TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of additions of ZrO2 nano-particles on the microstructure and shear strength of Sn-Ag-Cu solder on Au/Ni metallized Cu pads
AU - Gain, Asit Kumar
AU - Chan, Y. C.
AU - Yung, Winco K.C.
PY - 2011/12
Y1 - 2011/12
N2 - Nano-sized, nonreacting, noncoarsening ZrO2 particles reinforced Sn-3.0 wt%Ag-0.5 wt%Cu composite solders were prepared by mechanically dispersing ZrO2 nano-particles into Sn-Ag-Cu solder. The interfacial morphology of unreinforced Sn-Ag-Cu solder and solder joints containing ZrO 2 nano-particles with Au/Ni metallized Cu pads on ball grid array (BGA) substrates and the distribution of reinforcing particles were characterized metallographically. At their interfaces, a Sn-Ni-Cu intermetallic compound (IMC) layer was found in both unreinforced Sn-Ag-Cu and Sn-Ag-Cu solder joints containing ZrO2 nano-particles and the IMC layer thickness increased with the number of reflow cycles. In the solder ball region, AuSn 4, Ag3Sn, Cu6Sn5 IMC particles and ZrO2 nano-particles were found to be uniformly distributed in the β-Sn matrix of Sn-Ag-Cu solder joints containing ZrO2 nano-particles, which resulted in an increase in the shear strength, due to a second phase dispersion strengthening mechanism. The fracture surface of unreinforced Sn-Ag-Cu solder joints exhibited a brittle fracture mode with a smooth surface while Sn-Ag-Cu solder joints containing ZrO2 nano-particles ductile failure characteristics with rough dimpled surfaces. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
AB - Nano-sized, nonreacting, noncoarsening ZrO2 particles reinforced Sn-3.0 wt%Ag-0.5 wt%Cu composite solders were prepared by mechanically dispersing ZrO2 nano-particles into Sn-Ag-Cu solder. The interfacial morphology of unreinforced Sn-Ag-Cu solder and solder joints containing ZrO 2 nano-particles with Au/Ni metallized Cu pads on ball grid array (BGA) substrates and the distribution of reinforcing particles were characterized metallographically. At their interfaces, a Sn-Ni-Cu intermetallic compound (IMC) layer was found in both unreinforced Sn-Ag-Cu and Sn-Ag-Cu solder joints containing ZrO2 nano-particles and the IMC layer thickness increased with the number of reflow cycles. In the solder ball region, AuSn 4, Ag3Sn, Cu6Sn5 IMC particles and ZrO2 nano-particles were found to be uniformly distributed in the β-Sn matrix of Sn-Ag-Cu solder joints containing ZrO2 nano-particles, which resulted in an increase in the shear strength, due to a second phase dispersion strengthening mechanism. The fracture surface of unreinforced Sn-Ag-Cu solder joints exhibited a brittle fracture mode with a smooth surface while Sn-Ag-Cu solder joints containing ZrO2 nano-particles ductile failure characteristics with rough dimpled surfaces. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.microrel.2011.03.042
DO - 10.1016/j.microrel.2011.03.042
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 0026-2714
VL - 51
SP - 2306
EP - 2313
JO - Microelectronics Reliability
JF - Microelectronics Reliability
IS - 12
ER -