Research Article

Wearout Reliability and Intermetallic Compound Diffusion Kinetics of Au and PdCu Wires Used in Nanoscale Device Packaging

Table 3

Determination of IMC diffusion coefficient for each elevated temperatures.

IMC Type/(°C)  (s)
( ),
500 h
= ( )2/
(m2s−1)
 (s)
( ),
1000 h
= ( )2/
(m2s−1)
 (s)
( ),
2000 h
= ( )2/
(m2s−1)
(avg.)

CuAl/1500.021.8 0.041.8 0.083.6
CuAl/1750.061.8 0.041.8 0.113.6
CuAl/2000.061.8 0.041.8 0.113.6
AuAl/1500.101.8 0.371.8 0.763.6
AuAl/1750.321.8 0.841.8 2.913.6
AuAl/2000.631.8 0.891.8 3.103.6