The reliabilrty of 62Sn-36Pb-2Ag surface mount solder joints has been analyzed by means of thermal fatigue tests.Meanwhile
the effect of different plated process for components and substrate on reliability is discussed
and the evolution of thermal fatigue dislocation substrucure and failure mechanism of solder joints have been studied tentatively. The results show that:intermetallic compounds influence the reliability of solder joints significantly
for solder joints of components and substrate plated with Au
the thermal fatigue cracks initate and propagate in AuSn4 intermetallic compounds ;on the other hand
solder joints plated with Ni/Au
cracks initiate at the AuSn4/β-Sn interface. TEM observation finds out that there is high density dislocation in β-Sn phase after crack initiation.