Interfacial reactions of Cu-containing lead-free solders with Au/NiP metallization

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)662-669
Journal / PublicationJournal of Electronic Materials
Volume34
Issue number5
Publication statusPublished - May 2005

Abstract

Cu-containing solder alloys have been used to identify their interfacial reactions with electroless NiP. As-reflowed, AuSn4 intermetallic compounds (IMCs) are formed in the Sn-Cu and Sn-Ag-Cu solders, but in the cases of Sn-Ag-Cu-In, In-Sn-Au IMCs are formed and are uniformly distributed in the solder. Different types of IMCs such as high-Cu (>30 at.%), medium-Cu (30-15 at.%), and low-Cu (

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  • Cu-containing solder, Dissolution of electroless NiP, Intermetallics, Lead-free solder