Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 10 16:16:15 EDT 2001 | lisa
Hello all, I'm looking for some advice on inter-metallic formation. I have some circuit board finished with Immersion Tin, Immersion Silver and OSP. They have been reflowed with solder past and components,the joints look good. What can I expect fo
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 24 13:12:28 EDT 2009 | ghepo
OK Eric, maybe you're right. My suggestion is to proceed by exclusion. First perform the tape test. Is easy and without costs. You have used many similar PCB without problem, but from the same vendor ? Is my experience that in similar cases the qua
Industry News | 2009-01-21 14:23:25.0
OSAKA, JAPAN � January 2009 � Nihon Superior Co. Ltd., an advanced soldering and brazing supplier to the worldwide market, introduces SN100C P800 power semiconductor lead-free solder paste.
Industry News | 2011-12-30 23:26:12.0
Nihon Superior has highlighted the effectiveness of Cu and Ni as the essential elements in forming a stable IMC layer in lead-free soldering.
Technical Library | 2014-07-02 16:46:09.0
Growth behaviors of intermetallic compounds (IMCs) and Kirkendall voids in Cu/Sn/Cu microbump were systematically investigated by an in-situ scanning electron microscope observation. Cu–Sn IMC total thickness increased linearly with the square root of the annealing time for 600 h at 150°C, which could be separated as first and second IMC growth steps. Our results showed that the growth behavior of the first void matched the growth behavior of second Cu6Sn5, and that the growth behavior of the second void matched that of the second Cu3Sn. It could be confirmed that double-layer Kirkendall voids growth kinetics were closely related to the Cu–Sn IMC growth mechanism in the Cu/Sn/Cu microbump, which could seriously deteriorate the mechanical and electrical reliabilities of the fine-pitch microbump systems
Technical Library | 2018-05-17 11:14:52.0
Intermetallic compound (IMC) growth is being studied in earnest in this past decade because of its significant effect the solder joint reliability. It appears that from numerous investigations conducted, excessive growth of IMC could lead to solder joint failure. Leading to this, many attempts has been made to determine the actual IMC thickness. However, precise and true representation of the growth in the actual 3D phenomenon from 2D cross-section investigations has remained unclear. This paper will focus on the measuring the IMC thickness using 3D surface profilometer (Alicona Focus G4). Lead free solder, Sn3.0Ag0.5Cu (SAC305) was soldered onto copper printed circuit board (Cu PCB). The samples were then subjected to thermal cycle (TC) storage process with temperature range from 0 °C to 100 °C for 200 cycles and up to 1000 cycles were completed.
Heller Industries Inc. | https://hellerindustries.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Optimizing-Reflowed-Solder-TIM-sTIMs-Processes-for-Emerging-Heterogeneous.pdf
. The solubility of nickel in the indium is very low so diffusion-controlled growth of the intermetallic (IMC) layer is slow. On exposure to air, nickel forms a unsolderable oxide on its surface, so it is protected with a flash coating of gold. In
Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA) | https://www.smta.org/knowledge/journal.cfm
. Schueller, Ph.D., W. Ables, and J. Fitch, Ph.D. Abstract 22-1 INVESTIGATION OF IMC GROWTH IN TIN SURFACE FINISH AND ITS EFFECT ON SOLDERABILITY IN FC-CSP PACKAGING HyunJung Lee, YeonSeop Yu, HyoJung Kim, Hee-Soo Kim Abstract 22-1 COMPREHENSIVE METHODOLOGY TO
