IP Library Granted Patent US 8,847,390
Granted Patent B2
US 8,847,390 · App. 13/951,596 · Granted Sep 30, 2014

Lead-free solder bump bonding structure

Inventors: Eiji Hashino (Tokyo, JP); Shinji Ishikawa (Tokyo, JP); Shinichi Terashima (Tokyo, JP); Masamoto Tanaka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Materials Co., Ltd.
H01L23/49866H01L23/49811
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Patent No.
US 8,847,390
App. No.
13/951,596
Granted
Sep 30, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to a lead-free solder bump bonding structure, by causing the interface (IMC interface) of the intermetallic compound layer at a lead-free-solder-bump side to have scallop shapes of equal to or less than 0.02 [portions/μm] without forming in advance an Ni layer as a barrier layer on the surfaces of respective Cu electrodes of first and second electronic components like conventional technologies, a Cu diffusion can be inhibited, thereby inhibiting an occurrence of an electromigration. Hence, the burden at the time of manufacturing can be reduced by what corresponds to an omission of the formation process of the Ni layer as a barrier layer on the Cu electrode surfaces, and thus a lead-free solder bump bonding structure can be provided which reduces a burden at the time of manufacturing in comparison with conventional technologies and which can inhibit an occurrence of an electromigration.

Claims (8)

1. A lead-free solder bump bonding structure comprising:

a lead-free solder bump that bonds a Cu electrode of a first electronic component and a Cu electrode of a second electronic component, a large current with a current density of equal to or greater than 0.7×10 3 [A/cm 2 ] flowing between the first electronic component and the second electronic component through the lead-free solder bump,

the lead-free solder bump comprising an alloy containing Sn as a primary component and inevitable impurities, and forming intermetallic compound layers in a boundary with the Cu electrode of the first electronic component and in a boundary with the Cu electrode of the second electronic component, and

the intermetallic compound layer having scallop shapes with a difference in height that is equal to or greater than 4 [μm] between a bottom portion which is equal to or smaller than 30% of an average thickness of the intermetallic compound layer, and a peak portion adjacent to the bottom portion, at an interface with the lead-free solder bump, the number of scallop shapes in the intermetallic compound layer being equal to or less than 0.02 [portions/μm].

2. The lead-free solder bump bonding structure according to claim 1 , wherein the lead-free solder bump contains at least one kind of followings: Ni; Co; and Fe at a total of 0.005 to 0.2 mass %.

3. The lead-free solder bump bonding structure according to claim 1 , wherein the lead-free solder bump contains Ag of 0 to 5 mass % and Cu of 0 to 2 mass %.

4. The lead-free solder bump bonding structure according to claim 1 , wherein the lead-free solder bump further contains at least one kind of followings: P; Mg; and Ge at a total of 0 to 0.01 mass %.

5. The lead-free solder bump bonding structure according to claim 1 , wherein the lead-free solder bump contains at least one kind of followings: Pd; Mn, Zn; Al; Sb; and In, and, Pd, Mn, and Al being 0 to 1 mass %, Zn being 0 to 10 mass %, Sb being 0 to 3 mass %, and In being 0 to 7 mass %.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 6, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN MATERIALS CO., LTD.
To: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051213/0593 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2013
From: HASHINO, EIJI; ISHIKAWA, SHINJI; TERASHIMA, SHINICHI; TANAKA, MASAMOTO
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030977/0302 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-166640 · Jul 27, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140054766A1 · Feb 27, 2014