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Title: Reliability Investigations on SnAg Bumps on Substrate Pads with Different Pad Finish

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2173569· OSTI ID:20798196
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  1. Infineon Technologies AG, Otto-Hahn-Ring 6, 81739 Munich (Germany)

SnAg solder bump is one bump type which is used to replace eutectic SnPb bumps. In this work tests have been done to characterize the reliability properties of this bump type. Electromigration (EM) tests, which were accelerated by high current and high temperature and high temperature storage (HTS) tests were performed. It was found that the reliability properties are sensitive to the material combinations in the interconnect stack. The interconnect stack includes substrate pad, pad finish, bump, underbump metallization (UBM) and the chip pad. Therefore separate test groups for SnAg bumps on Cu substrate pads with organic solderability preservative (OSP) finish and the identical bumps on pads with Ni/Au finish were used. In this paper the reliability test results and the corresponding failure analysis are presented. Some explanations about the differences in formation of intermetallic compounds (IMCs) are given.

OSTI ID:
20798196
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 817, Issue 1; Conference: 8. international workshop on stress-induced phenomena in metallization, Dresden (Germany), 12-14 Sep 2005; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2173569; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English