A solder joint in which an electronic component with a back metal is bonded to a substrate by a solder alloy. The solder alloy includes: a solder alloy layer having an alloy composition consisting of, in mass %: Ag: 2 to 4%, Cu: 0.6 to 2%, Sb: 9.0 to 12%, Ni: 0.005 to 1%, optionally Co: 0.2% or less and Fe: 0.1% or less, with the balance being Sn; an SnSb intermetallic compound phase; a back metal-side intermetallic compound layer formed at an interface between the back metal and the solder alloy; and a substrate-side intermetallic compound layer formed at an interface between the substrate and the solder alloy. The solder alloy layer exists at least one of between the SnSb intermetallic compound phase and the back metal-side intermetallic compound layer, and between the SnSb intermetallic compound phase and the substrate-side intermetallic compound layer.

An electrical joint structure including a substrate, a multi-layer bonding structure, and a blocking layer is provided. The multi-layer bonding structure is present on the substrate and includes a diffusive metal layer and a tin-rich layer. The diffusive metal layer includes a copper-tin alloy on a surface of the diffusive metal layer. The surface faces the substrate. A thickness of the copper-tin alloy is less than or equal to 2 m. The tin-rich layer is present on and in contact with the diffusive metal layer. The blocking layer is present between the multi-layer bonding structure and the substrate and at least in contact with a part of said copper-tin alloy, such that the multi-layer bonding structure is spaced apart from the substrate.

A method of attaching a semiconductor chip to a lead frame, including A) providing a semiconductor chip, B) applying a solder metal layer sequence on the semiconductor chip, C) providing a lead frame, D) applying a metallization layer sequence on the lead frame, E) applying the semiconductor chip on the lead frame via the solder metal layer sequence and the metallization layer sequence, and F) heating the arrangement produced under E) to attach the semiconductor chip to the lead frame, wherein the solder metal layer sequence includes a first metallic layer including an indium-tin alloy, a barrier layer arranged above the first metallic layer, and a second metallic layer including gold arranged between the barrier layer and the semiconductor chip.

Methods for forming bonded assemblies using metal inverse opal and cap structures are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for forming a bonded assembly includes positioning a substrate against a polymer support that is porous, depositing a metal onto and within the polymer support, disposing a cap layer to the polymer support opposite of the substrate to form a bottom electrode, and removing the polymer support from between the substrate and the cap layer to form a metal inverse opal structure disposed therebetween.

An inventive composition and process for formation of a conductive bonding film are disclosed. The invention combines adhesive bonding sheet technologies (e.g. die attach films, or DAFs) with the electrical and thermal conductivity performance of transient liquid phase sintered paste compositions. The invention films are characterized by high bulk thermal and electrical conductivity within the film as well as low and stable thermal and electrical resistance at the interfaces between the inventive film and metallized adherends.

Various embodiments include a solder preform for establishing a diffusion solder connection comprising: a microstructure including a solder material and a metallic material; a first joining surface for a first joining partner and a second joining surface for a second joining partner; and a diffusion zone comprising an intermetallic compound of at least some of the solder material and at least some of the metallic material. The first joining surface and the second joining surface include at least some solder material.

A method of attaching a semiconductor chip on a lead frame includes A) providing a semiconductor chip, B) applying a solder metal layer sequence to the semiconductor chip, wherein the solder metal layer sequence includes a first metallic layer including indium or an indium-tin alloy, C) providing a lead frame, D) applying a metallization layer sequence to the lead frame, wherein the metallization layer sequence includes a fourth layer including indium and/or tin arranged above the lead frame and a third layer including gold arranged above the fourth layer, E) forming an intermetallic intermediate layer including gold and indium, gold and tin or gold, tin and indium, G) applying the semiconductor chip to the lead frame via the solder metal layer sequence and the intermetallic intermediate layer, and H) heating the arrangement produced in G) to attach the semiconductor chip to the lead frame.

An electronic device with a multi-layer contact and a system is disclosed. In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first electrode terminal located on a first surface and a second surface electrode terminal located on a second surface, the first surface being opposite to the second surface, an electrical contact layer disposed directly on the first electrode terminal, a functional layer directly disposed on the electrical contact layer, an adhesion layer directly disposed on the functional layer, a solder layer directly disposed on the adhesion layer; and a protection layer directly disposed on the solder layer, wherein the semiconductor device is a power semiconductor device configured to provide a vertical current flow.

A bonding material that contains first particles containing a first metal, second particles containing a second metal having a melting point lower than that of the first metal, and filling resin is supplied on one of a semiconductor element or a conductor member, and a gap is formed in a surface of the supplied bonding material. The other of the conductor member or the semiconductor element is mounted on and pressed against the bonding material in which the gap is formed, and the filling resin unevenly distributed on the surface of the bonding material is moved to the gap.

A method for fabricating a SiC power semiconductor device includes: providing a SiC power semiconductor die; depositing a metallization layer over the power semiconductor die, the metallization layer including a first metal; arranging the power semiconductor die over a die carrier such that the metallization layer faces the die carrier, the die carrier being at least partially covered by a plating that includes Ni; and diffusion soldering the power semiconductor die to the die carrier such that a first intermetallic compound is formed between the power semiconductor die and the plating, the first intermetallic compound including Ni.sub.3Sn.sub.4.