ABSTRACT:

As a lead frame finish material, palladium has many advantages over tin-lead (SnPb) solder; it is more environmentally friendly and the package assembly process with palladium-plated lead frames is more efficient. However, palladium also provides a surface over which corrosion products can migrate and cause leakage current failure modes, especially in fine-pitch devices. The time dependent migration of corrosion products is known as creep corrosion. Creep corrosion behavior is dependent upon the corrosion product, the surface material, and the environmental and operating conditions.

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