Nihon Superior’s Keith Sweatman to Present at TMS 2011

1st March 2011

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Nihon Superior Co Ltd announces that Keith Sweatman, Senior Technical Advisor, will present a paper titled “The Stability Window and Mechanical Properties of the Interfacial Intermetallic in Lead-free Solder Joints” at the upcoming TMS 2011 Annual Meeting & Exhibition. The presentation will take place Thursday, March 3, 2011 from 9:15-9:45 a.m. at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA.

The trend to copper UBM for lead-free area-array packages subjected to drop impact means that the properties of the intermetallic that forms at the solder/copper interface are major determinants of joint reliability. The transformation of the Cu6Sn5 from the close packed hexagonal η to the monoclinic η’ at 186°C can reduce the impact resistance and long-term reliability of the solder joint.

In this presentation, the authors report new studies on the effect of Ni over the range 0-9 percent on the stabilization of the η phase. The distribution of Ni in the Cu6Sn5 and its crystal structure, lattice dimensions and thermal stability have been studied using SEM/EDS, TEM/EDS, synchrotron micro-XRF mapping techniques, synchrotron XRD, DSC and dilatometry. The mechanical properties of the intermetallic as a function of nickel content have been measured by nanoindentation. The data collected provides a basis for lead-free alloy formulation for area-array attachment.