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Nano-twinned copper foil, electronic element and methods for manufacturing the same Download PDF

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US20240229275A1
US20240229275A1 US18/456,923 US202318456923A US2024229275A1 US 20240229275 A1 US20240229275 A1 US 20240229275A1 US 202318456923 A US202318456923 A US 202318456923A US 2024229275 A1 US2024229275 A1 US 2024229275A1
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  • the object of the present invention is to provide a nano-twinned copper foil, both surfaces of the nano-twinned copper foil with the (111) preferred direction, and thus it may be applied to the bonding of the electronic components.
  • a nano-twinned copper foil provided in the present invention comprises: plural twinned grains, wherein at least part of the plural twinned grains are formed by stacking plural nano-twins along a [111] crystal axis; wherein the nano-twinned copper foil has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and 80% or more of areas of the first surface and the second surface respectively exposes (111) planes of the nano-twins.
  • the first surface and the second surface of the nano-twinned copper foil of the present invention further have low roughness.
  • both of the front and back surfaces of the nano-twinned copper foil of the present invention are surfaces having (111) preferred direction surfaces, even both of the back and front surfaces have low roughness.
  • the nano-twinned copper foil of the present invention acts similar to a double-sided tape in order to bond, using the property of high diffusion rate of the (111) plane, two substrates at low temperature and/or in a short time. Compared with copper or silver sintering-bonding, using the nano-twinned copper foil of the present invention for bonding may produce fewer holes on the bonding surface, and the obtained electronic components may have lower electrical resistance or thermal resistance.
  • the roughness of the first surface and the second surface of the nano-twinned copper foil may be less than or equal to 20 nm, for example, may be respectively in a range from 0.1 nm to 20 nm, 0.5 nm to 20 nm, 1 nm to 20 nm, 2 nm to 20 nm, 3 nm to 20 nm, 4 nm to 20 nm, or 5 nm to 20 nm.
  • more than 80% of the volume of the nano-twinned copper foil may include plural twinned grains. In one embodiment, for example, 80% to 99%, 80% to 95%, 85 to 95%, or 90% to 95% of the volume of the nano-twinned copper foil may include plural twinned grains.
  • the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • At least part of the plural twinned grains of the nano-twinned copper foil may be columnar twinned grains, wherein the columnar twinned grains may be formed by stacking plural nano-twins along a [111] crystal axis within ⁇ 15 degrees, and the angle included between the stacking direction of the at least part of the plural twinned grains and the thickness direction of the nano-twinned copper foil is in a range from 0 degree to 20 degrees. In one embodiment, more than 80% (for example, 80% to 99%, 80% to 95%, 85 to 95%, or 90% to 95%) of the plural twinned grains are columnar twinned grains.
  • the surface of the nano-twinned copper foil may have a preferred direction of (111).
  • the twinned grain of the nano-twinned copper foil has a significant ratio of thickness to diameter for the twinned grain (for example, the thickness is significantly greater than the diameter)
  • the twinned grain is a columnar twinned grain.
  • At least part of the twinned grains may be connected to each other.
  • 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90% or more than 95% of the twinned grains may be connected to each other interconnected.
  • the thickness of the nano-twinned copper foil may be adjusted according to the needs. In one embodiment, the thickness of the nano-twinned copper foil may be, for example, in a range from 10 ⁇ m to 500 ⁇ m, 10 ⁇ m to 400 ⁇ m, 10 ⁇ m to 300 ⁇ m, 10 ⁇ m to 200 ⁇ m, or 10 ⁇ m to 100 ⁇ m. However, the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • the diameters of the twinned grains may be in a range from 0.1 ⁇ m to 50 ⁇ m, respectively.
  • the diameter of the twinned grains may be, for example, in a range from 0.1 ⁇ m to 45 ⁇ m, 0.1 ⁇ m to 40 ⁇ m, 0.1 ⁇ m to 35 ⁇ m, 0.5 ⁇ m to 35 ⁇ m, 0.5 ⁇ m to 30 ⁇ m, 1 ⁇ m to 30 ⁇ m, 1 ⁇ m to 25 ⁇ m, 1 ⁇ m to 20 ⁇ m, 1 ⁇ m to 15 ⁇ m or 1 ⁇ m to 10 ⁇ m.
  • the diameter of the twinned grains may be a length measured in a direction substantially perpendicular to the twin direction of the twinned grains.
  • the diameter of the twinned grains may be a length (such as maximum length) measured in a direction substantially perpendicular to the stacking direction of the twin planes of the twinned grains (that is, the direction in which the twin plane extends).
  • the thickness of the twinned grains may be a thickness measured in the twin direction of the twinned grains.
  • the thickness of the twinned grains (such as columnar twinned grains) may be a thickness (such as maximum thickness) measured in the stacking direction of the twin planes of the twinned grains.
  • a section of the nano-twinned copper foil may be used to measure the angle included between the twin direction of the twinned grains and the thickness direction of the nano-twinned copper foil.
  • a section of the nano-twinned copper foil may also be used to measure the thickness of the nano-twinned copper foil, the diameter and thickness of the twinned grains, and other characteristics.
  • the surface (for example, the first surface or the second surface) of the nano-twinned copper foil may also be used to measure the diameter and thickness of the twinned grains.
  • the measurement method is not particularly limited, and the measurement may be performed by scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), focus ion beam (FIB) or other suitable means.
  • the present invention further provides a method for preparing the aforementioned nano-twinned copper foil, comprising the following steps: providing an electroplating device, comprising an anode, a cathode, a plating solution and a power supply, wherein the power supply is connected to the cathode and the anode respectively, and the cathode and the anode are immersed in the plating solution; performing an electroplating process by using the power supply to grow a nano-twinned copper layer on the cathode; and removing the cathode and polishing a surface (lower surface) of the nano-twinned copper layer to obtain the nano-twinned copper foil as described above, wherein the surface is the surface of the nano-twinned copper foil that is in contact with the cathode before removing the cathode.
  • the titanium-tungsten bonding layer may comprise a titanium-tungsten alloy represented by the following formula (I):
  • the thickness of the titanium-tungsten bonding layer may be in a range from 100 nm to 200 nm. When the thickness of the titanium-tungsten bonding layer is less than 100 nm, it is difficult to grow twinned grains with a (111) preferred direction. When the thickness of the titanium-tungsten bonding layer is greater than 200 nm, it is difficult to separate the nano-twinned copper layer from the cathode (including the substrate and the titanium-tungsten bonding layer).
  • the polishing of the two surfaces (i.e., upper and lower surfaces) of the nano-twinned copper layer may also be performed in the same polishing process.
  • direct current electroplating, pulse electroplating, or alternate use of direct current electroplating and pulse electroplating may be used to form the nano-twinned copper layer.
  • the present invention further provides the application to the electronic components using the same and the method for preparing the same.
  • the method for preparing an electronic component of the present invention comprises the following steps: providing a first substrate and a second substrate; disposing a bonding unit between the first substrate and the second substrate, and bonding the first substrate and the second substrate by using the bonding unit to form an electronic component, wherein the bonding unit is the nano-twinned copper foil as described above.
  • the electronic component of the present invention when using the nano-twinned copper foil provided by the present invention to perform the bonding of the first substrate and the second substrate, it achieves excellent bonding quality with almost no gaps at low temperature and in a short time since the two surfaces of the nano-twinned copper foil of the present invention have a highly (111) preferred direction and low roughness.
  • the first substrate and the second substrate may be respectively a metal substrate, wherein the material of the metal substrate may comprise at least one selected from the group consisting of copper, silver, gold, palladium, nickel and platinum.
  • the first substrate and the second substrate may be respectively a substrate on which a metal layer is formed, wherein the substrate may be a silicon substrate, a glass substrate, a quartz substrate, a plastic substrate, a ceramic substrate or a circuit board, and the material of the metal layer may comprise at least one selected from the group consisting of copper, silver, gold, palladium, nickel and platinum.
  • the bonding may be performed at elevated temperature, wherein the bonding temperature is subject to no limitation, provided that the purpose of bonding may be achieved without affecting the structures of the first substrate and the second substrate.
  • the bonding may be performed at a low temperature of 150° C. to 400° C., 150° C. to 350° C., or 200° C. to 350° C.
  • the bonding time is subject to no limitation, provided that the bonding between the first substrate and the second substrate may be completed.
  • the bonding time may be 0.5 hour to 5 hours, 0.5 hour to 4 hours, 0.5 hour to 3 hours, 0.5 hour to 2 hours or 0.5 hour to 1 hour.
  • FIG. 1 A to FIG. 1 B are schematic cross-sectional views of the nano-twinned copper foil prepared in Example 1 of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 A and FIG. 3 B are diffraction images of the electron backscatter diffraction for the upper surface and the lower surface of the nano-twinned copper foil according to Example 1 of the present invention, respectively.
  • FIG. 7 A to FIG. 7 B are the ion and electron images of the focus ion beam of the electronic component according to Example 3 of the present invention, respectively.
  • FIG. 2 is an image of a focus ion beam of the nano-twinned copper of the present embodiment.
  • FIG. 3 A and FIG. 3 B are diffraction charts of the electron backscatter diffraction for the upper surface and the lower surface of the nano-twinned copper foil of the present embodiment, respectively.
  • FIG. 4 A and FIG. 4 B are atomic force microscope images of the upper surface and the lower surface of the nano-twinned copper foil of the present embodimen, respectively.
  • more than 95% of the twinned grains in the nano-twinned copper foil had the thickness ranging from 1 ⁇ m to 10 ⁇ m. Furthermore, no transition layer was found at the bottom of the nano-twinned copper foil, ensuring that the transition layer was removed, and leaving a nano-twinned structure with a high (111) preferred direction.
  • the measurement results of the atomic force microscope showed that the nano-twinned copper foil prepared in the present embodiment had a roughness of 18.9 nm and 7.7 nm respectively for the upper and lower surfaces, representing that the nano-twinned copper foil of the present embodiment had an extremely low roughness.
  • FIG. 5 A to FIG. 5 B are schematic cross-sectional views of the electronic components prepared in the present embodiment.
  • a first substrate 21 and a second substrate 22 were provided; a bonding unit 23 was disposed between the first substrate 21 and the second substrate 22 , and the first substrate 21 and the second substrate 22 were bonded by the bonding unit 23 to form the electronic component of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5 B .
  • the first substrate 21 and the second substrate 22 were respectively silicon substrates with a copper seed layer disposed thereon, and the surfaces thereof had a roughness of 3.1 nm and near 100% of (111); and, the bonding unit 23 was the nano-twinned copper foil prepared in Example 1.
  • the bonding was performed by bonding the surface having the copper seed layer to the bonding unit 23 .
  • the bonding was performed at 250° C. and 35 MPa for 1 hour.
  • the ion and electron images of the focus ion beam for the electronic component obtained after the bonding were shown in FIG. 6 A and FIG. 6 B .

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