• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.202-214
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• 2022

Internal connections between device, package and external terminals for connecting packaging and printed circuit board are normally manufactured by electroless Ni-P plating followed by immersion Au plating (ENIG process) to ensure the connection reliability. In this study, a new non-cyanide-based immersion and electroless Au plating solutions using thiomalic acid as a complexing agent and aminoethanethiol as a reducing agent was investigated on different underlayer electroless Ni-P plating layers. As a result, it was confirmed that the deposition behavior and film properties of electroless Au plating are affected by grain size and impurity of the electroless Ni-P film, which is used as the plating underlayer. Au plating on the electroless Ni-P plating film with a dense surface structure showed the highest bonding strength. In addition, the electroless Au plating film on the Ni-P plating film has a smaller particle size exhibited higher bonding strength than that on the large particle size.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제55권5호
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• pp.299-307
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• 2022

Gold plating is used as a coating of connector in printed circuit boards, ceramic integrated circuit packages, semiconductor devices and so on, because the film has excellent electric conductivity, solderability and chemical properties such as durability to acid and other chemicals. In most cases, internal connection between device and package and external terminals for connecting packaging and printed circuit board are electroless Ni-P plating followed by immersion Au plating (ENIG) to ensure connection reliability. The deposition behavior and film properties of electroless Au plating are affected by P content, grain size and mixed impurity components in the electroless Ni-P alloy film used as the underlayer plating. In this study, the correlation between electroless nickel plating used as a underlayer layer and cyanide-free electroless Au plating using thiomalic acid as a complexing agent and aminoethanethiol as a reducing agent was investigated.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.170-176
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• 2017

EPIG (Electroless Pd/immersion Au) process was studied to replace ENIG (electroless Ni/immersion Au) and ENEPIG (electroless Ni/electroless Pd/immersion Au) processes for bump surface treatment used in high reliable flip chip packages. The palladium and gold layers formed by EPIG process were uniform with thickness of 125 nm and 34.5 nm, respectively. EPAG (Electroless Pd/autocatalytic Au) also produced even layers of palladium and gold with the thickness of 115 nm and 100 nm. TEM results exhibited that the gold layer in EPIG surface had crystalline structure while the palladium layer was amorphous one. After annealing at 250 nm, XPS analysis indicated that the palladium layer with thickness more than 22~33 nm could act as a diffusion barrier of copper interconnects. As a result of comparing the chip shear strength obtained from ENIG and EPIG surfaces, it was confirmed that the bonding strength was similar each other as 12.337 kg and 12.330 kg, respectively.

• 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한용접접합학회 2005년도 추계학술발표대회 개요집
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• pp.219-221
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• 2005

Sn-9Zn solder balls were bonded to Cu, ENIG (Electroless Nickel/Immersion Gold) and electrolytic Au/Ni pads, and the effect of aging on their joint reliability was investigated. The interfacial products were different from the general reaction layer formed in a Sn-base solder. The intermetallic compounds formed in the solder/Cu joint were $Cu_{5}Zn_{8}$ and $Cu_{6}Sn_{5}$. After aging treatment, voids formed irregularly at the bottom side of the solder because of Sn diffusion into the $Cu_{5}Zn_{8}$ IMC. In the case of the solder/ENIG joint, $AuZn_{3}$ IMCs were formed at the interface. In the case of the Au/Ni/Cu substrate, an $AuZn_{3}$ IMC layer formed at the interface due to the fast reaction between Au and Zn. In addition, the $AuZn_{3}$ IMC layer became detached from the interface after reflow. When the aging time was extended to 100 h, $Ni_{5}Zn_{21}$ IMC was observed on the Ni substrate.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.49-54
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• 2023

최근 SIP (System in Packaging) 기술은 고주파(5G 이상) 통신 및 미세 피치 회로 특성을 만족해야 한다. 기존 ENIG (Electroless Ni/Immersion Au Plating) 표면처리는 전송 손실이 증가하여 고주파에 적합하지 않으므로, 니켈 도금층이 없어도 패턴 및 패드의 신뢰성 수준을 만족시킬 수 있는 표면 처리 기술이 검토되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 고주파 통신 대응을 위한 Ni-less 표면처리기술과 소재에 따른 주파수 특성 등에 대한 연구 동향을 조사하였다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2008년도 추계학술대회 논문집 Vol.21
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• pp.412-412
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• 2008

ENIG(Electroless Nickel Immersion Gold)is a surface treatment method that is used most widely at fine pitch's SMT and BGA packaging process. ENIG has good diffusion barrier of Ni against solder and good wettability due to Au finish. But when the discoloration occurred on the Au finish of ENIG, some key characteristics related to the quality and reliability of PCB such as bondability, solderability and electrical flowing of packaging process could be deteriorated. In this paper, we have performed the water dip test ($88^{\circ}C$ purified water) which accelerates the galvanic corrosion of Ni diffused from the Ni-P layer. That is, the excessive oxidation of the Ni layer could result in non-wetting of the solder because the flux may not be able to remove excessive oxides. Though Au discoloration have been reported to be caused by Ni oxides in many literature, it is still open to verify and discuss The microstructures and chemical compositions have been investigated using FE-SEM, TEM, FIB, EDS and XPS. As a result, authors have found that the Au discoloration in ENIG type is severely caused by the oxidation of the Ni and the mechanism of Au discoloration can be confirmed through the experiment result of water dip test.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.237-242
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• 2011

The effect of shearing speed on the shear force and energy of Sn-0Ag-0.5Cu solder ball was investigated. Various UBM (under bump metallurgy)'s on Cu pads were used such as ENEPIG (Electroless Nickel, Electroless Palladium, Immersion Gold; Ni/Pd/Au), ENIG (Electroless Nickel, Immersion Gold; Ni/Au), OSP (Organic Solderability Preservative). To fabricate a shear test specimen, a solder ball, $300{\mu}m$ in diameter, was soldered on a pad of FR4 PCB (printed circuit board) by a reflow soldering machine at $245^{\circ}C$. The solder bump on the PCB was shear tested by changing the shearing speed from 0.01 m/s to 3.0 m/s. As experimental results, the shear force increased with a shearing speed of up to 0.6 m/s for the ENIG and the OSP pads, and up to 0 m/s for the ENEPIG pad. The shear energy increased with a shearing speed up to 0.3 m/s for the ENIG and the OSP pads, and up to 0.6 m/s for the ENEPIG pad. With a high shear speed of over 0 m/s, the ENEPIG showed a higher shear force and energy than those of the ENIG and OSP. The fracture surfaces of the shear tested specimens were analyzed, and the fracture modes were found to have closer relationship with the shear energy than the shear force.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.79-85
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• 2007

본 연구의 목적은 OSP, 전해 Au과 무전해 Ni/Au로써 표면처리를 달리한 연성회로기판 상에 Au 스터드 플립칩 범프의 초음파 접합 가능성을 연구하는 것이었다. Au 스터드 범프는 표면처리 방법에 상관없이 성공적으로 연성회로기판의 패드 상에 초음파 접합되었다 접합 강도는 접합 시간에 민감하게 영향을 받았다. 접합 시간이 길어짐에 따라 접합 강도는 증가하였으나, 2초 이상의 접합 시간에서는 이웃 범프끼리 단락되는 bridge 현상이 발생하였다. 최적 접합조건은 OSP 처리된 가판상에 0.5초간 초음파 접합하는 것이었다.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.35-39
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• 2011

고속전단시힘의 표준화를 위한 기초 연구의 일부로 Sn-3.0wt%Ag-0.5wt%Cu 솔더 볼의 고속전단특성에 대한 연구를 수행 하였다. 고속전단 시험편 제작을 위해 직경 450 ${\mu}m$의 솔더 볼을 FR4 PCB (Printed Circuit Board) 위에 장착한 후 $245^{\circ}C$ 온도에서 리플로 솔더링을 행하였다. PCB 상의 금속 패드로는 ENIG (Electroless Nickel/mmersion Gold, i.e Cu/Ni/Au)와 OSP (Organic Solderability Preservative, Cu 패드)를 사용하였다. 고속전단 속도는 0.5~3.0 m/s 범위, 전단 팁의 높이는 10~135 ${\mu}m$ 범위에서 변화시켰다. 실험결과로서, OSP 패드의 경우 전단 팁 높이 증가에 따라 연성 파괴가 증가하였으며, 전단속도 증가에 따라 연성파괴는 감소되었다. ENIG 패드의 경우에도 전단 팁 높이 증가에 따라 연성 파괴가 증가하였다. 전단 팁 높이 10 ${\mu}m$(볼 직경의 2%)는 패드 박리 파괴가 대부분이어서 전단파면 관찰에는 부적절한 높이였다. 고속전단에너지는 OSP 및 ENIG 패드 모두 전단 팁 높이 증가에 따라 증가하는 경향을 보였다.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.64-69
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• 2012

Sn-Bi eutectic alloy has been widely used as one of the key solder materials for step soldering at low temperature. The Sn-58Bi solder paste containing chloride flux was adopted to compare with that using the chloride-free flux. The paste was applied on the electroless nickel-immersion gold (ENIG) surface finish by stencil printing, and the reflow process was then performed at $170^{\circ}C$ for 10 min. After reflow, the solder joints were aged at $125^{\circ}C$ for 100, 200, 300, 500 and 1000 h in an oven. The interfacial microstructures were obtained by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and the composition of intermetallic compounds (IMCs) was analyzed using energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS). Two different IMC layers, consisting of $Ni_3Sn_4$ and relatively very thin Sn-Bi-Ni-Au were formed at the solder/surface finish interface, and their thickness increased with increasing aging time. The wettability of solder joints was investigated by wetting balance test. The mechanical property of each aging solder joint was evaluated by the ball shear test in accordance with JEDEC standard (JESD22-B117A). The results show that the highest shear force was measured when the aging time was 100 h, and the fracture mode changed from ductile fracture to brittle fracture with increasing aging time. On the other hand, the chloride flux in the solder paste did not affect the shear force and fracture mode of the solder joints.