In addition to traditional silver-containing SAC alloys, silver-free tin-copper based alloys with minor additions of nickel and germanium have been developed to enhance mechanical and reliability properties while reducing material costs.OverviewTin-silver-copper (--, also known as SAC), is a () commonly used for electronic. It is the. In 2000, there were several lead-free assemblies and chip products initiatives being driven by the (JEIDA) and The process requirements for (Pb-free) SAC solders and Sn-Pb solders are different both materially and logistically for electronic assembly. In addition, the reliability of Sn-Pb solders is well established. SAC solders have outperformed high-Pb solders C4 joints in ceramic (CBGA) systems, which are ball-grid arrays with a ceramic substrate. The CBGA showed consistently better results in thermal cyc.