Immersion tin silver plating in electronics manufacture

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9175400
APP PUB NO 20110097597A1
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12607375

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A method is provided for depositing a whisker resistant tin-based coating layer on a surface of a copper substrate. The method is useful for preparing an article comprising a copper substrate having a surface; and a tin-based coating layer on the surface of the substrate, wherein the tin-based coating layer has a thickness between 0.5 micrometers and 1.5 micrometers and has a resistance to formation of copper-tin intermetallics, wherein said resistance to formation of copper-tin intermetallics is characterized in that, upon exposure of the article to at least seven heating and cooling cycles in which each cycle comprises subjecting the article to a temperature of at least 217° C. followed by cooling to a temperature between about 20° C. and about 28° C., there remains a region of the tin coating layer that is free of copper that is at least 0.25 micrometers thick.

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Abys, Joseph A Guilford, US 55 702
Farrell, Robert Lyme, US 18 235
Kudrak,, Jr Edward J Morganville, US 9 56
Wang, Cai Milford, US 13 99
Wang, Xingping Frederick, US 12 6
Wengenroth, Karl F Stratford, US 5 24
Yau, Yung-Herng Allentown, US 6 24
Ye, Pingping Bethany, US 5 4

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