Risk of CuxO phase penetration between the Ag plating layer and Cu during high-temperature reliability testing of interfaces bonded to cold sintered Ag nano-porous sheets on direct Ag-plated Cu substrates
IF 1.6 4区 工程技术Q3 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC
YehRi Kim , Eunjin Jo , Byeong Kwon Ju , Yoongul Lee , Jaeup Kim , Kijoon Ahn , Seungjun Noh , Dongjin Kim
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Abstract
This study was carried out to understand the high-temperature stability of Ag nano-porous sheet bonded joints during thermal aging. The joints have been designed to be between two Ag metallization layers directly plated on copper layers of the die and substrate. The CuxO penetration between Ag plated layer and Cu substrate formed during thermal aging at 250 °C from 125 h, during which CuxO layer continuously grew up to 1000 h. The growing CuxO phase penetrated between the Ag plating and Cu, leading to voids that developed into a delamination layer over time. The delamination and continuous voids formed between CuxO layer and Cu had a critical effect on reducing the bonding strength. In this study, we thoroughly investigated the issues that may arise during thermal reliability testing at 250 °C when bonding commercial Ag nano-porous sheets directly Ag-plated onto Cu, from the perspective of microstructural development.
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Microelectronics Reliability, is dedicated to disseminating the latest research results and related information on the reliability of microelectronic devices, circuits and systems, from materials, process and manufacturing, to design, testing and operation. The coverage of the journal includes the following topics: measurement, understanding and analysis; evaluation and prediction; modelling and simulation; methodologies and mitigation. Papers which combine reliability with other important areas of microelectronics engineering, such as design, fabrication, integration, testing, and field operation will also be welcome, and practical papers reporting case studies in the field and specific application domains are particularly encouraged.
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