Submitted by JOSIANE SANTOS DE OLIVEIRA (josianeso) on 2018-10-03T13:26:39Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Bernardo Bortolotto Ilha_.pdf: 35188571 bytes, checksum: cac488e47b7d5a9301e00e7ab4d1ad4b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-10-03T13:26:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Bernardo Bortolotto Ilha_.pdf: 35188571 bytes, checksum: cac488e47b7d5a9301e00e7ab4d1ad4b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-01-16 / UNISINOS - Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos / The aging and electromigration (EM) effects were evaluated when up to 0.19 wt.% Zn was added to Sn-0.7 wt.% Cu solder. Currently, the Sn-0.7 wt.% Cu solder is being widely used in the electronic industries due to its advantages of low cost and high temperature applications. However, its usage is also limited by detrimental properties – for instance, when compared to SAC305, Sn-0.7 wt.% Cu solder has lower electromigration life time, shear strength and drop reliability. Minor Zn alloying to Pb-free solders reportedly enhances some of their properties, e.g.: stabilization of bulk microstructures by decreasing undercooling; formation of a thin interfacial diffusion barrier and, thereby, suppressing Cu3Sn and Cu6Sn5 interfacial IMC growth rate and retarding under bump metallurgy (UBM) diffusion through the solder; and also, compensation for Sn self-diffusion due to reverse polarity effect. In this research, the aging and EM effects are assessed when 0.09, 0.16 and 0.19 wt.% Zn were added to Sn-0.7 wt.% Cu solder. The samples underwent up to 500 h of isothermal aging at temperatures of 125, 150 and 175 °C, and EM samples underwent up to 200 h of stressing at a constant temperature of 150 °C and current of 3.25 A. Solder balls were fabricated on a BGA structure for the aging tests, and for the EM tests, a pair of solders was assembled in a daisy-chain structure with organic solderability preservative (OSP) and electroless nickel immersion gold (ENIG) surface finishes. The microstructural evolution and compositional distribution analyses were carried out using optical microscope with brightfield and cross polarized light, scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS), electron probe micro analyzer (EPMA), and electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD). The addition of Zn suppresses the formation of Cu3Sn IMC and the total interfacial IMC thickness upon aging, and the samples with ENIG had smaller IMC thickness than OSP surface finish. In addition, the grains' microstructure becomes less interlaced and more stable, indicating lower undercooling. The electromigration effects on the microstructure is mainly governed by the relative orientation between the c-axis of Sn grains and the direction of current flow. When parallel, allows cathode UBM and alloying elements diffusion through the solder and formation of IMC, and, when transverse, inhibits this diffusion leading to failure by void formation at the anode UBM/solder interface due to depletion of the UBM and slow Sn self-diffusion.