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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2013
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, TW;
Jinn Chu, Taipei, TW;
I Made Wahyu Diyatmika, Taipei, TW;
Yee-Wen Yen, Taipei, TW;
Wen-Zhi Chang, Taipei, TW;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a tin whisker mitigation material using thin film metallic glass underlayer, which is a thin film metallic glass (TFMG) formed between a metal substrate and a tin layer. Particularly, the TFMG can be a ZrTiNiunderlayer or a ZrCuAlNi underlayer, capable of blocking off the interaction occurring in the interface of a copper layer (the metal substrate) and the tin layer, so as to carry out the inhibition of tin whisker growth. Moreover, a variety of experiment data are proposed for proving that the TFMG of the ZrTiNior the ZrCuAlNi can indeed be used to replace the conventionally used thick tin layer for being the underlayer between the copper layer (the metal substrate) and the tin layer, and then effectively inhibit the interaction occurring in the Cu/Sn interface and the growth of tin whisker by low manufacturing cost way.