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Micro-interconnection copper pillar bumps are being widely used in the packaging areas of memory chip and high performance computer due to their high density, good conductivity and low noise. Studying the interfacial behavior of copper pillar bump is of great significance for understanding its failure mechanism and microstructure evolution in order to improve the reliability of flip chip package. The thermoelectric stress test, in-situ monitor, infrared thermography test, and microstructure analysis method are employed to study the interfacial reaction, life distribution, failure mechanism and their effect factors of Cu/Ni/SnAg1.8/Cu flip chip copper pillar interconnects under 9 groups of thermoelectric stresses including 2104-3104 A/cm2 and 100-150℃. Under thermoelectric stresses, the interfacial reaction of Cu pillar can be divided into three stages:Cu6Sn5 growth and Sn solder exhaustion; the Cu6Sn5 phase transformation, exhaustion and the Cu3Sn phase growth; voids formation and crack propagation. The rate of Cu6Sn5 phase transforming into Cu3Sn phase is positively correlated with the current density. There are four kinds of failure modes including Cu pad consumption, solder complete consumption and transformation into Cu3Sn, Ni plating layer erosion and strip voids. An obvious polar effect is observed during the dissolution of Cu pads on the substrate side and the Ni layer on the Cu pillar side. When Cu pad is located at the cathode, the direction of electron flow is the same as that of the heat flow, and it can accelerate the consumption of Cu pad and the growth of Cu3Sn. When Ni layer serves as the cathode, the electron flow can enhance the consumption of Ni layer. Under 150℃ and 2.5104 A/cm2, the local Ni barrier layer is eroded after 2.5 h, which results in the transformation of Cu pillar on the Ni side into (Cux, Niy)6Sn5 and Cu3Sn alloy. The life of Cu pillar interconnection complies well to the 2-parameter Weibull distribution with a shape parameter of 7.78, which is a typical characteristic of cumulative wear-out failure. The results show that the intermitallic growth behavior and failure mechanism at Cu pillar interconnects are significantly accelerated and changed under thermoelectric stresses compared with the scenario under the single high temperature stress.
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Keywords:
- Cu pillar bump /
- interfacial reaction /
- failure mechanism /
- thermoelectric stress
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[1] Ding M, Wang G, Chao P, Ho P S, Su P, Uehling T 2006 J. Appl. Phys. 99 094906
[2] Kwak B H, Jeong M H, Park Y B 2013 Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 51 361
[3] Tu K N 2003 J. Appl. Phys. 94 5451
[4] Kim B J, Lim G T, Kim J 2010 J. Electron. Mater. 39 2281
[5] Jeong M H, Kim J W, Kwak B H, Kim B J, Lee K W, Kim J D 2011 Korean J. Met. Mater. 49 180
[6] Kim B J, Lim G T, Kim J D, Lee K W, Park Y B, Lee H Y, Joo Y C 2010 J. Electron. Mater. 39 2281
[7] Chandra Rao B S S, Kripesh V, Zeng K Y 2011 61st Electronic Components and Technology Conference Lake Buena Vista, May 31-3 June, 2011 p100
[8] Ma H C, Guo J D, Chen J Q 2015 J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron. 26 7690
[9] Lai Y S, Chiu Y T, Chen J 2008 J. Electron. Mater. 37 1624
[10] Hsiao H Y, Trigg A D, Chai T C 2015 IEEE Trans. Compon. Packag. Manufact. Technol. 5 314
[11] Li Y 2010 M. S. Dissertation (Chengdou: University of Electronic Science and Technology of China) (in Chinese)[李艳 2010 硕士学位论文(成都: 电子科技大学)]
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[15] Ho P S, Kwok T 1989 Rep. Prog. Phys. 52 301
[16] Huang M L, Chen L D, Zhou S M, Zhao N 2012 Acta Phys. Sin. 61 198104 (in Chinese)[黄明亮, 陈雷达, 周少明, 赵宁 2012 物理学报 61 198104]
[17] Jeong M H, Kim J W, Kwak B H, Park Y B 2012 Microelectr. Engineer. 89 50
[18] Hsiao Y H, Lin K L, Lee C W, Shao Y H, Lai Y S 2012 J. Electron. Mater. 41 3368
[19] Meinshausen L, Fremont H, Weidezaage K, Plano B 2015 Microelectr. Reliab. 55 192
[20] Gu X, Chan Y C 2009 J. Appl. Phys. 105 093537
[21] Song J Y, Yu J, Lee T Y 2004 Scripta Mater. 51 167
[22] An R, Tian Y H, Zhang R, Wang C Q 2015 J. Mater. Electron. 26 2674
[23] Sequeira C A C, Amaral L 2014 Trans. Nonferr. Metals Soc. China 24 1
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