Comparing the mechanical and thermal-electrical properties of sintered copper (Cu) and sintered silver (Ag) joints

TF Chen, KS Siow - Journal of alloys and Compounds, 2021 - Elsevier
This review compares the mechanical and thermal-electrical properties of sintered copper
(Cu) with sintered silver (Ag) as bonding materials in the microelectronics joint applications …

Are sintered silver joints ready for use as interconnect material in microelectronic packaging?

KS Siow - Journal of electronic materials, 2014 - Springer
Silver (Ag) has been under development for use as interconnect material for power
electronics packaging since the late 1980s. Despite its long development history, high …

Joining of silver nanomaterials at low temperatures: processes, properties, and applications

P Peng, A Hu, AP Gerlich, G Zou, L Liu… - ACS applied materials …, 2015 - ACS Publications
A review is provided, which first considers low-temperature diffusion bonding with silver
nanomaterials as filler materials via thermal sintering for microelectronic applications, and …

Review of silver nanoparticle based die attach materials for high power/temperature applications

SA Paknejad, SH Mannan - Microelectronics Reliability, 2017 - Elsevier
There has been a significant rise in the number of research papers on silver nanoparticle
based solutions for harsh environment die attach. However, sintering nanoparticles is a …

Microstructure and mechanical properties of sintered Ag particles with flake and spherical shape from nano to micro size

C Chen, K Suganuma - Materials & Design, 2019 - Elsevier
This work firstly evaluated the microscale mechanical properties of sintered Ag, consisting of
various Ag particles of a flake shape and spherical shape from nano to micro size …

Microstructural studies and bonding strength of pressureless sintered nano-silver joints on silver, direct bond copper (DBC) and copper substrates aged at 300 C

ST Chua, KS Siow - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2016 - Elsevier
Sintered Ag joint is a potential Pb-free die attach materials for power electronics because of
its high operating temperature, high electrical and thermal conductivity as well as its thermo …

Review of thermal packaging technologies for automotive power electronics for traction purposes

J Broughton, V Smet… - Journal of …, 2018 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Due to its superior electrical and thermal characteristics, silicon carbide power modules will
soon replace silicon modules to be mass-produced and implemented in all-electric and …

Review on joint shear strength of nano-silver paste and its long-term high temperature reliability

R Khazaka, L Mendizabal, D Henry - Journal of electronic materials, 2014 - Springer
Soldering has been the main die attach technology for several decades. Recently, in order
to meet the high temperature electronic requirements (high temperature-operating SiC and …

Identifying the development state of sintered silver (Ag) as a bonding material in the microelectronic packaging via a patent landscape study

KS Siow, YT Lin - Journal of Electronic Packaging, 2016 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Sintered silver joint is a porous silver that bonds a semiconductor die to the substrate as part
of the packaging process. Sintered Ag is one of the few possible bonding methods to fulfill …

Bimodal sintered silver nanoparticle paste with ultrahigh thermal conductivity and shear strength for high temperature thermal interface material applications

M Li, Y **ao, Z Zhang, J Yu - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2015 - ACS Publications
A bimodal silver nanoparticle (AgNP) paste has been synthesized via the simple ultrasonic
mixing of two types of unimodal AgNPs (10 and 50 nm in diameter). By sintering this paste at …