Oct, 31, 2024

Vol.57 No.5

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Review

  • KISE Journal of Korean Institute of Surface Engineering
  • Volume 55(2); 2022
  • Article

Review

KISE Journal of Korean Institute of Surface Engineering 2022;55(2):102-119. Published online: May, 2, 2022

Deposition behavior of cyanide-free electroless Au plating solution using thiomalic acid as complexing agent and aminoethanethiol as reducing agent and characteristics of plated Au film

  • Jaeho Hana,*, DongHyun Kimb
    aECTECH Co., Ltd., Incheon, 226165, Republic of Korea bMSC Co., Ltd., Incheon, 21698, Republic of Korea
Abstract

Gold plating is used as a coating of connecter in printed circuit boards, ceramic integrated circuit packages, semiconductor devices and so on, because the film has excellent electric conductivity, solderability and chemical properties such as durability

Keywords cyanide-free plating; electroless Au plating; Immersion plating; Autocatalytic plating; complexing agent; reducing agent; deposition rate; solderability.