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Wide bandgap materials have become very attractive for power electronics due to their physical properties that allow junction temperatures up to a theoretical limit of 600°C. In contrast, the maximum operation temperature of conventional silicon semiconductors is limited to approximately 200°C. The high-temperature operation of wide bandgap switches allows an increasing power density of power converters...
The Ni/95Pb5Sn/Cu ternary diffusion couples were used to investigate the cross-interaction between Ni and Cu across a layer of 95Pb5Sn solder. High-lead solder layers with thickness of 100 or 400 μm was electroplated over Cu foils. A pure Ni layer (20 μm) was then deposited over the as-deposited high-lead solder surface. The diffusion couples were then aged at 150 to 250°C for different periods of...
It is of importance for the reliability of lead-free and lead-bearing solder joints to have better understanding and control of the solder/metallization interactions during soldering. In the reactions between solders and Cu substrate, the formation of micro voids within the Cu3Sn layer had been report by many research groups. Because the Cu3Sn growth had been linked to the formation of micro voids,...
Much literature has been written and debated on the effects of reflow profiles on IMC {Inter-metallic compound) formation for solder alloys and the diffusion of elements during this process. This data has been concerning primarily assembly operations. However, not much data has been acquired on the effects of thermal aging on solders at back end pre-pack operations. The thermal aging conducted at...
Conventional assessment of solder joint reliability uses either ball shear test or solder ball pull test. The test results are reported in terms of materials strength in either shear or tensile mode, and the strength values are size-dependent. Therefore these test results are largely useful only for qualitative comparison and qualification of the products. In the current effort, we aim at developing...
This study utilized out high speed lap-shear tests at various strain rates (0.01 mm/s ~ 500 mm/s) for Sn-37Pb/Cu and Sn-37Pb/ENIG solder joints to evaluate the drop reliability. The samples aged for 120 h at different temperatures (150??C and 170??C) were also tested to examine the effects of aging on the drop reliability. We thoroughly analyzed the stress-strain curves obtained from the lap-shear...
The effects of added Cu into Sn-9Zn solder reacting with an Au substrate at 160degC for 24 hours were investigated in this study. The intermetallic compound (IMC) evolution sequences at the (Sn-9Zn)+xCu/Au interface and solders were : (i) (Au3 Zn7 + AuZn2 + AuZn) and Au3 Zn7 phases at the Sn-Zn/Au couples; (ii) (Au3 Zn7 + AuZn), (Au,Cu)3Zn7 phases, as x (the Cu content) was 1 wt%; (iii) AuSn and Cu...
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