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temperature induced IMC in wire bonds?

Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 15 21:06:04 EST 2005 | davef

Is your IMC purple? [The sure way to tell if you have the 'purple plague'.] Where does the failure occur? * At pad / wire bond * Up wire from the bond Tell us about the aluminum pad. * What is the plating specification? Is that what you actually r

temperature induced IMC in wire bonds?

Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 15 09:31:27 EST 2005 | arclightzero

I have been reading a good deal about IMC (purple plague in particular) in gold wire/aluminum pad wire bonds. My company uses ultrasonic wedge bonding, and for the most part all of our bonding is gold/gold, however we have one particulr part that has

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