STRUCTURE CONTAINING Sn LAYER OR Sn ALLOY LAYER

Abstract

A structure including an Sn layer or an Sn alloy layer includes a substrate, an Sn layer or Sn alloy layer formed above the substrate, and an under barrier metal formed between the substrate and the Sn layer or Sn alloy layer. The under barrier metal is an Ni alloy layer containing Ni, and at least one selected from W, Ir, Pt, Au, and Bi, and can sufficiently inhibit generation of an intermetallic compound through a reaction, caused due to metal diffusion of a metal contained in the substrate, between the metal and Sn contained in the Sn layer or Sn alloy layer.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.