Lead-free silver nanoparticle pastes have been tested as a replacement for high temperature lead-rich solders used in electronic manufacturing. The pastes contain a small amount of solvent, and primarily consist of submicron-silver powder and passivated silver nanoparticles. The nanoparticles were synthesized from Ag2CO3 and a long-chain alcohol by a method that produced a passivating layer consisting almost exclusively of the carboxylate of the reactant alcohol. The pastes were used to connect a silicon diode chip to copper bases without applied pressure when sintered at 350°C under nitrogen. Diode packages made with sintered silver interconnects had electrical and thermal properties equal to those with lead-soldered interconnects, even after 3000 thermal cycles between −55°C and +150°C. The mechanical strength was half that of lead-rich solder joints, but still strong enough for practical use.
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This work was supported by KAKENHI 19540343. Part of this work was conducted in Kyoto-Advanced Nanotechnology Network, supported by “Nanotechnology Network” of the MEXT, Japan.
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Ogura, H., Maruyama, M., Matsubayashi, R. et al. Carboxylate-Passivated Silver Nanoparticles and Their Application to Sintered Interconnection: A Replacement for High Temperature Lead-Rich Solders. J. Electron. Mater. 39, 1233–1240 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-010-1236-y
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