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Ag-Sn bimetallic nanoparticles paste for high temperature service in power devices

  • Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)
  • China Electronics Technology Group Corporation
  • Application of Electronic Component Laboratory

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Abstract

In this paper, high strength Cu-Cu interconnections were achieved by sintering the paste of Ag-Sn bimetallic nanoparticles at low temperature. Compared with nano-Ag paste, the outer Sn coatings of the nano-Ag particles were found to be favorable for the densification of the bondline. The microstructures of Ag-Sn bimetallic nanoparticles and the bondlines under different sintereing conditions were studied in detail by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The Ag-Sn bimetallic nanoparticles bondline exhibit a high shear strength of 35.3 MPa and a low resistivity of 9.5 μΩ cm, when sintered at 260 C for 20 min under a pressure of 0.5 MPa. The electrochemical migration time of this sintered Ag-Sn bimetallic nanoparticles was prolonged to be ten times of that of sintered nano-Ag. This bonding technology based on Ag-Sn bimetallic nanoparticles was a promising die attach method for high temperature power device packaging.

Original languageEnglish
Article number345204
JournalNanotechnology
Volume31
Issue number34
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Aug 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • die attach
  • electrochemical migration
  • intermetallics
  • nanoparticle
  • power device packaging
  • sintering

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