US3843373A - Bath for the electroless deposition of ductile copper - Google Patents

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US3843373A
US3843373A US00400880A US40088073A US3843373A US 3843373 A US3843373 A US 3843373A US 00400880 A US00400880 A US 00400880A US 40088073 A US40088073 A US 40088073A US 3843373 A US3843373 A US 3843373A
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    • 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
    • C23CCOATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
    • C23C18/00Chemical coating by decomposition of either liquid compounds or solutions of the coating forming compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating; Contact plating
    • C23C18/16Chemical coating by decomposition of either liquid compounds or solutions of the coating forming compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating; Contact plating by reduction or substitution, e.g. electroless plating
    • C23C18/31Coating with metals
    • C23C18/38Coating with copper
    • C23C18/40Coating with copper using reducing agents
    • C23C18/405Formaldehyde

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  • alkali hydroxide pH 11-135
  • R is an aliphatic or cyclic group and R is hydrogen, sulphate, phosphate or an acid chloride thereof, while 20 a+b+c 500.
  • the invention relates to an alkaline aqueous bath for the electroless deposition of ductile copper and provides methods of operating such a bath.
  • electroless copper plating is understood to mean the deposition by means of chemical reduction of an adherent copper layer on a susceptible surface in the absence of an external source of electricity.
  • Such a copper-plating operation is performed, for example, on a large scale for the manufacture of printed wiring boards, conducting coatings which are subsequently further coated electrically, and for decorative purposes.
  • Such an aqueous alkaline copper-plating bath is described in UK. patent appl. 48,590/ 70, US. patent appl. Ser. No. 78,740, filed Oct. 7, 1970, and now abandoned, which bath comprises as essential constituents: 0.010.15 mol of a copper salt soluble in water, a total of 0.01-0.80 mol of one or more complexing agents preventing cupric ions from being deposited from the alkaline solution, 0.05-0.50 mol of alkali hydroxide (pH approximately 11-135), 0.01-0.35 mol formaldehyde or a compound producing formaldehyde and for improving the ductility of the depositing copper an effective concentration of a soluble non-ionic or ionic polyalkylene oxidic compound constituting or not constituting micelles and comprising at least 4 alkylene oxide groups.
  • the known compounds may be used as eomplexing agents such as, inter alia, potassium sodium tartrate, triethanol amine, ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid, diethylene triamine penta-acetic acid, cyclohexane diamine tetra-acetic acid, nitrilo-triacetic acid or N-hydroethyl ethylene diamine triacetic acid.
  • An effective concentration of the polyalkylene oxidic compound is understood to mean a concentration giving an improvement of the ductility and-if insuflicient ductile copper is deposited from the solution without the active compound-is at least so large that a ductility of at least 2 bends is obtained.
  • An effective concentration also substantially always gives an improvement of the colour and the smoothness of the deposition and frequently a reduced blister formation in the surface of the deposited copper and an improved adhesion of the deposited coating.
  • this bath contains polyalkylene oxidic compounds of the type thio- 3,843,373 Patented Oct. 22, 1974 ether of an alkyl mercaptane and polyethylene glycol defined by the formula:
  • Copper-plating baths of the three latter types of bivalent sulphur compounds generally yield brittle and dark coloured copper deposits.
  • these sulphur compounds can only be used in low concentrations because otherwise the copper deposition is completely discontinued owing to poisoning of the bath.
  • Copper deposition is not effected in a copper-plating solution having a temperature of 50 C. and comprising 0.03 mol of a copper salt soluble in water, 0.031 mol of a compound forming complexes with cupric ions, 0.10 mol of formaldehyde or a compound producing formaldehyde and 0.15 mol of alkali hydroxide to which 3 10 by weight of thiourea, phenylmercaptotetrazol, sodium thiosulphate or butyl mercaptane is added.
  • the molecule of the said thioethers consists of a part to which a stabilizing action may be ascribed and a part to which a regulating action, i.e., an action regulating the deposition rate is to be ascribed.
  • EXAMPLE 1 Glass plates unilaterally roughened with carborundum and having a surface of 6 sq. cm. were activated for the electrodes copper deposition by moving them at room temperature for 2 min. in a solution of 50 g. stamous chloride and ml. concentrated HCl solution in 1 litre of deionized water, keeping them for l min. in running deionized water, moving them for 1 min. in a solution of 0.25 g. PdCl and 10 ml. concentrated HCl solution in 1 litre of deionized water and finally again for 1 min. in running deionized water.
  • the plates were treated for 45 seconds at 75 C. with an aqueous solution comprising per litre 0.10 mol NaOH and 0.10 mol formaldehyde and Were subsequently rinsed for 5 seconds in deionized water of 75 C. They were then electroless intensified at 75 C. in 200 ml. of one of the copper-plating solutions comprising the following bath constituents per litre:
  • the ductility is determined by removing the copper layer partly from the substrate, bending it over 180, folding it, bending it back and flattening the fold under pressure. This series of operation is repeated until the layer breaks.
  • EXAMPLE 6 Glass plates were activated in the manner described in Example 1 and subsequently treated for 47 seconds at 40 C. with a solution comprising 0.10 mol Na0H+0.10 mol formaldehyde per litre. After rinsing at 40 C. a pre-intensification was carried out for 1 /2 min. with an aqueous solution heated at 40 C. and comprising per litre:
  • An alkaline aqueous copper-plating bath for the deposition of ductile copper comprising as essential constituents:
  • thioether of a polyalkylene glycol, characterized in that the thioether is defined by the following formula:

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US4211564A (en) * 1978-05-09 1980-07-08 Hitachi, Ltd. Chemical copper plating solution
US4301196A (en) * 1978-09-13 1981-11-17 Kollmorgen Technologies Corp. Electroless copper deposition process having faster plating rates
US4303443A (en) * 1979-06-15 1981-12-01 Hitachi, Ltd. Electroless copper plating solution
US4908242A (en) * 1986-10-31 1990-03-13 Kollmorgen Corporation Method of consistently producing a copper deposit on a substrate by electroless deposition which deposit is essentially free of fissures
US10294569B2 (en) 2017-10-06 2019-05-21 Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials Llc Stable electroless copper plating compositions and methods for electroless plating copper on substrates
US10655227B2 (en) 2017-10-06 2020-05-19 Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials Llc Stable electroless copper plating compositions and methods for electroless plating copper on substrates

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US4211564A (en) * 1978-05-09 1980-07-08 Hitachi, Ltd. Chemical copper plating solution
US4301196A (en) * 1978-09-13 1981-11-17 Kollmorgen Technologies Corp. Electroless copper deposition process having faster plating rates
US4303443A (en) * 1979-06-15 1981-12-01 Hitachi, Ltd. Electroless copper plating solution
US4908242A (en) * 1986-10-31 1990-03-13 Kollmorgen Corporation Method of consistently producing a copper deposit on a substrate by electroless deposition which deposit is essentially free of fissures
US10294569B2 (en) 2017-10-06 2019-05-21 Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials Llc Stable electroless copper plating compositions and methods for electroless plating copper on substrates
US10655227B2 (en) 2017-10-06 2020-05-19 Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials Llc Stable electroless copper plating compositions and methods for electroless plating copper on substrates

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BE805636A (fr) 1974-04-03
DE2346616C3 (de) 1978-07-13
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CH591565A5 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1977-09-30
NL171176C (nl) 1983-02-16
SE390631B (sv) 1977-01-03
IT996763B (it) 1975-12-10
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DE2346616B2 (de) 1977-11-24
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