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Diffusion barrier property of electroless Ni-W-P coating in high temperature Zn-5Al/Cu solder interconnects

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posted on 2017-06-22, 14:54 authored by Li Liu, Zhiwen Chen, Zhaoxia ZhouZhaoxia Zhou, Guang Chen, Fengshun Wu, Changqing Liu
The operating temperature of high-temperature electronics can significantly promote the growth of intermetallic compounds (IMCs) at solder/substrate interfaces, particularly for low-cost Zn-based solders because of the rapid rate of reaction of Zn with Cu. Thus, a reliable and robust diffusion barrier is indispensable for suppressing the reactions between solder and substrate. In this work, a ternary Ni-W-P alloy was prepared via electroless plating. Its diffusion barrier property was evaluated by comparing the microstructures of IMC layers in Zn-5Al/Ni-W-P/Cu and Zn-5Al/Cu interconnects after liquid-solid reaction for prolonged durations. When the reaction lasted for 30 min, the thickness of the Al3Ni2 produced in the Zn-5Al/Ni-W-P/Cu solder interconnects was only 2.15 μm, whereas the thickness of the interfacial layer of Cu-Zn IMCs (CuZn4, Cu5Zn8 and CuZn) at the Zn-5Al/Cu interface was 94 μm. Because of the unbalanced growth of the IMCs in the Zn-5Al/Cu interconnects, notable numbers of Kirkendall voids were identified at the CuZn4/Cu5Zn8, Cu5Zn8/CuZn and CuZn/Cu interfaces after prolonged liquid-solid reaction. By contrast, the Al3Ni2 layer in the Zn-5Al/Ni-W-P/Cu solder joints remained intact, showing the potential to effectively enhance the mechanical reliability of electronic devices.

Funding

This research was supported by a Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme Project within the 7th European Community Framework Programme, No. PIRSES-GA-2010-269113, entitled “Micro-Multi-Material Manufacture to Enable Multifunctional Miniaturised Devices (M6)”, as well as an EPSRC-CPB Funding (GRANT NO. FS14). The authors also acknowledge the research funding by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (NSFC GRANT NO. 61261160498).

History

School

  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Published in

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Citation

LIU, L. ... et al, 2017. Diffusion barrier property of electroless Ni-W-P coating in high temperature Zn-5Al/Cu solder interconnects. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 722, pp. 746–752.

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© Elsevier

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Acceptance date

2017-06-11

Publication date

2017

Notes

This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Journal of Alloys and Compounds and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.06.122

ISSN

1873-4669;0925-8388

Language

  • en