Dear Mr. Marc
Thanks for taking time to educate us.
Should we take it that Alloy 42 lead frames ( devices in SOT23
package etc) are exempted from post bake when the leads are 100%
MATTE TIN plated ! ! !
I think we MISSED the hermetically Sealed METAL CAN packages.
One really gets closer to the subject in an open house
discussion.
regards
munish
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Subject: [LF] AW: [LF] Whisker test
> Dear all,
> Some comments on Annealing (developed, introduced and promoted by E4,
which is Infineon Technologies, Philips Semiconductors, STMicroelectronics,
Freescale Semiconductors)
>
> 1. Annealing is not a test, but a mitigation strategy to prevent whisker
formation
> 2. We prefer the word "bake", since annealing is an effect of second
order. Yes, recristallisation, dislocation slide and climb, recombination
and all these effects take place at 150 °C and result in a stress relieve
(if there is any stress prior to the baking), but the major effect is the
artificial growth of the intermetallic double layer Cu3Sn / Cu6Sn5 at the
Cu -Sn interface. This intermetallic layer grows regularly at 150 °C and
forms a continuous layer, which acts as a diffusion barrier for further
Cu-diffusion into tin. This Cu- diffusion is associated with the
intermetallic formation and happens only in the tin grain boundaries at RT
(--> irregulargroth of intermetallics), but due to a shift from grain
boundary diffusion in favour of bulk diffusion at higher temperatures at 150
°C, the layer is formed regularly. Since the intermetllic formation is
associated with a volume increase, the irregularities induce stress and have
to be avoided. This can be done by the introduction of addtional diffusion
barrier matals (Ni, Ag, ...) or by the artificaial growth of the
intermetallic itself.
>
> Thus bake can only be applied to Cu-based leadframes without additional
underlayer such as Ni or Ag or something else. It is also not applicable to
FeNi42 L/F since the mechanism for whisker formation is different (stress
induction during thermal cycling due to large cte mismatch of FeNi42 and Sn)
and also the intermetallics are different also the growth rate differs
significantly.
>
> Infineon does not make any difference in accordance to the pitch, but
applies 150 °C / 1h post plate bake to all components with Cu L/F and matt
pure tin plating.
>
> please find some of our publications on this issue for download at our
website
>
>
http://www.infineon.com/cgi/ecrm.dll/jsp/showfrontend.do?lang=EN&channel_oid
=-11663
>
> More publications and info available on request.
>
> regards,
> Marc Dittes, Infineon Technologies
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Im Auftrag von Victor G. Hernandez
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 14. Juli 2004 13:03
> An: [log in to unmask]
> Betreff: Re: [LF] Whisker test
>
>
> Fellow TechNetter:
>
> Can someone share their understanding of the annealing process of
metals.
>
> Victor,
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gupta, Munish
> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 3:46 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [LF] Whisker test
>
>
> 14 july 04
>
>
> Need expert inputs only...
>
>
> Is whisker mitigation strategy* applicable for all packages.
>
>
> A big package like TO220 where leads are seperated by a large
distance (much greater than what a typical length of whisker is
> :
> 50um) should NOT undergo special tests like annealing.
>
> Annealing is time as well as energy consuming.
>
>
>
> *: bake for 150C @ 1hr
>
> advised by ST , Philips , Infenion
>
>
>
> Any comments TONY ! ! !
>
>
> regards
> munish
> INDIA
>
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