Abnormal Cu3Sn Growth and Kirkendall Formation Between Sn and (111) and (220) Preferred-Orientation Cu Substrates

Huang TS; Tseng HW; Hsiao YH; Cheng CH; Lu CT; Liu CY

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Electrochemical and Solid State Letters, Vol.14, No.10, H393-H396, 2011

Abnormal Cu3Sn Growth and Kirkendall Formation Between Sn and (111) and (220) Preferred-Orientation Cu Substrates

Huang TS, Tseng HW, Hsiao YH, Cheng CH, Lu CT, Liu CY

(111) and (220) preferred-orientation Cu substrates were successfully produced by varying electroplating current-density. While these preferred-orientation Cu substrates reacted with Sn, serious Kirkendall voids formed at the interfaces between Sn and (111) and (220) preferred-orientation Cu substrates. Also, abnormal Cu3Sn growth occurs; the Cu3Sn layer decreased upon aging and vanished after 1000-h aging. With a prolonged 2000-h aging, a Cu3Sn layer re-grew at the Cu6Sn5/Cu interface. The abnormal Cu3Sn growth was found to highly associate with serious Kirkendall formation (C) 2011 The Electrochemical Society. [DOI: 10.1149/1.3608248] All rights reserved.