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Intermetallic Reactions in a Sn-20In-2.8Ag Solder Ball-Grid-Array

Package with Au/Ni/Cu Pads

HUI-MIN WU,1,2FENG-CHIH WU,1and TUNG-HAN CHUANG1

1.—Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan. 2.—E-mail: D92527008@ntu.edu.tw

The intermetallic compounds formed during the reflow and aging of Sn-20In-2.8Ag ball-grid-array (BGA) packages are investigated. After reflow, a large number of cubic-shaped AuIn2intermetallics accompanied by Ag2In precipitates

appear in the solder matrix, while a Ni(Sn0.72Ni0.28)2 intermetallic layer is

formed at the solder/pad interface. With further aging at 100°C, many voids can be observed in the solder matrix and at the solder/pad interface. The continuous distribution of voids at the interface of specimens after prolonged aging at 100°C causes their bonding strength to decrease from 5.03 N (as reflowed) to about 3.50 N. Aging at 150°C induces many column-shaped (Cu0.74Ni0.26)6(Sn0.92In0.08)5

intermetallic compounds to grow rapidly and expand from the solder/pad inter-face into the solder matrix. The high microhardness of these intermetallic columns causes the bonding strength of the Sn-20In-2.8Ag BGA solder joints to increase to 5.68 N after aging at 150°C for 500 h.

Key words: Ball-grid-array (BGA), Sn-20In-2.8Ag solder, intermetallic

compounds, ball shear strength

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INTRODUCTION

Among a number of candidates, the eutectic alloy Sn-3.5Ag has been considered to be one of the most promising lead-free solders due to its advantages of higher shear strength, improved creep resistance, longer thermal fatigue life, and good wettability.1–3

However, this alloy has a higher eutectic point than the traditional Sn-37Pb solder, which has certainly restricted its applications in electronic packaging. In order to solve this problem, Hiroshi et al.4found

that the melting temperature of Sn-3.5Ag solder could fall slightly from 216°C to 193°C by adding a small amount of Zn. The addition of Bi into solders has also been found by Kattner and Boettinger5to

lower its liquidus temperature. Kariya and Ostuka further reported that Zn and indium (In) additions could improve the tensile strength while the fatigue life would slightly decrease, and a Bi addition, on the other hand, would degrade the fatigue life of Sn3.5Ag abruptly.6

It is well known that In addition has a remarkable effect on lowering the melting temperatures of

solders. Glarzer showed that Au atoms dissolved quite slowly into the In-containing solder.7 Lee also reported that the lower solubility of Au atoms in the In-Sn solder resulted in the prevention of Au-embrittlement failure in advanced packaging.8

Jacobson and Humpson found that, in an In-contained solder, a AuIn intermetallic layer appeared at the solder/pad interface, which acted as a diffusion barrier and prohibited the formation of brittle inter-metallic phase such as AuSn4 in the solder matrix.9

Yet, the element In is expensive enough to restrain the applications of In-containing solders in electronic packaging. A compromise may be reached by integrat-ing the features of Sn-3.5Ag and In-49Sn alloys, and having Sn-20In-2.8Ag solder developed. Kim and Tu10

reported that Sn-20In-2.8Ag solder exhibited a lower dissolution rate for the Au element when compared with other Pb- and Sn-based solders. In our prior studies, the intermetallic compounds formed during the solder reactions of Sn-20In-2.8Ag alloy with Cu, Ni, and Ag substrates were analyzed.11–13The effort

of this study is concerned with further investigations of the interfacial reactions between Sn-20In-2.8Ag solder and Au/Ni/Cu pads in ball-grid-array (BGA) packages during reflow and aging.

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EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES

The BGA packages were assembled in the same manner as a previous study.14 The Sn-20In-2.8Ag

solder balls were dipped in RMA-type flux, placed on the Au/Ni/Cu pads in BGA packages, and then heated in a hot-air furnace. The DSC analysis showed that the solidus and liquidus temperatures of the Sn-20In-2.8Ag solder alloy were 176°C and 187°C, respectively. For the reflow process, various peak temperatures (Tmax) ranging from 200°C to

230°C for various melting time periods (∆t) were used. A certain number of BGA specimens reflowed at 230°C peak temperature for 60 sec melting time were further aged at 100°C and 150°C, respectively, for the durations varying from 100 h to 1000 h.

For metallographic observations, the reflowed and aged specimens were cross-sectioned through a row of solder balls, ground with 1500 grit SiC paper, and polished with 0.3 µm Al2O3.A scanning electron

mi-croscope (SEM) equipped with an energy dispersive x-ray spectrometer (EDX) was employed for the examination of the morphology and chemical compo-sition of intermetallic compounds formed in the BGA packages. The three-dimensional morphology of intermetallics was also observed by means of the selective etching method. For this purpose, an etching solution of 35 mL HF, 55 mL H2O2, and

10 mL HNO3 was used to dissolve the unreacted

Sn-20In-2.8Ag solder and retain the intermetallic compounds at the solder/pad interfaces.

Finally, the bonding strengths of Sn-20In-2.8Ag solder joints under various reflow and aging condi-tions were measured via ball shear testing. The mea-surements were taken at a shear rate of 0.1 mm/s and a shear height of 80 µm (about 1/4 of the reflowed ball height). The fractography of the solder joints after ball shear tests was observed by SEM.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

The microstructure of the as-cast Sn-20In-2.8Ag alloy is shown in Fig. 1a, which contains island-like Ag2In precipitates embedded in the Sn-rich matrix.

Figure 1b reveals the appearance of a number of cubic-shaped AuIn2 intermetallic compounds in the

solder in addition to Ag2In precipitates after the

reflow of Sn-20In-2.8Ag solder balls on Au/Ni/Cu pads in BGA packages. The formation of such AuIn2

intermetallic cubics has already been reported in In-49Sn solder BGA packages with Au/Ni/Cu pads.14

According to Fig. 2, as the peak temperature or melt-ing duration for the reflow process increases, more cubic-shaped intermetallic compounds float into the solder matrix. The three-dimensional morphology of intermetallic compounds at the solder/pad interface after reflow can be observed through selective etching of the Sn-20In-2.8Ag solder. Figure 3 reveals that many AuIn2intermetallic cubics accompanied by

sea-weed-shaped Ag2In still remain on the Ni/Cu pad in

the BGA package. Along with the formation of AuIn2 intermetallics, the Au film disappears, while

the liquid Sn-20In-2.8Ag solder reacts further with the Ni layer to form a continuous intermetallic layer at the solder/pad interface as shown by Fig. 4. The composition (at.%) of this interfacial intermetal-lic layer as analyzed by EDX is Ni:Sn:In  33.5:48.5: 18.0, which corresponds to the Ni(Sn0.72In0.27)2

phase. The resultant interfacial intermetallic phase in the Sn-20In-2.8Ag solder BGA package is consis-tent with the reaction product generated from the In49Sn(L)/Ni(S)soldering reactions,15rather than

with the Ni3(Sn0.99In0.01)4 phase formed in the

soldering reaction between liquid Sn-20In-2.8Ag solder and Ni substrate.16 Such a Ni(Sn

0.72In0.28)2

phase can be inferred to exist in the Ni-Sn-In ternary phase diagram,17although there has been no report

of either the NiSn2or the NiIn2phase in the Ni-Sn

and Ni-In binary phase diagrams.

Figure 5 shows the morphology of intermetallic compounds in Sn-20In-2.8Ag solder BGA packages with Au/Ni/Cu pads after aging at 100oC for various

time periods. It can be seen that the interfacial intermetallic compounds Ni(Sn0.72In0.28)2 formed

during reflow have not grown noticeably with the aging time, but the voids in the solder matrix have increased gradually. With the aging time prolonged to more than 700 h, a row of voids appear at the solder/pad interface as shown in Fig. 5c and d. Figure 6 indicates that the voids are linked to form a crack along the solder/pad interface. How-ever, as the aging temperature is increased from 100°C to 150°C, the Ni metallization layer becomes

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Fig. 1. Microstructure of the Sn-20In-2.8Ag solder matrix: (a) as cast and (b) as reflowed on Au/Ni/Cu pads.

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exhausted and a large amount of column-shaped intermetallic compounds are grown toward the sol-der matrix as shown in Fig. 7. The composition (at.%) of these intermetallic columns is Cu:Ni:Sn:In  41.31:14.83:40.38:3.48, which corresponds to the (Cu0.74Ni0.26)6(Sn0.92In0.08)5 phase. The formation

of such a (Cu0.74Ni0.26)6(Sn0.92In0.08)5 intermetallic

compound is attributed to the rapid dissolution of

Cu atoms from the Cu pad through the loosened Ni(Sn0.72In0.28)2 intermetallic layer into the solder

matrix. During the reaction between Cu atoms and Sn-20In-2.8Ag solder, the Ni(Sn0.72In0.28)2

intermetallic layer falls to pieces and joins in the Cu/Sn-20In-2.8Ag reaction.

Ball shear strengths of the Sn-20In-2.8Ag solder joints in BGA packages after reflow at various peak temperatures for various melting times, are plotted

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Fig. 2. Morphology of the intermetallic compounds formed in the Sn-20In-2.8Ag solder BGA package with Au/Ni/Cu pads after reflowing at var-ious peak temperatures for varvar-ious melting durations: (a) 200°C, 60 sec; (b) 230°C, 60 sec; (c) 200°C, 120 sec; and (d) 230°C, 120 sec.

Fig. 3. Selective etching of the Sn-20In-2.8Ag solder showed that AuIn2intermetallic cubics and seaweed shaped Ag2In on the Ni/Cu

pad in a BGA package after reflow at 230°C for 60 sec.

Fig. 4. Continuous Ni(Sn0.72In0.27)2intermetallic layer formed during

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in Fig. 8. An optimized condition for the reflow process can be obtained at 230°C for 60 sec, which results in the maximal bonding strength of 5.03 N. This is higher than the ball shear strength of the re-flowed In-49Sn package (3.30 N),14 but lower than

that for the case of Sn-3.5Ag (8.69 N).18After aging

at 100°C and 150°C for 300 h, the bonding strength of Sn-20In-2.8Ag solder joints drops slightly to 4.19 N and 4.79 N, respectively, as shown in Fig. 9.

With further increases in aging time at 100°C, the ball shear strengths decline progressively to the val-ues around 3.50 N. However, aging at 150°C for 500 h causes the strength to rise to 5.68 N. Figures 10 shows the fractography done on the solder joints after ball shear tests in order to shed more light on the bonding strength results given in Fig. 9 for Sn-20In-2.8Ag BGA packages after various aging treat-ments. It is evident that the specimens after reflow and aging for 300 h fracture across the solder matrix and reveal ductile characteristics (Fig. 10a). After aging at 100°C for 1000 h, the outer region of the sol-der joint maintains the features of ductile fracture, as shown in Fig. 10b. However, the interior of the sol-der joint has fractured along the solsol-der/pad inter-face, containing many AuIn2intermetallic cubics and

Ni(Sn0.72In0.28)2 intermetallic compounds. For a

Sn-20In-2.8Ag package subjected to prolonged aging at 100°C, such a fracture characteristic reveals that the continuously distributed voids along the solder/pad interface (Fig. 5d) should account for the low bond-ing strength of this specimen. The fractography in Fig. 10c indicates that the specimen after aging at 150°C for 500 h fractures across the (Cu0.74Ni0.26)6

(Sn0.92In0.08)5 intermetallic columns grown into

the solder matrix. The microhardnesses of the (Cu0.74Ni0.26)6(Sn0.92In0.08)5 intermetallic compound

and the Sn-20In-2.8Ag solder matrix have been

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Fig. 5. Microstructure of the intermetallic compounds formed during the aging Sn-20In-2.8Ag BGA packages with Au/Ni/Cu finishes at 100°C for various time periods: (a) 100 h, (b) 500 h, (c) 700 h, and (d) 1000 h.

Fig. 6. Crack formed along the solder/pad interface after aging at 100°C for 700 h.

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measured to be 300 HV and 15 HV, respectively. The increase in ball shear strength of the solder joint after aging at 150°C for 500 h can thus be explained.

CONCLUSIONS

After the reflow operation of liquid Sn-20In-2.8Ag solder on Au/Ni/Cu pads in BGA packages, a

number of cubic-shape AuIn2 intermetallic

com-pounds appear in the solder along with Ag2In

precipitates. A Ni(Sn0.72Ni0.28)2 continuous

inter-metallic layer is formed at the solder/pad interface, which exhibits no significant growth at 100°C with the increase in aging time. For the aging time longer than 700 h, the continuously distributed voids, which

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Fig. 7. Microstructure of the (Cu0.74Ni0.26)6(Sn0.92In0.08)5intermetallic compounds formed during the aging Sn-20In-2.8Ag BGA packages with

Au/Ni/Cu finishes at 150°C for various time periods: (a) 100 h, (b) 500 h, (c) 700 h, and (d) 1000 h.

Fig. 8. Ball shear strengths of the solder joining in Sn-20In-28Ag BGA packages with Au/Ni/Cu pads reflowed at various peak temper-atures for various melting durations.

Fig. 9. Ball shear strengths of the Sn-20In-2.8Ag BGA packages with Au/Ni/Cu finishes after aging at 100°C and 150°C for various time periods.

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have made their appearance along the solder/pad interface, cause the bonding strength to decrease form 5.03 N (as reflowed) to 3.50 N. After prolonged aging at 150°C, many column-shaped (Cu0.74Ni0.26)6

(Sn0.92In0.08)5 intermetallic compounds are formed

at the solder/pad interface. The high microhardness (300 HV) of these intermetallic columns is responsi-ble for the increase in bonding strength of the Sn-20In-2.8Ag BGA solder joints after aging at 150°C for 500 h.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The authors sincerely acknowledge the financial support from the National Science Council, Taiwan, for this research (Grant No. NSC.93-2216-E002-024).

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Fig. 10. Typical fractography of solder joints in Sn-20In-2.8Ag BGA packages after ball shear tests: (a) aging at 100°C for 300 h, (b) aging at 100°C for 1000 h, and (c) aging at 150°C for 500 h.

數據

Figure 1b reveals the appearance of a number of cubic-shaped AuIn 2 intermetallic compounds in the solder in addition to Ag 2 In precipitates after the reflow of Sn-20In-2.8Ag solder balls on Au/Ni/Cu pads in BGA packages
Fig. 4. Continuous Ni(Sn 0.72 In 0.27 ) 2 intermetallic layer formed during the reflowing of BGA Sn-20In-2.8Ag solder at 230°C for 60 sec.
Fig. 5. Microstructure of the intermetallic compounds formed during the aging Sn-20In-2.8Ag BGA packages with Au/Ni/Cu finishes at 100°C for various time periods: (a) 100 h, (b) 500 h, (c) 700 h, and (d) 1000 h.
Fig. 7. Microstructure of the (Cu 0.74 Ni 0.26 ) 6 (Sn 0.92 In 0.08 ) 5 intermetallic compounds formed during the aging Sn-20In-2.8Ag BGA packages with Au/Ni/Cu finishes at 150°C for various time periods: (a) 100 h, (b) 500 h, (c) 700 h, and (d) 1000 h.
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