Materials Science and Engineering

Rapid pressure-assisted sinter bonding in air using 200 nm Cu particles and enhancement of bonding strength by successive pressureless annealing

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  • Myeong In KIM, Jong-Hyun LEE
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, 232 Gongneung-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 139-743, Korea

Online published: 2022-02-25

Abstract

To design an effective and realistically applicable sinter bonding process for power devices, we proposed a two-step process using a 200 nm Cu-particle-based paste to form a bondline having high-temperature sustainability and superior thermal conductance. This process involved rapid pressure-assisted sinter bonding in air followed by pressureless annealing in a nitrogen atmosphere. In the case of a paste prepared with a mixture of 20 wt.% malic acid and 80 wt.% ethylene glycol, sinter bonding at 300 °C and 5 MPa for only 30 s resulted in a sufficient shear strength of 23.1 MPa. The shear strength was significantly enhanced to 69.6 MPa by the additional pressureless aging for 30 min. Therefore, the two-step sinter bonding process is expected to provide an outstanding production rate as a next-generation sinter bonding process.

Cite this article

Myeong In KIM, Jong-Hyun LEE . Rapid pressure-assisted sinter bonding in air using 200 nm Cu particles and enhancement of bonding strength by successive pressureless annealing[J]. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, 2022 , 32(2) : 629 -638 . DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(22)65821-7

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