Prototype circuit boards assembled with non-lead bearing solders
The 91.84Sn-3.33Ag-4.83Bi and 96.5Sn-3.5Ag Pb-free solders were evaluated for surface mount circuit board interconnects. The 63Sn-37Pb solder provided the baseline data. All three solders exhibited suitable manufacturability per a defect analyses of circuit board test vehicles. Thermal cycling had no significant effect on the 91.84Sn-3.33Ag-4.83Bi solder joints. Some degradation in the form of grain boundary sliding was observed in 96.5Sn-3.5Ag and 63Sn-37Pb solder joints. The quality of the solder joint microstructures showed a slight degree of degradation under thermal shock exposure for all of the solders tested. Trends in the solder joint shear strengths could be traced to the presence of Pd in the solder, the source of which was the Pd/Ni finish on the circuit board conductor features. The higher, intrinsic strengths of the Pb-free solders encouraged the failure path to be located in proximity to the solder/substrate interface where Pd combined with Sn to form brittle PdSn{sub 4} particles, resulting in reduced shear strengths.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 650371
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-98-0827C; CONF-980716-; ON: DE98005041; BR: DP0401017; TRN: AHC2DT04%%285
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 3. Pacific Rim international conference on advanced materials and processing, Honolulu, HI (United States), 12-16 Jul 1998; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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