Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 28 16:03:53 EST 2005 | Chris
I have lots of experience with thermosonic gold ball bonding. You can read the literature and you will probably find some papers that say you can do it. I have never been able to do it. We gold ball bond all day long with little problems at all bu
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 20 02:34:16 EST 2006 | yihui
Hi, i'm david, new to this forum. Came across your posting about using a delvotec bonder to TS bond to a ENIG pad. Given that the immersion gold layer is thin, does the capillary scrub through the gold layer to expose the underlying nickel? Does your
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 17 21:42:19 EST 1999 | Chuck Garth
We are presently aluminum wirebonding to gold plated lands. Our board manufacturer has been very inconsistient in the quality. It seems as though theey are over etched by about half the amount they should be. Can anyone give me the spec's that normal
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 Mar 03 10:38:28 EST 2003 | davef
Electroplated nickel and electroplated gold is the more �traditional� finish for aluminum wire bonding. That surface was an extension of gold thermosonic wire bonding that requires a thick [50 thou min] gold surface. For years fabricators recommend
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 | Sun Mar 02 12:16:29 EST 2003 | ramanandkini
Recently, one of our new vendor supplied us PCBs with Electroplated Nickel and Gold. We have the other regular source giving us ENIG plating. In both the wirebonding quality is OK. How do we benchmark this? Which one is suitable for production with l
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 | Sat Mar 15 20:24:13 EST 2003 | ramanandkini
Thanks Mr.Dave. Sorry for the delay. One of our major prolems in ENIG plated surface is that wire does not stick. For many years we were getting a bond strength of 14 grams in both ENIG and electroplated surfaces. Now one vendor supplies ENIG boards
Electronics Forum | Sun Mar 02 17:40:02 EST 2003 | MA/NY DDave
Hi It sounds like you are in a different country or in the USA a long time ago. I have no idea of the process either is using, so they can be comparable or one can be better than another and lop sided compared to other places. Benchmarking I think
