Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 03 07:43:52 EST 2005 | davef
Questions are: * Is the problem 'wire bonds that don't stick' or 'wire bonds that fall or break off later'? * What materials are you working with? * What is your working time after plasma clean? * What does surface analysis tell you about surface con
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 03 12:48:14 EST 2005 | Rosewood
We have some no sticks, but that is actually a good thing because we have NSD. During process control audits we found that pull strengths to the board dropped off. We build a military application that requires higher bond strenghts. Low pull streg
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 03 21:40:40 EST 2005 | davef
There maybe multiple drivers to your problems. * First, decreasing bond quality with time indicates a plating issue. What's the actual thickness of your gold and nickel on the pads? * Second, the no-sticks indicate contamination. If it's organic, p
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 03 02:34:46 EST 2005 | Rosewood
We've recently encountered some problems with wire bond strengths. I'm looking for anybody that has had some experience with different types of substrate contamination and methods for cleaning. There is no visible contamination on the gold pads, bu
Electronics Forum | Tue May 13 21:08:24 EDT 2003 | ramanandkini
Dear Sir, Sorry for the delay in reply. This is regarding MIL standard for bond pull strength: MIL-STD-883C dt.25/08/83 Bond strength (destructive bond pull test); refer table-1 Minimum bond strengths for various wire composition & diameter given.
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 17 10:36:04 EST 2003 | davef
Ramanandkini 14 gm versus 5 gm: 14 gm [even 10 gm] sounds better than 5 gm. We get good bond pull XBAR (high teens) and low sigma (
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 09 14:52:53 EST 2002 | Chris
Hi, I have read many articles about theromsonically bonding to soft gold. Many of these articles state you can bond to 10uinches of gold. I have worked with both Hughes and Panasonic bonders at two different companies and I have never been able to
Electronics Forum | Wed May 18 07:22:06 EDT 2005 | davef
Wire bonds don't stick when bonded * Check pull and shear strength. * Depending on point of failure, review parameters. * Listen during bonding, if there is a high pitch buzz, there is vibration in the system somewhere, "seek and destroy". * Get the
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 15 12:21:20 EST 2005 | arclightzero
Well, I can't speak for them falling off later on, as that's not when I see them, and they are passing their wire pull tests after bonding. What I am seeing is electrical opens during testing, and these opens coincide with the Au/Al bonded points. Th
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 29 03:57:16 EST 2005 | sparrow
Hello Chris, To be honest, it's hard to believe you could not bond to ENIG at all. Yes, the gold layer is thin and hard, but it just narrows the process window and does not make the bonding impossible. I say this, because we have been using TS gold w
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