Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 07 17:14:11 EDT 2005 | GS
finest pitch requires ball bonding (gold) GS
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 08 07:04:02 EDT 2005 | davef
Finer pitch: Wedge bonding can be designed and manufactured to very small dimensions, down to 50 mm pitch. Processing speed: Machine rotational movements make the overall speed of the wedge bonding process less than thermosonic ball bonding. Alumin
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 29 10:47:05 EST 2005 | Chris
The paper Dave posted the link for is great. I have to go back and read it in depth. I can build prototypes by wirebonding to ENIG. I can do it on a manual wirebonder but I don't have the patience to do it on a magazine to magazine automatic machi
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 02 11:21:29 EDT 2004 | sforman1
Use MicroCoat Technologies UV cure solder mask. will leave PCB absolutely clean. used in many PCB solder/wirebonding apps. http://www.m-coat.com
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 02 11:44:49 EDT 2004 | jbabson1
If you do wire bond before printing, Photo Stencil (www.photostencil.com)can help you design a stencil with relief on the pwb side for the wirebonding.
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 01 17:38:24 EDT 2003 | jartman
I've faced this several times in the past, and the only real solution is to wirebond before SMT assembly. Everything leaves a residue, and trying to clean a residue off later is basically hopeless. This may require some trickery in your SMT process
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 09 18:17:15 EST 2002 | Chris
I don't have a plasma cleaner either. It will help a lot. Actually I don't clean at all. Our wirebond pads are far enough away so the flux residue does not get on the wirebond pads. That's what we think anyway. I am sure we have some degree of c
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 09 17:03:44 EST 2002 | rob_thomas
We follow IPC-2221 recommendations for Au and don't have a problem as long as the Ni is under 150 microinches.This ensures a consistent process for us.Also we do plasma clean after SMt and prior to wirebond.That makes a big difference. Rob
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 21 22:24:36 EDT 2001 | davef
Root around here http://www.kns.com/resources/library/lib-wirebonding.asp
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 27 15:06:29 EDT 2001 | davef
This otta push Wolfgang over the top ... Recommended reading G.G. Harman, Wire Bonding in Microelectronics : Materials, Processes, Reliability, and Yield, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill Electronic Packaging and Interconnection Series, 1997. G.G. Harman, R