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Title: Effect of Ni–P thickness on solid-state interfacial reactions between Sn–3.5Ag solder and electroless Ni–P metallization on Cu substrate
Authors: Kumar, Aditya
Chen, Zhong
Mhaisalkar, Subodh Gautam
Wong, Chee Cheong
Teo, Poi Siong
Kripesh, Vaidhyanathan
Keywords: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Microelectronics and semiconductor materials::Thin films
Issue Date: 2005
Source: Kumar, A., Chen, Z., Mhaisalkar, S. G. , Wong, C. C., Teo, P. S., & Kripesh, V. (2005). Effect of Ni–P thickness on solid-state interfacial reactions between Sn–3.5Ag solder and electroless Ni–P metallization on Cu substrate. Thin Solid Films, 504(1-2), 410-415.
Series/Report no.: Thin solid films
Abstract: Solid-state interfacial reactions between Sn–3.5Ag solder and electroless Ni–P metallization on Cu substrate were investigated for three different Ni–P thicknesses. It was found that during interfacial reactions, Ni3Sn4 intermetallic grows at the Sn–3.5Ag/Ni–P interface along with the crystallization of electroless Ni–P layer into Ni3P compound. Additional interfacial compounds (IFCs) such as Ni–Sn–P, Cu3Sn, Cu6Sn5, (Ni1−xCux)3Sn4, and (Ni1−xCux)6Sn5 were also found to grow at the Sn–3.5Ag/Ni–P/Cu interfaces depending upon the Ni–P thickness. In the sample with thin Ni–P layer, formation of these IFCs appeared at lower aging temperature and within shorter aging duration than in the samples with thicker Ni–P. The complete dissolution of electroless Ni–P layer into Ni3P and Ni–Sn–P layers was found to be the main cause for the growth of additional IFCs. Across the Ni3P and Ni–Sn–P layers, diffusion of Cu and Sn takes place resulting in the formation of Cu–Sn and Ni–Cu–Sn intermetallics. It is shown in this paper that multi-layered IFC growth at the Sn–3.5Ag/Ni–P/Cu interfaces can be avoided by the selection of proper Ni–P thickness.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95233
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/9390
ISSN: 0040-6090
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2005.09.059
Schools: School of Materials Science & Engineering 
Rights: © 2005 Elsevier B.V. This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by Thin Solid Films, Elsevier B.V. It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2005.09.059].
Fulltext Permission: open
Fulltext Availability: With Fulltext
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