Solder Joint Reliability of SnAgCu Solder Refinished Components Under Temperature Cycling Test

Author

Wang, Weiqiang ; Osterman, Michael ; Das, Diganta ; Pecht, Michael

Author_Institution

Center for Adv. Life Cycle Eng., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

Volume

1

Issue

5

fYear

2011

fDate

5/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

798

Lastpage

808

Abstract

SnAgCu (SAC) solder is being offered as a lead-free termination finish. SAC finish is obtained by dipping the terminals of components into molten SAC solder. However, the reliability of solder joints formed with SAC solder refinished components needs to be determined in order to evaluate the effects of the SAC solder refinishing process. In this paper, the strength of solder joints with SAC solder refinished thin small outline packages (TSOPs) was evaluated by the shear test. The reliability of solder joints formed with SAC solder refinished components, including TSOPs and resistors, was evaluated by a temperature cycling test. Original Sn finished components were used as a baseline for comparison. It was found that SAC solder refinishing increased solder joint strength. SAC solder refinishing decreased the fatigue life of solder joints of TSOPs and increased the fatigue life of resistors under temperature cycling conditions.

Keywords

copper alloys; materials testing; mechanical strength; reliability; silver alloys; solders; tin alloys; SnAgCu; lead-free termination finish; resistor; shear test; solder joint reliability; solder joint strength; solder refinished component; temperature cycling test; thin small outline package; Copper; Lead; Reliability; Resistors; Soldering; Temperature measurement; Tin; Lead-free solder; refinishing; reliability; shear test; solder dipping; solder joint; temperature cycling; tin-silver-copper;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

2156-3950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCPMT.2010.2095273

Filename

5756459