Effects of Ni-coated Carbon Nanotubes addition on the electromigration of Sn-Ag-Cu solder joints

The electromigration behaviors of line-type Cu/Sn-Ag-Cu/Cu interconnects with and without Ni-Coated multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes addition were investigated in this work. After soldering, the (Cu, Ni)(6)Sn-5 intermetallic compounds formed at the solder/Cu interface. The electromigration analysis shows that the presence of Carbon Nanotubes can suppress the atomic diffusion in the solder induced by electromigration effectively. And finite element simulation indicates that the Carbon Nanotube networks can reduce the current density in the solder matrix, which results in the improvement of electromigration resistance of composite solders. (C) 2013 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.