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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2019
Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyoshi Kawasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yuri Nakamura, Tochigi, JP;
Osamu Munekata, Tochigi, JP;
Kaichi Tsuruta, Tochigi, JP;
Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solder ball includes 0.1% by mass or more and 10% by mass or less of In and a remainder of Sn. The ball has a yellowness (b*) in an L*a*b* color system of 2.8 or more and 15.0 or less and a lightness (L*) of 60 or more and 100 or less. The ball further includes at least one element selected from a group of 0% by mass or more and 4% by mass or less of Ag, 0% by mass or more and 1.0% by mass or less of Cu, 0% to 3% by mass in total of Bi and/or Sb, and 0% to 0.1% by mass in total of an element selected from a group of Ni, Co, Fe, Ge, and P, excluding a solder ball including 3% by mass of Ag, 0.5% by mass of Cu, 0.2% by mass of In and a remainder of Sn.