Interfacial reaction of Sn‐Ag‐Cu lead‐free solder alloy on Cu: A review

LM Lee, AA Mohamad - Advances in Materials Science and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reviews the function and importance of Sn‐Ag‐Cu solder alloys in electronics
industry and the interfacial reaction of Sn‐Ag‐Cu/Cu solder joint at various solder forms and …

Phase-field simulations of intermetallic compound growth in Cu/Sn/Cu sandwich structure under transient liquid phase bonding conditions

MS Park, SL Gibbons, R Arroyave - Acta materialia, 2012 - Elsevier
The microstructural evolution of η (Cu6Sn5) and ε (Cu3Sn) in a Cu/Sn/Cu structure under
transient liquid phase bonding conditions is numerically investigated through the use of the …

Early stages of intermetallic compound formation and growth during lead-free soldering

MS Park, R Arróyave - ACTA materialia, 2010 - Elsevier
We investigate the early stages of the morphological evolution of intermetallic compounds
(IMCs) during lead-free soldering involving liquid Sn-based solder and Cu substrate …

Concurrent nucleation, formation and growth of two intermetallic compounds (Cu6Sn5 and Cu3Sn) during the early stages of lead-free soldering

MS Park, R Arróyave - Acta Materialia, 2012 - Elsevier
This study investigates the concurrent nucleation, formation and growth of two intermetallic
compounds (IMCs), Cu6Sn5 (η) and Cu3Sn (ε), during the early stages of soldering in the …

Reliability investigation and interfacial reaction of ball-grid-array packages using the lead-free Sn-Cu solder

JW Yoon, SW Kim, JM Koo, DG Kim… - Journal of Electronic …, 2004 - Springer
The interfacial reactions between two Sn-Cu (Sn-0.7 Cu and Sn-3Cu, wt.%) ball-grid-array
(BGA) solders and the Au/Ni/Cu substrate by solid-state isothermal aging were examined at …

Kinetics of intermetallic compound layers and shear strength in Bi-bearing SnAgCu/Cu soldering couples

J Zhao, C Cheng, L Qi, C Chi - Journal of alloys and compounds, 2009 - Elsevier
Three lead-free solder alloys, Sn–3Ag–0.5 Cu, Sn–3Ag–0.5 Cu–1Bi and Sn–3Ag–0.5 Cu–
3Bi, have been used to solder with Cu substrate in the current experiments to investigate the …

Phase-field simulations of intermetallic compound evolution in Cu/Sn solder joints under electromigration

MS Park, SL Gibbons, R Arróyave - Acta Materialia, 2013 - Elsevier
In this work, we present a preliminary model based on the multiphase-field formalism that is
used to investigate the evolution of intermetallic compound (IMC) layers in the Cu/Sn solder …

Phase field simulations of intermetallic compound growth during soldering reactions

JY Huh, KK Hong, YB Kim, KT Kim - Journal of electronic materials, 2004 - Springer
Phase field simulations of the microstructural evolution of the intermetallic compound (IMC)
layer formed during isothermal soldering reactions between Sn-Cu solder alloys and a Cu …

Effect of massive spalling on mechanical strength of solder joints in Pb-free solder reflowed on Co-based surface finishes

H Chen, YL Tsai, YT Chang, AT Wu - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2016 - Elsevier
This study investigated the effect of massive spalling of intermetallic compounds (IMCs) on
the microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of solder joints after multiple …

Non-equilibrium supersaturation behavior in a Cu/Sn/Cu interconnect induced by room temperature electromigration

CL Liang, KL Lin - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2019 - Elsevier
The non-equilibrium supersaturation behavior in a Cu/Sn/Cu interconnect induced by
electromigration was investigated, for the first time, under room temperature. The sub-micron …