JPH11158659A - Copper remover and method for removing copper using same - Google Patents

Copper remover and method for removing copper using same

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JPH11158659A
JPH11158659A JP33315697A JP33315697A JPH11158659A JP H11158659 A JPH11158659 A JP H11158659A JP 33315697 A JP33315697 A JP 33315697A JP 33315697 A JP33315697 A JP 33315697A JP H11158659 A JPH11158659 A JP H11158659A
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copper
thiourea
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stripping
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Toshiaki Shoda
鎗田  聡明
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EEJA Ltd
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Electroplating Engineers of Japan Ltd
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    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23FNON-MECHANICAL REMOVAL OF METALLIC MATERIAL FROM SURFACE; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL; MULTI-STEP PROCESSES FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL INVOLVING AT LEAST ONE PROCESS PROVIDED FOR IN CLASS C23 AND AT LEAST ONE PROCESS COVERED BY SUBCLASS C21D OR C22F OR CLASS C25
    • C23F1/00Etching metallic material by chemical means
    • C23F1/10Etching compositions
    • C23F1/14Aqueous compositions
    • C23F1/16Acidic compositions
    • C23F1/18Acidic compositions for etching copper or alloys thereof

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable safe and sure selective removal of copper and to improve stability by incorporating thiourea or its deriv. as an essential component. SOLUTION: The copper remover is a soln. contg. thiourea or its deriv. which properly regulates the dissolution rate of copper from the surface of a body to be treated on which a copper layer formed by striking and a layer of silver or its alloy different from copper in ionization tendency exist, enables selective removal of copper without damaging the other metallic plating layer and acts as a leveling agent. The soln. does not contain cyanogen and surely reduces harmful effects on the environment and the human body. The thiourea or its deriv. is used within the range of 0.5-100 g/l. When the soln. is adjusted to <=pH 2.0 by adding one or more selected from among sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid and carboxylic acids, the effect of the soln. is further enhanced. The remover is especially useful for removing a copper layer formed by striking on a lead frame.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

【0001】[0001]

【産業上の利用分野】本発明は、銅剥離剤及びそれを用
いた銅剥離方法に関し、特に、リードフレームの表面に
施される銅ストライクめっきの剥離に有用な剥離剤及び
それを用いた剥離方法に関する。
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a copper stripping agent and a copper stripping method using the same, and more particularly to a stripping agent useful for stripping copper strike plating applied to the surface of a lead frame and a stripping strip using the same. About the method.

【0002】[0002]

【従来の技術】一般に、リードフレームやコネクターピ
ン等の電子部品または樹脂製品への装飾用の銀めっきま
たは錫めっき等を施す場合、めっきの密着性向上および
被めっき物の素材保護を目的として、銅ストライクめっ
きが前処理として用いられており。この銅ストライクめ
っきには、シアン化銅浴が多く使用されてきた。特に、
鉄系金属、鉛、亜鉛等の素材金属に銀めっきを行う前処
理として、シアン化銅ストライクめっきが有効である。
2. Description of the Related Art In general, when silver or tin plating for decoration is applied to electronic parts such as lead frames and connector pins or resin products, for the purpose of improving the adhesion of plating and protecting the material to be plated. Copper strike plating is used as pretreatment. For this copper strike plating, a copper cyanide bath has often been used. Especially,
Copper cyanide strike plating is effective as a pretreatment for performing silver plating on a base metal such as an iron-based metal, lead, or zinc.

【0003】ここで、リードフレームの銀めっき工程を
例に採ると、最初にシアン化銅ストライクめっきがリー
ドフレームの全面に施され、続いてシアン浴銀めっきを
行い、シアン系銅剥離剤で表面に残留するシアン化銅ス
トライクめっきの銅層の剥離を行って、銀めっき工程が
完了する。これらの工程で使用される溶液は、いずれも
シアン系溶液が使用されている。シアン系溶液を用いる
と、めっき条件および溶解条件の制御が容易で且つ優れ
た溶液安定性が容易に確保できるためである。
[0003] Taking the silver plating process of a lead frame as an example, first, copper cyanide strike plating is applied to the entire surface of the lead frame, followed by cyan bath silver plating, and the surface is coated with a cyan copper-releasing agent. Then, the copper layer of the copper cyanide strike plating remaining is stripped off, and the silver plating step is completed. As the solution used in these steps, a cyan solution is used. This is because, when a cyan solution is used, plating conditions and dissolution conditions can be easily controlled, and excellent solution stability can be easily secured.

【0004】[0004]

【発明が解決しようとする課題】しかしながら、このよ
うなシアン系溶液の使用は、人体に有害な毒性を持つシ
アンを含むものであるとともに、シアン系銅剥離剤で表
面に残留するシアン化銅ストライクめっきの銅層の剥離
を行う際に、銀めっき層に損傷を与えることがあり工程
管理が複雑且つ困難であった。
However, the use of such a cyan-based solution contains cyanide which is harmful to the human body, and a copper-cyanide strike plating which remains on the surface with a cyan-based copper stripping agent. When the copper layer is peeled, the silver plating layer may be damaged, and the process control is complicated and difficult.

【0005】従って、本出願の発明者らは、特願平5ー
345666号で開示したように、非シアン系の銀めっ
き工程を提唱してきた。この非シアン系の銀めっき工程
で使用した非シアン系銅剥離剤は、直鎖型一級アルコー
ルを使用した電解剥離工程で使用するものであった。そ
こで、本発明では、銅の浸漬剥離に用いることができ、
安全で確実に銅の選択的剥離が可能で、且つ安定性に優
れた銅剥離溶液の提供を目的とするものである。
Accordingly, the inventors of the present application have proposed a non-cyan silver plating process as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 5-345666. The non-cyanic copper stripping agent used in the non-cyanide silver plating step was used in the electrolytic stripping step using a linear primary alcohol. Therefore, in the present invention, it can be used for immersion peeling of copper,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a copper stripping solution that is capable of safely and surely selectively stripping copper and has excellent stability.

【0006】本発明は、特に、リードフレームに施され
る銀めっきにおいて、不要銅ストライクめっき部を溶解
剥離除去した後にIC、TAB等の電子部品との接点と
されるため、銀めっき部の銀層の銅剥離剤による損傷の
有無は、製品価値を左右する重要な要素となる。
In the present invention, in particular, in silver plating applied to a lead frame, unnecessary copper strike plating portions are dissolved and peeled off and then contacted with electronic components such as ICs and TABs. Whether or not the layer is damaged by the copper stripping agent is an important factor in determining product value.

【0007】[0007]

【課題を解決するための手段】上記目的を達成するため
に、本発明の銅剥離液は、チオ尿素またはチオ尿素誘導
体を必須成分とし、必要に応じて硫酸、塩酸、リン酸ま
たはカルボン酸のいずれかの1種または2種以上の組合
せにより、pH2.0以下に調整してなるものである。
即ち、この発明に係る剥離液は、銅を溶解させることの
できる硫酸、リン酸、塩酸またはクエン酸等の酸性溶液
を主成分として、これに必須成分としてチオ尿素または
チオ尿素誘導体を添加することにより調整されるもので
ある。
In order to achieve the above object, the copper stripping solution of the present invention contains thiourea or a thiourea derivative as an essential component and, if necessary, contains sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid or carboxylic acid. The pH is adjusted to 2.0 or less by any one or a combination of two or more.
That is, the stripping solution according to the present invention comprises, as a main component, an acidic solution such as sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, hydrochloric acid, or citric acid capable of dissolving copper, to which thiourea or a thiourea derivative is added as an essential component. It is adjusted by:

【0008】ここで使用した、チオ尿素またはチオ尿素
誘導体は、ストライク銅メッキ層の銅と異なるイオン化
傾向を持つ銀または銀合金層とが表層に存在する被処理
物表面より、銅の溶解速度を適正に調整し、ストライク
銅メッキ層の銅以外の金属めっき層に損傷を与えること
無く銅の選択的剥離を可能とするものであり、併せてレ
ベリング剤としての効果を果たすものでもある。このよ
うな組成の溶液であれば、シアンを含まず、環境をおよ
び人体に与える悪影響を確実に低減することができる。
The thiourea or thiourea derivative used here has a dissolution rate of copper from the surface of the workpiece in which the copper of the strike copper plating layer and the silver or silver alloy layer having a different ionization tendency are present on the surface. It is appropriately adjusted to enable selective peeling of copper without damaging metal plating layers other than copper of the strike copper plating layer, and also serves as a leveling agent. A solution having such a composition does not contain cyan and can reliably reduce adverse effects on the environment and the human body.

【0009】このチオ尿素またはチオ尿素誘導体は、
0.5〜100g/lの範囲で使用される。0.5g/
lより少ない量では銅の溶解速度が著しく遅くなり、1
00g/lを越える量では、銀メッキ層に損傷を引き起
し、その下地の銅層までも影響を受けるためである。
The thiourea or thiourea derivative is
It is used in the range of 0.5 to 100 g / l. 0.5g /
When the amount is less than 1 liter, the dissolution rate of copper becomes extremely slow,
If the amount exceeds 00 g / l, the silver plating layer will be damaged, and the underlying copper layer will be affected.

【0010】次に、必要に応じて硫酸、塩酸、リン酸ま
たはカルボン酸のいずれかの1種または2種以上の組合
せにより、pH2.0以下に調整を行うのは、ストライ
ク銅メッキ層の銅以外の金属めっき層の受ける損傷をよ
り低く抑え、より確実な銅の選択的剥離が可能となるた
めである。ここでpH調整剤として使用する、硫酸、塩
酸、リン酸またはカルボン酸のいずれかの1種または2
種以上を組合せた混酸を使用するとしたのは、剥離剤と
しての機能に何ら変化を引き起こすこと無く、pH調整
剤として十分な機能を備えたものを適正に選択した結果
である。
The adjustment of the pH to 2.0 or less by one or more of sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid and carboxylic acid, if necessary, is performed by adjusting the copper content of the strike copper plating layer. This is because damage to the metal plating layers other than the above can be suppressed lower, and more reliable selective peeling of copper can be performed. Any one or two of sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid or carboxylic acid used here as a pH adjuster
The use of a mixed acid of a combination of more than one species is a result of properly selecting a compound having a sufficient function as a pH adjuster without causing any change in the function as a release agent.

【0011】以上に述べた銅の選択的剥離を可能とした
銅剥離剤は、特に、リードフレーム、中でもインバー合
金を使用したリードフレームの銀めっき工程で使用する
銅ストライクめっきの剥離の為に使用することが有用で
ある。また、その溶液組成を極めて単純化することで工
程管理を容易にすることができる。
[0011] The above-mentioned copper stripping agent capable of selectively stripping copper is used particularly for stripping copper strike plating used in a silver plating step of a lead frame, especially a lead frame using an Invar alloy. It is useful to do. Also, the process control can be facilitated by extremely simplifying the solution composition.

【0012】[0012]

【発明の実施の形態】以下に、本発明のうち最良と思わ
れる実施の形態について説明する。
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

【0013】第1実施形態 本発明の実施は、インバー
合金製リードフレームを用いて行った。まず最初にピロ
リン酸系のメッキ浴により、ストライク銅メッキをリー
ドフレームの全面におこなった。このときの浴組成およ
びメッキ条件は以下のとうりである。
First Embodiment The present invention was carried out using an Invar alloy lead frame. First, strike copper plating was performed on the entire surface of the lead frame using a pyrophosphate-based plating bath. The bath composition and plating conditions at this time are as follows.

【0014】ストライク銅メッキ浴の組成およびメッキ
条件 非シアン浴である荏原ユージライト製キュープラルを用
いてストライク銅メッキを行った。 浴温 50℃ 電流密度 5A/dm2 電解時間 10sec.
Composition and plating of strike copper plating bath
It was strike copper plating using the conditions are non-cyanide bath Ebara Udylite made Kyupuraru. Bath temperature 50 ° C Current density 5A / dm 2 Electrolysis time 10sec.

【0015】ストライク銅メッキを行ったのち、高速部
分メッキ装置を用いてリードフレームのボンディングエ
リア内に銀の部分メッキを行った。ここで使用した銀メ
ッキの浴組成およびメッキ条件は以下のとうりである。
After the strike copper plating, silver was partially plated in the bonding area of the lead frame using a high-speed partial plating apparatus. The bath composition and plating conditions of the silver plating used here are as follows.

【0016】銀メッキ浴の組成およびメッキ条件 硝酸銀 95g/l ジメチルヒダントイン 250g/l pH値 10 浴温 65℃ 電流密度 50A/dm2 電解時間 10sec. Silver plating bath composition and plating conditions Silver nitrate 95 g / l Dimethylhydantoin 250 g / l pH value 10 Bath temperature 65 ° C. Current density 50 A / dm 2 Electrolysis time 10 sec.

【0017】銀メッキが終了すると、銀の部分メッキ部
以外の、リードフレームの表面に残留する余分なストラ
イク銅メッキを浸漬銅剥離剤により剥離除去した。ここ
で使用した浸漬銅剥離剤は以下の組成のものを使用し
た。
When the silver plating was completed, the extra strike copper plating remaining on the surface of the lead frame other than the silver partial plating portion was peeled off and removed with an immersion copper peeling agent. The immersion copper stripping agent used here had the following composition.

【0018】 剥離剤組成1 硫酸 50ml/l チオ尿素 0.5 g/l pH値 1 以下 浴温 40 ℃ 処理時間 5 sec. 剥離剤組成2 リン酸 100ml/l チオ尿素 10 g/l pH値 1 以下 浴温 40 ℃ 処理時間 3 sec. 剥離剤組成3 クエン酸 200ml/l チオ尿素 1 g/l pH値 2.0 浴温 25 ℃ 処理時間 10 sec. 剥離剤組成4 塩酸 100ml/l チオ尿素 100 g/l pH値 1 以下 浴温 25 ℃ 処理時間 60 sec.Stripping agent composition 1 Sulfuric acid 50 ml / l Thiourea 0.5 g / l pH value 1 or less Bath temperature 40 ° C. Treatment time 5 sec. Release agent composition 2 Phosphoric acid 100 ml / l Thiourea 10 g / l pH value 1 or less Bath temperature 40 ° C Treatment time 3 sec. Release agent composition 3 Citric acid 200 ml / l Thiourea 1 g / l pH value 2.0 Bath temperature 25 ° C Treatment time 10 sec. Release agent composition 4 Hydrochloric acid 100 ml / l Thiourea 100 g / l pH value 1 or less Bath temperature 25 ° C Treatment time 60 sec.

【0019】以上に示す各々の組成及び操作条件でスト
ライク銅メッキの溶解剥離を行ったところ、全ての組成
浴において、銀めっき層に何ら損傷を与えること無く、
リードフレームの表面に残留する余分なストライク銅メ
ッキは完全に除去され、銅の選択的剥離がうまくいった
ことを示した。
When the dissolution and peeling of the strike copper plating was performed under the respective compositions and operating conditions described above, the silver plating layer was not damaged in any of the composition baths without any damage.
The extra strike copper plating remaining on the surface of the leadframe was completely removed, indicating successful selective copper stripping.

【0020】[0020]

【発明の効果】本発明に係る銅の浸漬剥離液及びそれを
用いた電解剥離方法は、非シアン系であり、チオ尿素ま
たはチオ尿素誘導体を使用することで、銀メッキ層の存
在下でも、銅を選択的に剥離することを可能とし、かつ
溶液安定性に優れているため、環境または人体に悪影響
を与えることが無く、しかも溶液組成を単純化できたこ
とで工程管理を容易にし、更に溶液の安定性も良好であ
るためコスト的に有利なものとなる。
The copper immersion stripping solution and the electrolytic stripping method using the same according to the present invention are non-cyan, and by using thiourea or a thiourea derivative, it can be used even in the presence of a silver plating layer. It enables copper to be selectively peeled off, and has excellent solution stability, so that it has no adverse effect on the environment or human body, and can simplify the process composition by simplifying the solution composition. Since the stability of the solution is also good, it is advantageous in terms of cost.

Claims (4)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 【請求項1】 銅層と他の1種以上の金属層とが表層に
存在する被処理物表面より、銅層の銅のみを選択的に剥
離するためのチオ尿素またはチオ尿素誘導体を含むこと
を特徴とする銅剥離剤。
1. A thiourea or thiourea derivative for selectively stripping only copper of a copper layer from a surface of an object to be processed in which a copper layer and at least one other metal layer are present on a surface layer. A copper release agent characterized by the following:
【請求項2】 チオ尿素またはチオ尿素誘導体を0.5
〜100g/lの範囲で含有し、硫酸、塩酸、リン酸ま
たはカルボン酸のいずれかの1種または2種以上の組合
せにより、pH2.0以下に調整して成る請求項1記載
の銅剥離剤。
2. The method according to claim 2, wherein the thiourea or the thiourea derivative is 0.5
The copper stripper according to claim 1, which is contained in the range of 100 to 100 g / l and is adjusted to a pH of 2.0 or less by one or a combination of two or more of sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid and carboxylic acid. .
【請求項3】 リードフレーム上の銅ストライクめっき
層の剥離のために請求項1または請求項2いずれかに記
載の銅の剥離剤を用いる銅剥離方法。
3. A copper stripping method using the copper stripping agent according to claim 1 for stripping a copper strike plating layer on a lead frame.
【請求項4】 銀または銀合金層と銅層とが表層に存在
する被処理物表面から、銅層の銅のみを選択的に剥離す
るために請求項1または請求項2いずれかに記載の銅の
剥離剤を用いる銅剥離方法。
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein only the copper of the copper layer is selectively peeled off from the surface of the workpiece on which the silver or silver alloy layer and the copper layer are present on the surface layer. A copper stripping method using a copper stripping agent.
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