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High-temperature mechanical integrity of Cu-Sn SLID wafer-level bonds

Abstract

Wafer-level Cu-Sn SLID (Solid–Liquid Interdiffusion)-bonded devices have been evaluated at high temperature. The bonding process was performed at 553 K (280 °C) and the mechanical integrity of the bonded samples was investigated at elevated temperatures. The die shear strength of Cu-Sn systems shows a constant behavior (42 MPa) for shear tests performed from room temperature [RT—298 K (25 °C)] to 573 K ( to 300 °C). This confirms experimentally the high-temperature stability of Cu-Sn SLID bonding predicted from phase diagrams. The fractography of sheared samples indicates brittle-fracture mode for all samples shear tested from RT to 573 K (300 °C). The two dominating failure modes are Adhesive fracture between the Ti-W adhesion layer and the Si, and interface fracture at the original bond interface. This indicates that the bonding material itself is stronger than the observed shear strength values, and since these interfaces can be improved with process optimization even stronger bonds can be achieved. The presented work offers fundamental evidence of the Cu-Sn SLID bonding process for operating microelectronics and MEMS at high temperature.

Category

Academic article

Language

English

Author(s)

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Digital / Smart Sensors and Microsystems
  • University of South-Eastern Norway

Year

2015

Published in

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A

ISSN

1073-5623

Volume

46

Issue

11

Page(s)

5266 - 5274

View this publication at Norwegian Research Information Repository