The investigation of some properties of copper alloys for lead frame

Author

Fuxiang, Huang ; Le, Huang ; Jusheng, Ma ; Qian, Wang ; Qinglei, Wang ; Chao, Lu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

391

Lastpage

393

Abstract

Lead frames are one of the most important component parts of discrete and IC devices. Due to their good electrical conductivity and cost, copper alloys for lead frames are widely used in IC packages. In this paper, some properties of copper alloys for lead frames, such as etching properties, etc, are researched. The results showed that because of the different etching mechanisms and alloy elements added to the copper alloy, the etching rates of copper alloys in low concentration ferric chloride are much higher than those of the same alloys in higher concentrations. The influence of the dimensions of eight different copper alloys to the etching properties are compared. The variety of this factor is displayed in the coordinate system. Copper solderability is also investigated in the paper

Keywords

assembling; copper alloys; electrical conductivity; etching; integrated circuit interconnections; integrated circuit packaging; integrated circuit testing; soldering; IC devices; IC packages; alloy elements; copper alloy properties; copper alloys; copper solderability; cost; electrical conductivity; etching mechanisms; etching properties; etching rates; ferric chloride etchant concentration; lead frame; Chaos; Chemicals; Conductivity; Copper alloys; Costs; Electronics packaging; Etching; Integrated circuit packaging; Lead; Materials science and technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronic Materials and Packaging, 2000. (EMAP 2000). International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6654-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMAP.2000.904186

Filename

904186