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The solder paste reflows in a molten state, creating permanent solder joints. Reflow soldering is a process in which a solder paste (a sticky mixture of powdered solder and flux) is used to temporarily attach one or thousands of tiny electrical components to their contact pads, after which the entire assembly is subjected to controlled heat. I used it to calculate the use temperatures above.Example of reflow soldering thermal profile. I developed an Excel ® spreadsheet to calculate the use temperatures. For more information on Durafuse TM LT, see the blogs posted by my Indium Corporation colleague, Claire Hotvedt. It could be argued that it is like finding the holy grail of soldering: melting at low-temperature with a serviced life at high-temperature. To me, this invention is one of the most significant in SMT in a generation. Given enough time, it will completely dissolve in Powder A, resulting in a new alloy that has a remelt temperature over 180☌, as well as good to excellent thermal cycle and drop shock performance. After about a minute at 205☌, Powder B starts to dissolve. At 205☌, Powder A has melted and it is starting to dissolve to Powder B.įigure 3. Powder A and Powder B at room temperature.įigure 2. This new solder paste is called Durafuse TM LT.įigures 1-3 show schematically how the melting of the two powders would melt at a peak reflow temperature of 205☌.įigure 1. Lee and his team have shown the resulting solder joints also have good to excellent thermal cycling and drop shock performance. Using the criteria above, the use temperature of this new solder powder mix can be in the 89.4 - 134.7☌ range, after reflow, as the remelt temperature is above 180☌. Powder A would not be a candidate on its own as it displays some melting at 113☌ and some at 140☌.
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So, don’t drop any gold or silver jewelry into a wave soldering pot and expect to fish it out an hour later! An extreme example of this effect is mercury dissolving gold at room temperature. I discussed the phenomenon of a liquid metal dissolving another that melts at a higher temperature in a previous post. The remelt temperature of the final solder joint is above 180☌. To achieve this effect, the 205☌ temperature must be held for approximately two minutes. By reflowing at about 205☌, Powder A melts and Powder B is dissolved by the melted Powder A. They used an indium-containing solder powder, Powder A, that melts at <180☌ and combined it with Powder B that melts at ~220☌. However, my colleagues at Indium Corporation, lead by Dr. This situation would appear to be an unsolvable conundrum. So, the electronics world could use a solder that can reflow at a little over 200☌, but still have a high use temperature. In addition, SnBi solders can be brittle and thus perform poorly in drop shock testing. These temperatures are well below the use temperature of some harsh environments.
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For SnBi solder, this temperature range is 55.8 - 96.9☌. As a rule of thumb, a solder should not be used above 80 to 90% of its melting point on the Kelvin scale. However, the lower melting point of SnBi solders limits their application in many harsh environments, such as automobile and military applications.
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These lower reflow temperatures are easier on some fragile components and PWBs and will reduce defects such as PWB popcorning and measling. Eutectic SnBi melts at 138☌, so reflow oven temperatures in the 170☌ range can be used. This desire has increased interest in low-melting point solders, such as tin-bismuth solders. For some applications, it would be desirable to have solders that melted at closer to tin-lead temperatures. So today, soldering temperatures are at the highest in history. These lower temperatures are required, as electronic packages and PWBs are made of polymer materials that cannot survive temperatures much above 235☌.īefore the advent of RoHS, tin-lead solders melted at about 35☌ less than lead-free solders. Copper melts at 1085☌, yet with solder, we can bond copper to copper at about 235☌ or less with current lead-free solders. Without solder, electronics would not exist. SiP & Heterogeneous Integration & Assembly (HIA).The Indium Corporation & Macartney Family Foundation.