• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.373-378
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• 2003

With increasing environmental concerns, application of lead-free solder and fluxless soldering process have been taken attention from the electronic packaging industry. Plasma treatment is one of the soldering methods for the fluxless soldering, and it can prevent environmental pollution cased by flux. On this study fluxless soldering process under $Ar-H_2$plasma using lead free solders such as Sn-3.5 wt%Ag, Sn-3.5 wt%Ag-0.7 wt%Cu and Sn-37%Pb for a reference was investigated. As the plasma reflow has higher soldering temperature than normal air reflow, the effects of UBM(Under Bump Metallization) thickness on the interfacial reaction and bonding strength can be critical. Experimental results showed in case of the thin UBM, Au(20 nm)/Cu(0.3 $\mu\textrm{m}$)/Ni(0.4 $\mu\textrm{m}$)/Al(0.4 $\mu\textrm{m}$), shear strength of the soldered joint was relatively low as 19-27㎫, and it's caused by the crack observed along the bonded interface. The crack was believed to be produced by the exhaustion of the thin UBM-layer due to the excessive reaction with solder under plasma. However, in case of thick UBM, Au(20 nm)/Cu(4 $\mu\textrm{m}$)/Ni(4 $\mu\textrm{m}$)/Al(0.4 $\mu\textrm{m}$), the bonded interface was sound without any crack and shear strength gives 32∼42㎫. Thus, by increasing UBM thickness in this study the shear strength can be improved to 50∼70%. Fluxed reflow soldering under hot air was also carried out for a reference, and the shear strength was 48∼52㎫. Consequently the fluxless soldering with plasma showed around 65∼80% as those of fluxed air reflow, and the possibility of the $Ar-H_2$ plasma reflow was evaluated.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.13-19
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 태양광 접속함 모듈 적용을 위한 유연 솔더(Sn-Pb) 및 무연 솔더(Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu 및 Sn-1.0Ag-0.7Cu-1.6Bi-0.2In)의 특성을 비교 평가하였다. 접속함 내에는 전압 및 전류 검출용 모듈, 고내압용 다이오드가 실장된 정류모듈 등 다양한 모듈이 내장되어있다. 본 연구에서는 솔더링특성, 인쇄성, 솔더형상 검사, X-ray를 이용한 솔더 내 void 검사 및 접합강도를 측정하였고, 무연 솔더 합금의 공정최적화는 step 1과 step 2로 구분하여 검토를 실시하였다. Step 1은 유연 솔더와 무연 솔더 페이스트 인쇄 검사 시험을 1차와 2차로 나누어 실험을 진행하였고 printability는 void 함량 및 접합강도의 상관관계로 검토하였다. 전체적으로 유연 솔더의 특성은 무연 솔더에 비하여 상대적으로 우수하였다. Step 2는 리플로우 공정의 최고점 온도 변화에 따른 접합부 특성 변화를 관찰하였다. 리플로우 최고 온도가 증가할수록 접합부 내의 void 함량이 2~4% 정도 감소하였고, 접합강도는 약 0.5 kgf 범위내에서 큰 차이 없이 나타났다. 기판 표면처리종류에 있어서는 ENIG 표면처리가 OSP 및 Pb-free 솔더 표면처리보다 우수한 접합강도를 나타내었다. 1종류의 무연솔더와 OSP 표면처리로 접합된 태양광 접속함 모듈의 500 싸이클 열충격 신뢰성시험 전후에 전기적 특성변화는 0.3% 내의 범위에서 안정적으로 작동함을 확인하였다.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2006년도 춘계학술발표대회 및 제10회 신소재 심포지엄 논문개요집
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• pp.25.2-25.2
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• 2006

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.27-34
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• 2017

Recently, a demand in sustainable green technologies is requiring the lead free bonding for high power module packaging due to the environmental pollution. The Transient-liquid phase (TLP) bonding can be a good alternative to a high Pb-bearing soldering. Basically, TLP bonding is known as the combination of soldering and diffusion bonding. Since the low melting temperature material is fully consumed after TLP bonding, the remelting temperature of joint layer becomes higher than the operating temperature of the power module. Also, TLP bonding is cost-effective process than metal nanopaste bonding such as Ag. In this paper, various TLP bonding techniques for power semiconductor were described.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제17권8호
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• pp.402-407
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• 2007

In electronics manufacturing processes, soldering process has generally been used in surface mounting technology. Because of environmental restriction, lead free solders as like a SnAgCu ternary system are being used widely. After soldering process, the formation and growth of intermetalic compounds(IMCs) are formed in the interface between solder and Cu substrate as follows isothermal temperature and time. In this studies, therefore, we investigated the effects of the Cu substrate thickness on the IMC formation and growth of Sn-40Pb/Cu and Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu/Cu solder joints, respectively. The effect of the Cu thickness in PCB Cu pad and pure Cu plate was analyzed as measuring of thickness of each IMC. After solder was soldered on PCB and Cu plate which have different Cu thickness, we measured the IMC thickness in solder joints respectively. Also we compared with the effectiveness of Cu thickness on the IMC growth. From these results, we calculated the activation energy.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.37-42
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• 2003

전자 패키징에 사용되는 솔더합금에 납을 함유됨으로써 인하여 야기되는 환경적 문제와 인체 유해성 때문에 Pb-Sn 합금계를 대체할 수 있는 새로운 무연 솔더 재료의 필요성이 대두되고 있다. 새로운 솔더합금의 개발에 있어서 솔더 조인트의 신뢰성이 가장 중요한 문제라고 할 수 있는데, 솔더 조인트의 신뢰성은 솔더와 기판 사이의 계면 반응 형태와 그 정도에 의해서 크게 영향을 받기 때문에 솔더와 기판 사이의 계면 현상에 관한 더 깊은 이해가 필요하게 된다 솔더링 동안 기판/솔더 계면에서 가장 먼저 생성되는 금속간 화합물의 상을 예측하기 위한 열역학적인 방법이 제안되었다. 계면 에너지와 석출 구동력의 함수로 표현되는 각각의 금속간 화합물에 대한 핵생성 활성화 에너지를 비교함으로써 활성화 에너지가 가장 낮은 금속간 화합물이 가장 먼저 생성된다고 예측하였다. 거기에 더해 에너지를 기반으로 한 계산을 통하여 솔더 조인트에서 금속간 화합물의 입자 형상을 설명하였다. 울퉁불퉁한 계면을 가진 금속간 화합물의 Jackson의 parameter 값은 2보다 작은 반면 평평한 입자의 경우 2보다 크게 된다.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.74-82
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• 2000

The fluxless wetting properties of UBM-coated Si-wafer to the binary lead-free solders(Sn-Ag, Sn-Sb, Sjn-In, Sn0Bi) were estimated by wetting balance method. With the new wettability indices from the wetting curves of one side coated specimen, the wetting property estimation of UBM-coated Si-wafer was possible. For UBM of Si-chip, Au/Cu/Cr UBm was better than au/Ni/TI in the point of wetting time/ At general reflow process temperature, the wettability of high melting point solders(Sn-Sb, Sn-Ag) was better than that of low melting point one(Sn-Bi, Sn-In). The contact angle of the one side coated Si-plate to the solder could be calculated from the force balance equation by measuring the static state force and the tilt angle.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.42-47
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• 2000

The object of this study is to estimate Sn-Ag-Bi-Ga solder alloy as a substitute for Sn-37Pb alloy. For Sn-Ag-Bi-Ga alloys, Ag, Bi and Ga contents are varied. (Ag : 1~5%, Ga : 3%, Bi : 3~6%) Comparing to Sn-37Pb alloy Sn-Ag-Bi-Ga alloys have wider melting temperature range up to max. $18.7^{\circ}C$. With increasing Ag, Bi contents, the wettability of the alloys increased up to max. 6.6 mN. The vickers hardness of the alloys was max. 46.4 Hv. The ultimate tensile stress of the alloys was max. 60.3 MPa and the elongation was max. 1.2%. The joint strength between circuit board and solder was max. 55.5 N and the joint strength between connector and solder was max. 176.1 N. There were no cracks in this alloys after thermal shock test.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제15권8호
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• pp.528-535
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• 2005

It is inclined to increase that use of hazardous substances such as lead(Pb), mercury (Hg), cadmium(Cd) etc. are prohibited in the electronics according to environmental friendly policies of an advanced nation for protecting environment of earth. As this reasons, many researches for ensuring the reliability were proceeding in Pb free soldering process. n the flux remains on the PCB(printed circuit board) in the soldering process or the electronics exposed to corrosive environment, it becomes the reasons of breakdown or malfunction of the electronics caused by corrosion. Therefore in this studies we researched the polarization and Tafel properties of Sn40Pb and SnCu system solders based on the electrochemical theory. The experimental polarization curves were measured in distilled ionized water and 1 mole $3.5 wt\%$ NaCl electrolyte of $40^{\circ}C$, pH 7.5. Ag/AgCl and graphite were utilized by reference and counter electrodes, respectively. To observe the electrochemical reaction, polarization test was conducted from -250mV to +250mV. From the polarization curves composed of anodic and cathodic curves, we obtained Tafel slop, reversible electrode potential(Ecorr) and exchange current density((cow). In these results, we compared the corrosion rate of SnPb and SnCu solders.

• 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한용접접합학회 2004년도 춘계 학술발표대회 개요집
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• pp.81-83
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• 2004

최근 대두되고 있는 환경오염문제로 인해 전자산업에서는 전 세계적으로 Pb 솔더에 관한 규제가 진행중에 있다. 이에 Pb free 솔더에 관한 연구가 활발히 진행 중에 있으며 그 중 Sn-Ag계 solder는 유력한 대체 solder로 대두되고 있다. (중략)