In Situ Study on Liquid-Solid Electromigration Behavior in Cu/Sn-37Pb/Cu Micro-Interconnect

  • Zhijie ZHANG ,
  • Mingliang HUANG
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  • 1 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, China
    2 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China

Received date: 2020-01-07

  Revised date: 2020-03-25

  Online published: 2020-04-09

Supported by

National Natural Science Foundation of China(51801079);National Natural Science Foundation of China(U1837208);National Natural Science Foundation of China(51671046);Natural Science Foundation for Young Scientists of Jiangsu Province(BK20180987)

Abstract

Electromigration (EM), which describes the mass transport due to momentum exchange between conducting electrons and diffusing metal atoms under an applied electric field, has become a serious reliability issue in high-density packaging. With the increasing demands for miniaturization, liquid-solid (L-S) EM will pose a critical challenge to the reliability of solder interconnects. In this work, synchrotron radiation real-time imaging technology is used to in situ study the interfacial reaction and atom migration in Cu/Sn-37Pb/Cu solder interconnects undergoing L-S EM at 185 ℃ with a current density of 1.0×104 A/cm2. In the heating stage, Pb atoms directionally migrate from the cathode toward the anode, resulting in the growth of Pb-rich phase at the anode. In the dwelling stage, Pb atoms diffuse backward, then equilibrium phase is obtained. In the cooling stage, Pb atoms directionally migrate from the cathode toward the anode again until the solder solidified, three phases is obtained: the Pb-rich phase, the Sn-Pb phase and the Sn-rich phase. The abnormal migration behavior of Pb atoms in different stages is determined by the combined effect of the chemical potential gradient flux (Jchem) and EM-induced flux (Jem). Jem is determined by the effective charge number (Z*) of Pb atoms, which was calculated to be -3.20 at 185 ℃ based on the growth kinetics of the Pb-rich layer model.

Cite this article

Zhijie ZHANG , Mingliang HUANG . In Situ Study on Liquid-Solid Electromigration Behavior in Cu/Sn-37Pb/Cu Micro-Interconnect[J]. Acta Metall Sin, 2020 , 56(10) : 1386 -1392 . DOI: 10.11900/0412.1961.2020.00009

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