GB2201916A - Solder coating process - Google Patents
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- GB2201916A GB2201916A GB08805207A GB8805207A GB2201916A GB 2201916 A GB2201916 A GB 2201916A GB 08805207 A GB08805207 A GB 08805207A GB 8805207 A GB8805207 A GB 8805207A GB 2201916 A GB2201916 A GB 2201916A
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
- H05K3/00—Apparatus or processes for manufacturing printed circuits
- H05K3/30—Assembling printed circuits with electric components, e.g. with resistor
- H05K3/32—Assembling printed circuits with electric components, e.g. with resistor electrically connecting electric components or wires to printed circuits
- H05K3/34—Assembling printed circuits with electric components, e.g. with resistor electrically connecting electric components or wires to printed circuits by soldering
- H05K3/3457—Solder materials or compositions; Methods of application thereof
- H05K3/3468—Applying molten solder
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
- B23K1/00—Soldering, e.g. brazing, or unsoldering
- B23K1/08—Soldering by means of dipping in molten solder
- B23K1/085—Wave soldering
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
- H05K2201/00—Indexing scheme relating to printed circuits covered by H05K1/00
- H05K2201/09—Shape and layout
- H05K2201/09209—Shape and layout details of conductors
- H05K2201/09372—Pads and lands
- H05K2201/09418—Special orientation of pads, lands or terminals of component, e.g. radial or polygonal orientation
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
- H05K2201/00—Indexing scheme relating to printed circuits covered by H05K1/00
- H05K2201/10—Details of components or other objects attached to or integrated in a printed circuit board
- H05K2201/10613—Details of electrical connections of non-printed components, e.g. special leads
- H05K2201/10621—Components characterised by their electrical contacts
- H05K2201/10727—Leadless chip carrier [LCC], e.g. chip-modules for cards
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
- H05K2201/00—Indexing scheme relating to printed circuits covered by H05K1/00
- H05K2201/10—Details of components or other objects attached to or integrated in a printed circuit board
- H05K2201/10613—Details of electrical connections of non-printed components, e.g. special leads
- H05K2201/10954—Other details of electrical connections
- H05K2201/10984—Component carrying a connection agent, e.g. solder, adhesive
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Abstract
Leadless ceramic chip packages 12 are presented at a 45 DEG angle to the direction of solder flow so as to improve coverage. The chips are transported on pallets (6) which are conveyed in a loop past loading and unloading stations (Fig. 1 not shown). <IMAGE>
Description
SCLDER COATING PROCESSES
This invention relates to solder coating processes and is more concerned with such processes applied to leadless ceramic chip carriers.
Leadless ceramic chip carriers (LCCCs) are used for packaging semiconductor devices and are mounted on the surface of a printed circuit board (PCB) without the need for 'through' holes. The LCCC is a rectangular ceramic packageof a given size, the size being dependent on the number of interconnections required between the PCB and the semiconductor device mounted in a recess formed in the package. Wires are bonded between the device and internal pads of the LCCC to form internal interconnections, the external interconnections being formed between solder pads provided around the periphery of the package and the PCB. The solder pads are metallic and are equally spaced around the base of the package. Electrical and mechanical interconnection between the LCCC and the PCB is achieved by soldering the LCCC onto a pattern of pads on the board.
The LCCC solder pads are fabricated with a tungsten underlay coated by a layer of nickel to give solderability and a layer of gold 3 m thick to give environmental protection. However, the presence of gold and the use of a high percentage tin bearing solder can result in solder joint embrittlement due to the formation of brittle gold-tin intermetallics at the joint interface. These intermetallics can form either immediately as the tin combines with the interface gold or, at a later time due to the diffusion and growth of the tin and gold at a gold free interface provided there is sufficient gold in solution in the bulk solder.Therefore, in order to ensure subsequent joint reliability, particularly where there is the possibility of thermal expansion mismatch between the LCCC and
PCB, it is necessary to remove the gold layer from the pad interface prior to soldering.
A standard method of degolding electronic components is to use the gold scavenging action of tin/lead solder. This process effectively degolds and leaves a coating of tin/lead solder on the pad surface which is readily solderable. However, as brittle intermetallics of gold can form at a gold free interface given a sufficient bulk solder gold contamination, it is important to carefully monitor the gold contamination in the solder bath. In many cases, two solder baths are used to alleviate this problem, that is, a 'degolding bath' and a 'tinning bath', the solder from each bath being continually monitored for gold contamination.
According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided apparatus for producing a solderable surface on solder pads of a plurality of leadless ceramic chip packages each containing a semiconductor device, the apparatus comprising:
a loading means for loading the packages onto a movable carrier;
a flux foaming means for removing a protective layer from the solder pads of each package;
a solder coating means for solder coating the solder pads of each package;
a cleaning means for removing excess flux from each package; and
an unloading means for unloading the packages from the carrier.
However, solder flow around the packages is not sufficient to provide a complete coating of solder on the solder pads of the packages.
According to a second aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of improving solder flow around a generally rectangular leadless ceramic chip package containing a semiconductor device during a solder coating process, the method comprising loading the package onto a carrying surface of a carrier such that a straight edge of the package in a plane parallel to said surface is inclined to the direction of relative motion between the carrier and the solder to improve said flow.
Preferably, the straight edge of the package is substantially inclined at an angle in the range of 400 to 500.
Advantageously, the angle is substantially 450.
For a better understanding of the invention, reference will now be made, by way of example, to the accompanying drawings in which:
figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a solder coating apparatus;
figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the loading station of the figure 1 apparatus;
figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the underside of a pallet;
figure 4 is a diagram of the figure 3 pallet with leadless ceramic chip carriers (LCCCs) angled at 450 to the leading edge of the pallet;
figures 5(a) and 5(b) show the solder flow around a LCCC when it is straight on and angled to the direction of motion of the pallet; and figure 6 is a schematic diagram of a weir used in the cleaning station of the figure 1 apparatus.
Figure 1 is a diagram of solder coating apparatus. The apparatus is generally arranged in a loop and consists of a loading station 1, a flux foaming station 2, a soldering station 3, a cleaning station 4, and an unloading station 5. At the loading station 1 (shown in more detail in figure 2), the leadless ceramic chip carriers (LCCCs) to be solder coated are loaded onto a pallet 6 from plastic carrying sticks. The pallet 6 then moves around the loop travelling at predetermined rates over each station in turn for the amount of time required to carry out the function of the respective station.
The flux foaming station 2 carries out the process of activating the solder pads of the LCCCs and then dries them prior to next process, in this case, preheating at the soldering station 3, prior to the solder coating being applied. The solder coating is applied using a Kirsten solder jet wave machine ie the solder is applied to the LCCCs by passing the pallet 6 over a jet of solder. The jet of solder removes the gold from the solder pads of the LCCCs, since gold is very soluble in the solder, and leaves a solder coating on the pads. This coating is then cooled and any excess flux is removed and the LCCCs are dried at the cleaning station 4. The LCCCs are then reloaded into plastic carrying sticks at the unloading station 5. The pallet 6 is moved around the loop in guideways and is driven by a chain drive 7 passing round the inner perimeter of the loop.
The loading station as shown in figure 2 comprises ten guide channels 10 in which the plastic carrying sticks 11 (only one shown), containing the LCCCs 12, are placed. These channels 10 are adjustably inclined at an angle between 500 to 600 to the horizontal. The sticksare vibrated by means not shown, to allow the LCCCs to be vibrated out of their respective sticks one at a time into channels 13 until they are aligned over vacuum collets 14 ie one LCCC in each channel 13 is aligned with one collet 14. The ten collets 14 are then operated to raise the ten LCCCs to a position where they can be retained by the pallet 6, the pallet having a vacuum system for holding a plurality of rows of ten LCCCs onto its undersurface.
Naturally the pallet 6 has a plurality of holes 20 (see figure 3) through which the vacuum can be applied to the LCCCs, the number of holes 20 and their spacing being related to the size of LCCC to be solder coated. In this example, the pallet 6 has a matrix holes 20 ten by eight ie eighty LCCCs can be coated at one time. The collets 13 therefore operate eight times ie once for each row, to fill the pallet 6, each row of LCCCs being retained by the pallet vacuum system as required.
Once loaded onto the pallet 6, each LCCC is presented to the flux foaming station at an angle of 450 thus permitting improved flux coverage of the solder pads. Likewise, each LCCC is presented to the solder wave machine at an angle of 450 thereby allowing each solder pad to be properly coated ie the flow of solder 21 is improved around each LCCC (see figures 4 and 5). In figure 5(a), the LCCC is placed straight on to the direction of motion of the pallet and the back end of the LCCC is not coated. Whereas in figure 5(b), the LCCC is angled to the direction of motion and the solder flow is improved to coat all the sides of the LCCC.
The unloading 'station 5 (not shown in detail) operates in reverse to the loading station 1, the LCCCs being released row by row as the vacuum holding them onto the pallet 6 is removed. The released
LCCCs are then vibrated down further guide channels (similar to channels 10) into the empty plastic carrying sticks 11. The cleaning station 4 includes a cooler 30 which cools the LCCCs prior to their washing to remove excess flux - this helps to prevent thermal shock. The pallet 6 passes from the cooler 30 to a washer 31 which is in the form of a pair of weirs 32, only one of which is shown in figure 5. Each weir 32 spreads the cleaning solvent over the entire undersurface of the pallet 6 to remove the excess flux, one being positioned behind the other to provide effective cleaning.After washing, the LCCCs are rinsed to remove any traces of solvent and are then dried prior to being unloaded as described above.
Naturally, the apparatus can accommodate more than one pallet, and in one specific arrangement, three pallets are utilised simultaneously, the pallets being spaced apart so that the timing for the respective stations are satisfied. For example, one pallet may be at the loading station 1, another one at the unloading station 5, and a third at the cooler 30.
As mentioned previously, the number of LCCCs coated at any one time is dependent on the size of the LCCC ie the smaller the LCCC, the larger the number of devices which can be accommodated by the pallet. Naturally, different pallets would be required for different sizes and hence numbers of LCCCs. In practice only, two sizes of pallet may be used ie one for LCCCs having up to and inlcuding forty-four pads; and one for forty-five to eighty-four pad LCCCs.
Claims (15)
1. A method of improving solder flow around a generally rectangular leadless ceramic chip package containing a semiconductor device during a solder coating process, the method comprising loading the package onto a carrying surface of a carrier such that a straight edge of the package in a plane parallel to said surface is inclined to the direction of relative motion between the carrier and the solder to improve said flow.
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the straight edge of the package is substantially inclined at an angle in the range of 400 to 0 50
3. A method according to claim 2, wherein the angle is substantially 450.
4. Apparatus for producing a solderable surface on solder pads of a plurality of leadless ceramic chip packages each containing a semiconductor device, the apparatus comprising:
a loading means for loading the packages onto a movable carrier;
a flux foaming means for activating the solder pads of each package;
a solder coating means for solder coating the solder pads of each package;
a cleaning means for removing excess flux from each package; and
an unloading means for unloading the packages from the carrier.
5. Apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the loading means, flux foaming means, solder coating means, cleaning means and unloading means are arranged in a loop configuration.
6. Apparatus according to claim 4 or 5, wherein each package is generally rectangular in shape and is loaded onto a carrying surface of the movable carrier so that a straight edge of the package in a plane parallel to said surface is inclined to the direction of motion of the carrier.
7. Apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the straight of edge the package is inclined substantially at 450
8. Apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the movable carrier is moved from station to station by means of a chain drive connecting all the stations in a loop.
9. Apparatus according to any one of claims 4 to 8, wherein the movable carrier retains the packages on its underside by vacuum means.
10. Apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 9, wherein the flux foaming station includes a dryer.
11. Apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 10, wherein the solder coating station includes a preheating section and a soldering section.
12. Apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the soluering section is a solder jet wave.
13. Apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 12, wherein the cleaning station includes a cooling section, a washing section and a drying section.
14. Apparatus substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
15. A method substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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GB878705931A GB8705931D0 (en) | 1987-03-12 | 1987-03-12 | Solder coating processes |
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EP0203623A2 (en) * | 1985-03-06 | 1986-12-03 | ITALTEL SOCIETA ITALIANA TELECOMUNICAZIONI s.p.a. | Wavesoldering device, particularly for printed circuits |
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