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Effects of Process Parameters on Bond Properties of Ag-2.35Au-0.7Pd-0.2Pt-0.1Cu Alloy Wire

Version 1 : Received: 15 June 2023 / Approved: 16 June 2023 / Online: 16 June 2023 (10:22:57 CEST)

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Zhou, H.; Chang, A.; Fan, J.; Cao, J.; Zhang, Y.; An, B.; Xia, J. Effects of Process Parameters on Bond Properties of Ag-2.35Au-0.7Pd-0.2Pt-0.1Cu Alloy Wire. Micromachines 2023, 14, 1587. Zhou, H.; Chang, A.; Fan, J.; Cao, J.; Zhang, Y.; An, B.; Xia, J. Effects of Process Parameters on Bond Properties of Ag-2.35Au-0.7Pd-0.2Pt-0.1Cu Alloy Wire. Micromachines 2023, 14, 1587.

Abstract

Bond Properties were performed on Ag-2.35Au-0.7Pd-0.2Pt-0.1Cu alloy wire with a diameter of 25 µm under different process parameters. Effects of electrical flaming off (EFO) current and EFO time on deformability of the free air ball (FAB) were investigated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) as well as the effects of ultrasonic power and bonding force on the bond characteristic. The experimental results showed that, FAB grows from a preheated tip to a small ball, a regular ball and finally to a golf ball with increasing either the EFO current or the EFO time, and the FAB presented optimal shape at 25 mA and 650 μs. Moreover, a nonlinear relationship between FAB diameter and EFO time is obtained at the EFO current of 25 mA, which could be expressed by a cubic equation. Further, at a constant bonding force, as the ultrasonic power increased, the mashed ball diameter grew larger and larger, the capillary hole imprint became more and more obvious, and the tail width also increased larger and larger, and vice versa. The optimal ultrasonic power and bonding force are 70 mW and of 45 gf for ball bond and 90 mW and 75 gf for wedge bond, respectively. Finally, for all the bonded wire samples prepared under optimal process parameters, no ball and wedge bond lifts happened after destructive pull test, and full intermetallic compound coverage with perfect morphology occurred on the bond pad after ball shear test, which meant that the bonded wire samples have high bond strength, and hence improved the reliability of microelectronic products.

Keywords

bond properties; EFO current; EFO time; ultrasonic power; bonding force

Subject

Chemistry and Materials Science, Materials Science and Technology

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