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Ulllted States Patent [19] [11] Patent Number: 5,935,640 Ferrier Et Al US005935640A Ulllted States Patent [19] [11] Patent Number: 5,935,640 Ferrier et al. [45] Date of Patent: Aug. 10, 1999 [54] METHOD FOR ENHANCING THE 3,202,488 8/1965 Ehrreich et a1. ...................... .. 428/570 SOLDERABILITY ()F A SURFACE 3,978,271 8/1976 Greenberg . .. 428/433 4,189,510 2/1980 McIntyre et al. ..................... .. 427/125 [75] Inventors: Donald Ferrier, Thomaston; Eric 1;; gskeyi 6; al-t- 1 , , urnwir , r. e a.. Yakobson, Waterbury, both of Conn. 571607579 11/1992 Larson ' . 5,173,130 12/1992 Ki h't t 1. [73] Asslgnee: MacDermld’ Incorporated’ Waterbury’ 5,186,984 2/1993 ...................... .. 427/443.1 Com 5,235,139 8/1993 Bengston e161. 174/257 5,733,598 3/1998 Sera et a1. ............................... .. 427/96 21 A l. N .: 08 982 980 [ 1 pp 0 / ’ FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS [22] Flled: Dec‘ 2’ 1997 3002379 8/1991 Japan ........................... .. c23c 18/44 . 1120583 7/1968 United Kingdom ........... .. H05K 3/06 Related U's'Apphcatlon Data 9617974 6/1996 WIPO ...................... .. c23c 18/42 _ _ _ _ _ 9617975 6/1996 WIPO .......................... .. c23c 18/42 [62] DlVlSlOIl of application No. 08/621,098, Mar. 22, 1996, Pat. N0~ 5,733,599- Primary Examiner—Brian K. Talbot [51] Int. Cl? .. .......................... .. B05D 5/12 Attorney) Agent» 0’ Fi’m—J°hn L- Cordani [52] US. Cl. .......................... .. 427/98; 427/125; 427/304; [57] ABSTRACT 427/405; 427/437 [58] Field Of Search ............................ .. 427/98, 125, 304, A process for enhancing the Solderability Of a Surface 427/405, 437; 106/123 through the use of immersion silver deposits is disclosed. In the preferred embodiment tWo immersion deposits are uti [56] References Cited liZed in sequence. A composition for immersion silver plating is also disclosed. U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 3,162,512 12/1964 Robinson ................................ .. 39/199 5 Claims, N0 Drawings 5,935,640 1 2 METHOD FOR ENHANCING THE Which are incorporated herein by reference, for other knoWn SOLDERABILITY OF A SURFACE selective solder processes. Soldering directly to copper surfaces has been difficult This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. and inconsistent. These problems are due mainly to the 08/621,098, ?led Mar. 22, 1996 now US. Pat. No. 5,733, inability of keeping the copper surfaces clean and free of 599. oxidation throughout the soldering operation. Various organic treatments have been developed to preserve copper FIELD OF THE INVENTION surfaces in a readily solderable state. For example, see US. This invention relates generally to a method of treating a Pat. No. 5,173,130 (Kinoshita) Which teaches the use of 10 surface Which treatment enhances the solderability of the certain 2-alkylbenZimidaZoles as copper pre-?uxes to pre surface. The method is particularly useful in the fabrication serve the solderability of the copper surfaces. Treatments and assembly of printed circuit boards. such as those taught in Kinoshita have proven successful but there is still need to improve the reliability of the process. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 15 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Soldering is generally used for making mechanical, The current invention proposes the use of an immersion electromechanical, or electronic connections to a variety of silver coating as an improved solderability preservative for articles. The distinction betWeen expected functions of the joints is important because each application has its oWn various surfaces, particularly copper surfaces. Preferred compositions for depositing the immersion silver coating are speci?c requirements for surface preparation. Of the three 20 soldering applications, making electronic connections is the also disclosed. In the most preferred embodiment of the most demanding. invention a second immersion coating of a metal more noble than silver is deposited over the immersion silver coating. In the manufacture of electronic equipment utiliZing The process proposed is a versatile, loW cost method for printed circuits, connections of electronic components to the 25 effectively preserving the solderability of surfaces, particu printed circuits are made by soldering of the leads of the larly copper surfaces and areas of connection on printed components to the through-holes, surrounding pads, lands circuit boards. and other points of connection (collectively, “Areas of Connection”). Typically the connection occurs by Wave DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE soldering techniques. INVENTION 30 To facilitate this soldering operation, the printed circuit It has been discovered that immersion silver deposits fabricator is required to arrange that the through-holes, pads, provide excellent solderability preservatives, Which are par lands and other points of connection are receptive to the ticularly useful in the fabrication of printed circuit boards. subsequent soldering processes. Thus these surfaces must be The solderability achievable With a simple immersion silver readily Wettable by the solder and permit an integral con deposit in printed circuit applications has unexpectedly been ductive connection With the leads or surfaces of the elec found to exceed that achievable With prior art nickel-gold tronic components. Because of these needs, printed circuit plating processes such as described in US. Pat. No. 5,235, fabricators have devised various methods of preserving and 139 and unexpectedly exceeds that achievable With other enhancing the solderability of surfaces. immersion deposits. As can be seen in the examples to One means of arranging good solderability of the surfaces 40 folloW, the processes of the current invention yield surfaces in question is to provide the surfaces With a pre-coating of Which are very solderable under adverse conditions. In solder. In printed circuit fabrication, hoWever, this method printed circuit applications the surfaces are Wire bondable. has several drawbacks. Since it is not easy to selectively Immersion plating is a process Which results from a provide these areas With solder, all conductive areas of the replacement reaction Whereby the surface being plated dis board must be solder plated. This can cause severe problems 45 solves into solution and at the same time the metal being With the subsequent application of solder mask. plated deposits from the plating solution onto the surface. Another means of arranging good solderability of these The immersion plating initiates Without prior activation of surfaces is to plate them With a ?nal ?nish coating of a the surfaces. The metal to be plated is generally more noble precious metal such as gold, palladium or rhodium. US. Pat. than the surface metal. Thus immersion plating is usually No. 5,235,139 (Bengston, et. al.), the teachings of Which are signi?cantly easier to control and signi?cantly more cost incorporated herein by reference, proposes a method for effective than electroless plating, Which requires sophisti achieving this previous metal ?nal ?nish. Bengston et. al. cated auto catylitic plating solutions and processes for propose plating the copper areas to be soldered With elec activation of the surfaces prior to plating. troless nickel-boron, folloWed by a precious metal coating The inventors have found the folloWing immersion silver such as gold. See also US. Pat. No. 4,940,181 to Juskey, Jr. 55 composition particularly suitable to use in the processes of et al., the teachings of Which are incorporated herein by the current invention: reference for a similar process Which teaches the plating of electroless copper, folloWed by electrolytic copper, folloWed a). a soluble source of silver ions; by nickel folloWed by gold as a solderable surface. These b). an acid; processes Work Well but are time consuming and expensive. 60 c). an imidaZole or imidaZole derivative; and Various attempts have been made to selectively apply d). optionally, an oxidant. solder to the necessary areas only. One such method The soluble source of silver ions can be derived from a involves use of organic etch resists over the solder plated variety of silver compounds. The inventors have found silver areas of connection folloWed by selective stripping of tin nitrate to be most preferable. The concentration of silver in lead from the copper traces before application of the solder 65 the plating solution can range from 0.1 to 25 grams per liter, mask. See US. Pat. No. 4,978,423 to DurnWith et. al. See but is most preferably present in a concentration of 0.5 to 2 also US. Pat. No. 5,160,579 to Larson, the teachings of grams per liter. 5,935,640 3 4 Although a variety of acids are suitable for use in this silver, such as gold, palladium, ruthenium or rhodium. The formulation, the inventors have found that methane sulfonic inventors have found that immersion gold is particularly acid is most preferred. The concentration of acid in the useful in this regard. plating solution can range from 1 to 150 grams per liter but It Was discovered that While a single layer of immersion is preferably in the range of 5 to 50 grams per liter. coating offers solderability protection and enhancement, due The inventors have discovered that the inclusion of imi to the inherent porasity of immersion deposits, a double daZole or imidaZole derivative of the folloWing formula has immersion coating consisting of a ?rst metal Which is more a signi?cant positive impact upon the plate produced by noble than the base metal folloWed by a second metal Which immersion plating solutions, particularly immersion silver is more noble than the ?rst metal provides unexpectedly plating solutions used in the processes of this invention: better results. The ?rst metal may consist of silver (as 10 described herein or otherWise) or another metal Which is more noble than the base. In the case of copper as the base, the ?rst metal can consist of silver, tin, palladium, ruthenium, rhodium, bismuth or the like. The second metal must be chosen such that it is more noble than the ?rst metal. 15 An example of a second metal Which is Workable With the ?rst metals noted above Would be gold.
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