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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Charles L. Arvin, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Minhua Lu, Mohegan Lake, NY (US);
Eric D. Perfecto, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
David J. Russell, Owego, NY (US);
Wolfgang Sauter, Eagle-Vail, CO (US);
Krystyna Semkow, Poughquag, NY (US);
Thomas A. Wassick, LaGrangeville, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An interconnect structure that includes a substrate having an electrical component present therein, and a under-bump metallurgy (UBM) stack that is present in contact with a contact pad to the electrical component that is present in the substrate. The UBM stack includes a metallic adhesion layer that is direct contact with the contact pad to the electrical component, a copper (Cu) seed layer that is in direct contact with the metallic adhesion layer layer, a first nickel (Ni) barrier layer that is present in direct contact with copper (Cu) seed layer, and a layered structure of at least one copper (Cu) conductor layer and at least one second nickel (Ni) barrier layer present on the first nickel (Ni) barrier layer. A solder ball may be present on second nickel (Ni) barrier layer.