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SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY

Shear strength of LED solder joints using SAC-nano Cu solder pastes

Yang Liu1, 4, , Fenglian Sun1, Ping Liu2, Xiaolong Gu2 and Guoqi Zhang3, 4

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 Corresponding author: Yang Liu Email: lyang805@163.com

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Abstract: The addition of Cu nanoparticles into the solder pastes by mechanical mixing method creates a positive effect on the microstructure refinement of the LED solder joints. The grain size of β-Sn and Cu6Sn5 decrease obviously due to the increasing concentration of the nanoparticles in the solder pastes. However, the addition of nanoparticles facilitates the formation of voids in the solder joints, especially when the concentration of nanoparticles is higher than 0.5 wt% in the solder pastes. Both the microstructure refinement and void percentage affect the shear strength of the solder joints. Since the increase of the void percentage is limited when the concentration of nanoparticles increases from 0 to 0.5 wt%, the microstructure refinement shows a dominant effect on the shear performance and thus improves the shear strength of the solder joints from 49.8 to 55 MPa. Further addition of nanoparticles in the solder pastes leads to a sharp increase of the void percentage. Consequently, the shear strength of the solder joints decreases from 55 to 48.8 MPa when the concentration of doped particles increases from 0.5 to 1 wt% in the solder pastes.

Key words: shear strength, LED, solder, nano Cu, microstructure



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Fig. 1.  Samples of (a) LED packages and (b) as-soldered LED

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Fig. 2.  The SEM micrographs of the solder bulks of (a) SAC305, (b) SAC-0.05nano Cu, (c) SAC-0.1nano Cu, and (d) SAC-0.5nano Cu

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Fig. 3.  The EDS results of (a) Sn, (b) Cu$_{\mathrm{6}}$Sn$_{\mathrm{5}}$, and (c) Ag$_{\mathrm{3}}$Sn

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Fig. 4.  The effect of Cu nanoparticles on the grain size of $\beta $-Sn

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Fig. 5.  The X-ray analysis of the solder joints of (a) SAC305, (b) SAC-0.05nano Cu, (c) SAC-0.1nano Cu, (d) SAC-0.3nano Cu, (e) SAC-0.5nano Cu, (f) SAC-1nano Cu

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Fig. 6.  The effect of Cu nanoparticles on the void percentage

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Fig. 7.  The effect of Cu nanoparticles on the shear strength of the LED samples

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Fig. 8.  The schematic diagram of the shear strength variation

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[1]
Pimputkar S, Speck J S, DenBaars S P, et al. Prospects for LED lighting. Nat Photonics, 2009, 3(4):180 doi: 10.1038/nphoton.2009.32
[2]
Lozano G, Louwers D J, Rodríguez S R K, et al. Plasmonics for solid-state lighting:enhanced excitation and directional emission of highly efficient light sources. Light Sci Appl, 2013, 2(5):e66 doi: 10.1038/lsa.2013.22
[3]
Luo X, Hu R, Liu S, et al. Heat and fluid flow in high-power LED packaging and applications. Prog Energ Combust, 2016, 56:1 doi: 10.1016/j.pecs.2016.05.003
[4]
George E, Das D, Osterman M, et al. Thermal cycling reliability of lead-free solders (SAC305 and Sn3.5Ag) for high-temperature applications. IEEE Trans Device Mater Res, 2011, 11(2):328 doi: 10.1109/TDMR.2011.2134100
[5]
Zhou Q, Zhou B, Lee T K, et al. Microstructural evolution of SAC305 solder joints in wafer level chip-scale packaging (WLCSP) with continuous and interrupted accelerated thermal cycling. J Electron Mater, 2016, 45(6):3013 doi: 10.1007/s11664-016-4343-6
[6]
Mäusezahl M, Hornaff M, Burkhardt T, et al. Mechanical properties of laser-jetted SAC305 solder on coated optical surfaces. Phys Proc, 2016, 83:532 doi: 10.1016/j.phpro.2016.08.055
[7]
Liu Y, Sun F, Zhang H, et al. Interfacial reaction and failure mode analysis of the solder joints for flip-chip LED on ENIG and Cu-OSP surface finishes. Microelectron Reliab, 2015, 55(8):1234 doi: 10.1016/j.microrel.2015.05.005
[8]
Elger G, Kandaswamy S V, Liu E, et al. Analysis of solder joint reliability of high power LEDs by transient thermal testing and transient finite element simulations. Microelectron J, 2015, 46(12):1230 doi: 10.1016/j.mejo.2015.08.007
[9]
El-Daly A A, Elmosalami T A, Desoky W M, et al. Tensile deformation behavior and melting property of nano-sized ZnO particles reinforced Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu lead-free solder. Mater Sci Eng A, 2014, 618:389 doi: 10.1016/j.msea.2014.09.028
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Zhao Z, Liu L, Choi H S, et al. Effect of nano-Al2O3 reinforcement on the microstructure and reliability of Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu solder joints. Microelectron Reliab, 2016, 60:126 doi: 10.1016/j.microrel.2016.03.005
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Meng H, Luo J, Wang W, et al. Top-emission organic light-emitting diode with a novel copper/graphene composite anode. Adv Funct Mater, 2013, 23(26):3324 doi: 10.1002/adfm.v23.26
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Abdul A S D, Faizul B M S M, Anjum B I, et al. A review on effect of minor alloying elements on thermal cycling and drop impact reliability of low-Ag Sn-Ag-Cu solder joints. Microelectron Int, 2012, 29(1):47 doi: 10.1108/13565361211219202
[18]
Shen J, Pu Y, Wu D, et al. Effects of minor Bi, Ni on the wetting properties, microstructures, and shear properties of Sn-0.7Cu lead-free solder joints. J Mater Sci:Mater Electron, 2015, 26(3):1572 doi: 10.1007/s10854-014-2577-8
[19]
Shnawah D A, Sabri M F M, Badruddin I A. A review on thermal cycling and drop impact reliability of SAC solder joint in portable electronic products. Microelectron Reliab, 2012, 52(1):90 doi: 10.1016/j.microrel.2011.07.093
[20]
Ochoa F, Williams J J, Chawla N. The effects of cooling rate on microstructure and mechanical behavior of Sn-3.5Ag solder. JOM, 2003, 55(6):56 doi: 10.1007/s11837-003-0142-7
[21]
Liu Y, Leung S Y Y, Zhao J, et al. Thermal and mechanical effects of voids within flip chip soldering in LED packages. Microelectron Reliab, 2014, 54(9):2028 https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/elsevier/thermal-and-mechanical-effects-of-voids-within-flip-chip-soldering-in-R0A76ITrj0

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      Yang Liu, Fenglian Sun, Ping Liu, Xiaolong Gu, Guoqi Zhang. Shear strength of LED solder joints using SAC-nano Cu solder pastes[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2017, 38(9): 096003. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/38/9/096003 Y Liu, F L Sun, P Liu, X L Gu, G Q Zhang. Shear strength of LED solder joints using SAC-nano Cu solder pastes[J]. J. Semicond., 2017, 38(9): 096003. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/38/9/096003.Export: BibTex EndNote
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      Y Liu, F L Sun, P Liu, X L Gu, G Q Zhang. Shear strength of LED solder joints using SAC-nano Cu solder pastes[J]. J. Semicond., 2017, 38(9): 096003. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/38/9/096003.
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      Shear strength of LED solder joints using SAC-nano Cu solder pastes

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      • 1.

        School of Material Science and Engineering, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150040, China

      • 2.

        Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Soldering & Brazing Materials and Technology, Zhejiang Metallurgical Research Institute, Hangzhou 310011, China

      • 3.

        Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China

      • 4.

        DIMES Center for SSL Technologies, Delft University of Technology, Delft 2628 CT, Netherlands

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      the National Natural Science Foundation of China No.51604090

      the Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Soldering&Brazing Materials and Technology No.51604090

      Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.51604090) and the Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Soldering&Brazing Materials and Technology (No.1402)

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      • Corresponding author: Yang Liu Email: lyang805@163.com
      • Received Date: 2016-11-08
      • Revised Date: 2017-03-14
      • Published Date: 2017-09-01

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