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US 2026/0167893 A1Published application
Flux cleaner composition and methods of fabricating a semiconductor structure
AssigneeTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
InventorsBaron Huang, Wen-Yi Lin, Ming-Da Cheng, Zhihua Zou
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Abstract
A flux cleaner composition includes water in a range from 80% to 99%, an organic nitrogen compound in a range from 0.01% to 3%, anionic phosphate surfactant in a range from 0.01% to 3%, aprotic ketone solvent in a range from 1% to 20%, and an azo-coumarin derivative in a range from 0.01% to 5%.
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A flux cleaner composition, comprising:
- water in a range from 80% to 99%;
- an organic nitrogen compound in a range from 0.01% to 3%;
- anionic phosphate surfactant in a range from 0.01% to 3%;
- aprotic ketone solvent in a range from 1% to 20%;
- and
- an azo-coumarin derivative in a range from 0.01% to 5%.
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A method of making a semiconductor structure, the method comprising:
- applying a flux material to a solder ball on a first bonding pad of a first structure;
- positioning the first structure over a second structure such that the solder ball is over a second bonding pad of the second structure;
- performing a reflow process to transform the solder ball into a solder joint between the first bonding pad of the first structure and the second bonding pad of the second structure;
- and
- cleaning the solder joint with a flux cleaner composition to remove a flux residue remaining from the flux material, wherein the flux cleaner composition comprises:
- water in a range from 80% to 99%;
- an organic nitrogen compound in a range from 0.01% to 3%;
- anionic phosphate surfactant in a range from 0.01% to 3%;
- aprotic ketone solvent in a range from 1% to 20%;
- and
- an azo-coumarin derivative in a range from 0.01% to 5%.
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A flux residue cleaning system, comprising:
- an immersion chamber including a container containing a first solution and configured to receive a wafer including a semiconductor structure such that the semiconductor structure is immersed in the first solution, wherein the first solution comprises a flux cleaner composition comprising:
- water in a range from 80% to 99%;
- an organic nitrogen compound in a range from 0.01% to 3%;
- anionic phosphate surfactant in a range from 0.01% to 3%;
- aprotic ketone solvent in a range from 1% to 20%;
- and
- an azo-coumarin derivative in a range from 0.01% to 5%;
- a spraying chamber configured to receive the wafer from the immersion chamber, and including a sprayer configured to spray a second solution onto the semiconductor structure;
- and
- a drying chamber configured to dry the wafer received from the spraying chamber.
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