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TY - JOUR
T1 - Electrodeposition of indium bumps for ultrafine pitch interconnection
AU - Tian, Yingtao
AU - Liu, Changqing
AU - Hutt, David
AU - Stevens, Bob
PY - 2014/2
Y1 - 2014/2
N2 - Electroplating is a promising method to produce ultrafine pitch indium bumps for assembly of pixel detectors in imaging applications. In this work, the process of indium bumping through electrodeposition was demonstrated and the influences of various current waveforms on the bump morphology, microstructure and height uniformity were investigated. Electron microscopy was used to study the microstructure of electroplated indium bumps and a Zygo white light interferometer was utilised to evaluate the height uniformity. The results indicated that the bump uniformities on wafer, pattern and feature scales were improved by using unipolar pulse and bipolar pulse reverse current waveforms.
AB - Electroplating is a promising method to produce ultrafine pitch indium bumps for assembly of pixel detectors in imaging applications. In this work, the process of indium bumping through electrodeposition was demonstrated and the influences of various current waveforms on the bump morphology, microstructure and height uniformity were investigated. Electron microscopy was used to study the microstructure of electroplated indium bumps and a Zygo white light interferometer was utilised to evaluate the height uniformity. The results indicated that the bump uniformities on wafer, pattern and feature scales were improved by using unipolar pulse and bipolar pulse reverse current waveforms.
KW - Electroplating
KW - indium bumps
KW - ultrafine pitch interconnection
U2 - 10.1007/s11664-013-2891-6
DO - 10.1007/s11664-013-2891-6
M3 - Journal article
VL - 43
SP - 594
EP - 603
JO - Journal of Electronic Materials
JF - Journal of Electronic Materials
SN - 0361-5235
IS - 2
ER -