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Process for electroless copper plating
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1985-06-18
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Granted: 1986-12-30
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Expires: 2005-06-18
Abstract
Abstract In a process for electroless copper plating in an electroless copper plating solution containing a copper salt, a complexing agent for the copper salt, a reducing agent for the copper salt, and a pH-adjusting agent, a plating film having distinguished mechanical properties can be obtained by adding at least one of soluble inorganic silicon compounds and soluble inorganic germanium compounds and conducting the electroless copper plating by injecting an oxygen-containing gas into the plating solution or by adding an oxidizing agent to the plating solution or by both injection or the oxygen-containing gas and addition of the oxidizing agent thereto. The stability of the electroless copper plating solution can be maintained better thereby and substantially thick plating is possible.
Inventors
- 👤 Haruo Akahoshi
- 👤 Kanji Murakami
- 👤 Mineo Kawamoto
- 👤 Motoyo Wajima
- 👤 Rituji Toba
- 👤 Shoji Kawakubo
- 👤 Akio Tadokoro
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-08 15:35
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C18/00; C23C18/16; C23C18/31; C23C18/38; H; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/10; H05K3/18; H05K3/181; H05K3/187; C23C18/40
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 33
Claim 1
Independent Claim
97 words
A process for electroless copper plating in an electroless copper plating solution containing a copper salt, a complexing agent for the copper salt, a reducing agent for the copper salt, and a pH-adjusting agent, which comprises adding at least one of soluble inorganic silicon compounds and soluble inorganic germanium compounds as an additive to the electroless copper plating solution and conducting electroless copper plating by injecting an oxygen-containing gas into the plating solution or by adding an oxidizing agent to the plating solution or by both injection of the oxygen-containing gas and addition of the oxidizing agent.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
97 words
A process for electroless copper plating in an electroless copper plating solution containing a copper salt, a complexing agent for the copper salt, a reducing agent for the copper salt, and a pH-adjusting agent, which comprises adding at least one of soluble inorganic silicon compounds and soluble inorganic germanium compounds as an additive to the electroless copper plating solution and conducting electroless copper plating by injecting an oxygen-containing gas into the plating solution or by adding an oxidizing agent to the plating solution or by both injection of the oxygen-containing gas and addition of the oxidizing agent.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A process according to claim 1, where the additive is added in an amount of 10 mg/l to 1 g/l in terms of silicon atom or germanium atom.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the soluble inorganic silicon compound is at least one of water glass, sodium metasilicate, sodium orthosilicate, sodium silicate, potassium silicate, lithium silicate, sodium polysilicate, silicon dioxide, and a silicon-containing gas.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the soluble inorganic germanium compound is at least one of sodium germanate, potassium germanate, lithium germanate, germanium dioxide, germanium chloride, germanium sulfate, and germanium nitrate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
12 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the oxygen-containing gas is air.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
A process according to claim 5, wherein the air is injected into the plating solution in a rate of at least 0.01 l/min per liter of the plating solution.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
A process according to claim 6, wherein the air is injected into the plating solution at a rate of 1 to 5 l/min per liter of the plating solution.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the oxidizing agent is hydrogen peroxide or a persulfate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
A process according to claim 8, wherein the persulfate is potassium persulfate, sodium persulfate or ammonium persulfate.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the oxidizing agent is added to the plating solution in an amount of at least 0.5 g/l.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the electroless copper plating is carried out at a temperature of at least 40° C.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
16 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the complexing agent has a chemical structure of >N--C--C--N<.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
22 words
A process according to claim 12, wherein the complexing agent is ethylenediaminetetracetic acid, N-hydroxyethylethylenediaminetriacetic acid, 1,2-diaminopropanetetracetic acid, diethylenetriaminepentacetic acid or cyclohexanediaminetetracetic acid.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
75 words
A process for electroless copper plating in an electroless copper plating solution containing a copper salt, a complexing agent for the copper salt, a reducing agent for the copper salt, and a pH-adjusting agent, which comprises adding at least one additive selected from the group consisting of a soluble inorganic silicon compound and a soluble inorganic germanium compound to the plating solution, introducing an oxidizing medium into the plating solution and conducting electroless copper plating.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
75 words
A process for electroless copper plating in an electroless copper plating solution containing a copper salt, a complexing agent for the copper salt, a reducing agent for the copper salt, and a pH-adjusting agent, which comprises adding at least one additive selected from the group consisting of a soluble inorganic silicon compound and a soluble inorganic germanium compound to the plating solution, introducing an oxidizing medium into the plating solution and conducting electroless copper plating.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
14 words
A process according to claim 14, wherein the oxidizing medium is an oxygen-containing gas.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
17 words
A process according to claim 15, wherein the oxygen-containing gas is introduced while conducting electroless copper plating.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
25 words
A process according to claim 15, wherein the oxidizing medium is an oxidizing agent selected from the group consisting of hydrogen peroxide and a persulfate.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
23 words
A process according to claim 17, wherein the persulfate is selected from the group consisting of potassium persulfate, sodium persulfate and ammonium persulfate.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process according to claim 17, wherein the oxidizing agent is added to the plating solution in an amount of at least 0.5 g/l.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
22 words
A process according to claim 14, wherein the electroless copper plating is carried out at a temperature of at least 40° C.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
16 words
A process according to claim 14, wherein the complexing agent has a chemical structure of >N--C--C--N<.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
28 words
A process according to claim 21, wherein the complexing agent is selected from the group consisting of ethylenediaminetetracetic acid, N-hydroxyethylethylenediaminetriacetic acid, 1,2-diaminopropanetetracetic acid, diethylenetriaminepentacetic acid and cyclohexanediaminetetracetic acid.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
28 words
A process according to claim 14, wherein the additive is added in an amount of 10 mg/l to 1 g/l in terms of silicon atom or germanium atom.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
43 words
A process according to claim 14, wherein the additive is at least one soluble inorganuc silicon compound selected from the group consisting of water glass, sodium metasilicate, sodium orthosilicate, sodium silicate, potassium silicate, lithium silicate, sodium polysilicate, silicon dioxide, and a silicon-containing gas.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
38 words
A process according to claim 14, wherein the additive is at least one soluble inorganic germanium compound selected from the group consisting of sodium germanate, potassium germanate, lithium germanate, germanium dioxide, germanium chloride, germanium sulfate, and germanium nitrate.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
12 words
A process according to claim 15, wherein the oxygen-containing gas is air.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
34 words
A process according to claim 26, wherein the air is injected into the plating solution while conducting electroless copper plating at a rate of at least 0.01 l/min per liter of the plating solution.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
34 words
A process according to claim 26, wherein the air is injected into the plating solution while conducting electroless copper plating at a rate of 1 to 5 l/min per liter of the plating solution.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
71 words
A process according to claim 14, wherein the additive is at least one soluble inorganic silicon compound selected from the group consisting of water glass, sodium metasilicate, sodium orthosilicate, sodium silicate, potassium silicate, lithium silicate, sodium polysilicate, silicon dioxide, and silicon-containing gas and at least one soluble inorganic germanium compound selected from the group consisting of sodium germanate, potassium germanate, lithium germanate, germanium dioxide, germanium chloride, germanium sulfate, and germanium nitrate.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
18 words
A process according to claim 17, wherein the oxidizing agent is introduced prior to conducting electroless copper plating.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
30 words
A process according to claim 14, wherein the oxidizing medium is both an oxygen-containing gas and an oxidizing agent selected from the group consisting of hydrogen peroxide and a persulfate.
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