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Using an electroless nickel/electroless palladium/immersion gold (ENEPIG) surface finish with a thick palladium–phosphorus (Pd-P) layer of 1 μm, the intermetallic compound (IMC) growth between the ENEPIG surface finish and lead-free solders Sn-3.5Ag (SA) or Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu (SAC) after reflow soldering and during solid-state aging at 150°C was investigated. After reflow soldering, in the SA/ENEPIG and SAC/ENEPIG interfaces, thick PdSn4 layers of about 2 μm to 3 μm formed on the residual Pd-P layers (~ 0.5 μm thick). On the SA/ENEPIG interface, Sn was detected on the upper side of the residual Pd-P layer. On the SAC/ENEPIG interface, no Sn was detected in the residual Pd-P layer, and Cu was detected in the interface between the Pd-P and PdSn4 layers. After 300 h of aging at 150°C, the residual Pd-P layers had diffused completely into the solders. In the SA/ENEPIG interface, an IMC layer consisting of Ni3Sn4 and Ni3SnP formed between the PdSn4 layer and the nickel–phosphorus (Ni-P) layer, and a (Pd,Ni)Sn4 layer formed on the lower side of the PdSn4 layer. On the SAC/ENEPIG interface, a much thinner (Pd,Ni)Sn4 layer was observed, and a (Cu,Ni)6Sn5 layer was observed between the PdSn4 and Ni-P layers. These results indicate that Ni diffusion from the Ni-P layer to the PdSn4 layer produced a thick (Pd,Ni)Sn4 layer in the SA solder case, but was prevented by formation of (Cu,Ni)6Sn5 in the SAC solder case. This causes the difference in solder joint reliability between SA/ENEPIG and SAC/ENEPIG interfaces in common, thin Pd-P layer cases.
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Oda, Y., Fukumuro, N. & Yae, S. Intermetallic Compound Growth between Electroless Nickel/Electroless Palladium/Immersion Gold Surface Finish and Sn-3.5Ag or Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu Solder. J. Electron. Mater. 47, 2507–2511 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-018-6067-2
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