Sn-3.5 Ag, Sn-2.0Ag-0.75Cu, Sn-2.0Ag-0.7Cu-3.0Bi 4종류의 무연 솔더를 적용하여, 미세 솔더 볼의 경도와 조성에 따른 솔더 접합부의 전단강도에 대해서 연구하였다. 실험 결과, 솔더 볼의 짖눌림은 Sn-2.0Ag-0.7Cu-3.0Bi에서 0.043mm로 큰 경도값을 얻었다. 또한 전단 강도 값은 무연 솔더가 Sn-37Pb 솔더보다 높았으며, Sn-2.0Ag-0.7Cu-3.0 Bi에서 최대 52% 높은 값을 나타내었다.

• 한국공작기계학회논문집
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.137-143
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• 2008

Thermal fatigue life prediction for solder joints becomes the most critical issue in present microelectronic packaging industry. And lead-free solder is quickly becoming a reality in electronic manufacturing fields. This trend requires life prediction models for new solder alloy systems. This paper describes the life prediction models for SnAgCu and SnPb solder joints, based upon non-linear finite element analysis (FEA). In case of analyses of the SnAgCu solder joints, two kinds of shapes are used. As a result, it is found that the SnAgCu solder has longer fatigue life than the SnPb solder in temperature cycling analyses.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.13-19
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• 2000

금속간 화합물의 두께와 솔더와 금속간 화합물의 계면 거칠기가 Cu pad위의 BGA솔더 조인트의 전단강도에 미치는 영향을 Sn (0. 1.5, 2.5wt.% Cu)와 Sn-40Pb (0, 0.5wt.% Cu) 솔더를 사용하여 알아보았다. 각각의 조성의 솔더를 사용하여 솔더링 반응을 1, 2 ,4분 동안 한 후 전단강도를 측정하였다. Sn솔더에 Cu 첨가는 초기 금속간 화합물의 두께를 증가시키는 결과를 가져오는 반면 Sn-40Pb 솔더의 경우에는 주로 금속간 화합물/솔더의 계면거칠기의 감소를 가져오게 된다. 최대 전단 강도값을 나타내는 금속간 화합물의 임계두께는 솔더의 물질에 따라 변하게 되는데, 본 실험에서는 Sn-Cu솔더의 경우에는 ~2.3 $\mu\textrm{m}$, Sn-Pb-Cu에서는 ~ 1.2 $\mu\textrm{m}$ 정도로 측정되었다. 금속간 화합물의 임계두께는 금속간 화합물/솔더의 계면이 더욱 거칠어질수록 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 파단면 관찰에서 나타난 초기의 솔더내에서의 파괴가 금속간 화합물이 임계두께 이상으로 성장함에 금속간 화합물/솔더의 계면으로 이동하는 결과와 일치한다.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.47-52
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• 2001

Sn-Cu-Ni계 솔더를 이용한 AC Adapter의 Pb-Free Wave 솔더링 공정을 Six Sigma기법으로 개발하였다. 솔더 접합부의 외관, 미세조직, Lift-off현상 및 Crack발생 유.무를 관찰하여 접합기구를 규명하고자 하였으며 열 충격시험을 통하여 신뢰성평가를 수행하였다. 솔더 접합부의 Sn-Cu-Ni계 솔더와 Cu Land 사이에는 약 5 $\mu\textrm{m}$ 두께의 $(Cu,Ni)_6/Sn_5$ 형태의 금속간화합물이 발견되었고 열 충격후 750사이클까지는 Crack이 발견되지 않았다. 본 연구로 개발된 제품은 기존의 Sn-Pb솔더를 사용한 제품에 비해서 양산성 및 신뢰성 측면에서 우수한 특성을 나타내었다.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.81-86
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• 2003

상부 칩과 하부 기판이 모두 Si으로 구성되어 있는 플립칩 패키지 시편을 제조하여 Sn-3.5Ag 솔더범프의 electromigration 거동을 분석하였다. Sn-3.5Ag 솔더범프의 electromigration 테스트 초기부터 파단이 일어나기 직전까지는 플립칩 시편의 저항이 거의 변하지 않았으나, 파단이 발생하는 순간 저항값이 크게 증가하였다. 전류밀도 $3\times 10^4$∼$4\times 10^4$A/$\textrm{cm}^2$에서 Sn-3.5Ag 솔더범프의 electromigration에 대한 활성화 에너지는 ∼0.7 eV로 분석되었다. Sn-3.5Ag 솔더범프의 cathode 부위의 솔더/UBM 계면에서 void의 형성 및 전파에 의해 솔더범프의 파단이 발생하였다.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.78-83
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• 2007

The wettability of Sn-Xwt%Cu(X=$0{\sim}3wt%$) solder was evaluated with wetting balance tester. And, the intermetallic compounds(IMCs) which were formed at the interface between solders and pads were investigated by using scanning electron microscopy(SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy(EDS). The wetting force of Sn-0.7wt%Cu solder was higher than that of 100wt%Sn and Sn-3.0wt%Cu solder. The value of $\gamma_{fl}$ and ($\gamma_{fs}-\gamma_{ls}$) had a tendency to increase with increasing the wetting temperature. The activation energy with bare Cu pad and flux with 15% solid content was increased in the following order: Sn-0.7Cu (68.42 kJ/mol) ; Sn-3.0Cu(72.66 kJ/mol) ; Sn solder(94.53 kJ/mol). It was identified that the Cu6Sn5 phase was formed at the interface between Sn-Xwt%Cu solder and Cu pad.