scholarly journals Effect of Power Cycling and Heat Aging on Reliability and IMC Growth of Sn-5Sb and Sn-10Sb Solder Joints

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Tatsuya Kobayashi ◽  
Ikuo Shohji ◽  
Yusuke Nakata

Power cycle reliability of solder joints with Sn-5Sb (mass%) and Sn-10Sb (mass%) alloys was investigated. The effects of power cycling and heat aging on the growth of intermetallic compound (IMC) layers at the interfaces between Sn-Sb alloys and Cu plates were also investigated. In the power cycling test, the solder joint with Sn-10Sb has high reliability compared with that of Sn-5Sb. IMC layers grew in both joints with increasing number of power cycles. Compared with Sn-5Sb and Sn-10Sb, difference in growth kinetics of IMC layers was negligible. A similar tendency was observed in the heat aging test. Compared with the power cycling and the heat aging, growth of IMC layers at the aging temperature of 200°C is faster than that in the power cycling test at the temperature range of 100°C to 200°C, while that at the aging temperature of 100°C, the growth is slower. On the basis of the comparison between the power cycling and the heat aging, it was clarified that growth kinetics of IMC layers in the power cycling can be predicted by investigating growth kinetics of the IMC layer at the temperatures in the vicinity of the peak temperature in power cycling.

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianguo Cui ◽  
Keke Zhang ◽  
Di Zhao ◽  
Yibo Pan

AbstractThrough ultrasonic wave assisted Sn2.5Ag0.7Cu0.1RExNi/Cu (x = 0, 0.05, 0.1) soldering test and − 40 to 125 °C thermal shock test, the microstructure and shear properties of Sn2.5Ag0.7Cu0.1RExNi/Cu solder joints under thermal cycling were studied by the SEM, EDS and XRD. The results show that the Sn2.5Ag0.7Cu0.1RExNi/Cu solder joints with high quality and high reliability can be obtained by ultrasonic assistance. When the ultrasonic vibration power is 88 W, the ultrasonic-assisted Sn2.5Ag0.7Cu0.1RE0.05Ni/Cu solder joints exhibits the optimized performance. During the thermal cycling process, the shear strength of ultrasonic-assisted Sn2.5Ag0.7Cu0.1RExNi/Cu solder joints had a linear relationship with the thickness of interfacial intermetallic compound (IMC). Under the thermal cycling, the interfacial IMC layer of ultrasonic-assisted Sn2.5Ag0.7Cu0.1RExNi/Cu solder joints consisted of (Cu,Ni)6Sn5 and Cu3Sn. The thickness of interfacial IMC of ultrasonic-assisted Sn2.5Ag0.7Cu0.1RExNi/Cu solder joints was linearly related to the square root of equivalent time. The growth of interfacial IMC of ultrasonic-assisted Sn2.5Ag0.7Cu0.1RExNi/Cu solder joints had an incubation period, and the growth of IMC was slow within 300 cycles. And after 300 cycles, the IMC grew rapidly, the granular IMC began to merge, and the thickness and roughness of IMC increased obviously, which led to a sharp decrease in the shear strength of the solder joints. The 0.05 wt% Ni could inhibit the excessive growth of IMC, improve the shear strength of solder joints and improve the reliability of solder joints. The fracture mechanism of ultrasonic-assisted Sn2.5Ag0.7Cu0.1RExNi/Cu solder joints changed from the ductile–brittle mixed fracture in the solder/IMC transition zone to the brittle fracture in the interfacial IMC.


2013 ◽  
Vol 795 ◽  
pp. 505-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.I. Najib ◽  
Mohd Arif Anuar Mohd Salleh ◽  
Saud Norainiza

The effect of excessive intermetallic growth to the reliability of solder joints become major problem in electronic assemblies industry. In this investigation, we used Sn-0.7Cu/1.0-Si3N4 composite solder to analyze its interfacial joint on Cu substrate. Various isothermal of aging times were carried in this study by using 24hrs, 240hrs, 480hrs, 600hrs and 720hrs at 150°C of aging temperature. The Cu-Sn IMC thickness was increase with increasing aging time and the diffusion coefficient of this composite solder is 1.16x10-16m2/s.


2015 ◽  
Vol 64 (16) ◽  
pp. 166601
Author(s):  
Zhao Ning ◽  
Zhong Yi ◽  
Huang Ming-Liang ◽  
Ma Hai-Tao ◽  
Liu Xiao-Ping

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Han ◽  
Xiaoyan Li ◽  
Peng Yao

Purpose This study aims to investigate the effect of ultrasound on interfacial microstructures and growth kinetics of intermetallic compounds (IMCs) at different temperatures. Design/methodology/approach To investigate the effect of ultrasound on IMCs growth quantitatively, the cross-sectional area of IMCs layers over a confirmed length was obtained for calculating the thickness of the IMCs layer. Findings The generation of dimensional difference in normal direction between Cu6Sn5 and its adjacent Cu6Sn5, formation of bossed Cu6Sn5 and non-interfacial Cu6Sn5 in ultrasonic solder joints made the interfacial Cu6Sn5 layer present a non-scallop-like morphology different from that of traditional solder joints. At 260°C and 290°C, the Cu3Sn layer presented a wave-like shape. In contrast, at 320°C, the Cu3Sn in ultrasonic solder joints consisted of non-interfacial Cu3Sn and interfacial Cu3Sn with a branch-like shape. The Cu6Sn5/Cu3Sn boundary and Cu3Sn/Cu interface presented a sawtooth-like shape under the effect of ultrasound. The predominant mechanism of ultrasonic-assisted growth of Cu6Sn5 growth at 260°C, 290°C and 320°C involved the grain boundary diffusion accompanied by grain coarsening. The Cu3Sn growth was controlled by volume diffusion during the ultrasonic soldering process at 260°C and 290°C. The diffusion mechanism of Cu3Sn growth transformed to grain boundary diffusion accompanied by grain coarsening when the ultrasonic soldering temperature was increased to 320°C. Originality/value The microstructural evolution and growth kinetics of IMCs in ultrasonically prepared ultrasonic solder joints at different temperatures have rarely been reported in previous studies. In this study, the effect of ultrasound on microstructural evolution and growth kinetics of IMCs was systematically investigated.


2013 ◽  
Vol 594-595 ◽  
pp. 666-670
Author(s):  
Saud Norainiza ◽  
S.I. Najib ◽  
M.A.A. Mohd Salleh

The effect of excessive intermetallic growth to the reliability of solder joints become major problem in electronic devices industry. In this study, we used Sn-Cu-Si3N4composite solder to observe the intermetallic compound (IMC) growth during low and high temperature aging. 50°C and 150°C represent low and high aging temperature respectively. Various isothermal of aging times were carried out by using 24hrs, 240hrs and 720hrs. The IMC thickness increases with increasing of aging temperature and time. Cu6Sn5 phase appear at low aging temperature whilst Cu6Sn5together with Cu3Sn phases has been observed at high aging temperature. The growth kinetics for low and high aging temperature is 1.63x10-18μm2/s and 2.75 x10-18μm2/s.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaromír DRÁPALA ◽  
Gabriela KOSTIUKOVÁ ◽  
Hana FRANCOVÁ ◽  
Monika LOSERTOVÁ ◽  
Petr KUBÍČEK

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