SELECTIVE ELECTROCHEMICAL ETCHING METHOD AND ETCHING SOLUTION USED THEREFOR

    公开(公告)号:JP2002180299A

    公开(公告)日:2002-06-26

    申请号:JP2001323511

    申请日:2001-10-22

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To subject a substrate containing a metal which is to undergo electroetching and a high Sn solder bumps which do not undergo etching to electroetching. SOLUTION: Electroetching is performed by using a water-based electrochemical etching solution for subjecting metal to etching in the presence of one or several kinds of metals which do not undergo etching. The etching solution contains glyceline having concentration in the range of 1.30 to 1.70 M, a sulfate compound having the concentration of sulfuric ions in the range of 0 to 0.5 M and a phosphate compound having the concentration of phosphoric ions in the range of 0.1 to 0.5 M. In this way, the solder bumps which do not undergo etching are protected and left, and the metal to be etched is removed without leaving residues.

    ETCHING OF ALLOY OF TITANIUM AND TUNGSTEN AND ETCHANT SOLUTION

    公开(公告)号:JPH11219946A

    公开(公告)日:1999-08-10

    申请号:JP29818698

    申请日:1998-10-20

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To remove a thin film of a metal layer under the existence of the metal layer to be protected by a method wherein metal layers are subjected to wet chemical etching in the specified range of the pH of an etchant solution. SOLUTION: During the manufacture of a C4 solder bump using an electroplating, a metal blanket stack 3 can be deposited on a functional silicon wafer 2. It is preferable that the stack 3 has a TiW layer 6, a CrCu layer 8 and a Cu layer 8. After an electrodeposition of solder and the removal of a photomask, the stack 3 is removed. The layers 10 and 8 are subjected to electroetching and after that, the thin layer of the layer 6 is left. The layer 6 is etched in a solution containing a hydrogen peroxide, a potassium sulfate and an EDTA potassium. In the range that the pH of the etchant solution is about 2.7 to 4.0, the desired efficiency of the manufacture of a C4 device is obtained and most of defects, which are accompanied by etching of the layer 6, are eliminated.

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