Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 28 21:18:12 EST 2005 | davef
You don't TS bond gold wire to nickel [of ENIG] for the same reason that you don't TS bond gold wire to hard gold. [Nickel or maybe cobalt is used to harden soft gold.] Together nickel and gold produce unreliable bonds. Look here: * http://www.smta.
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 17 11:55:31 EDT 2001 | davef
5uin. Your nickel thickness is fine. Although if you wanted to trade costs, consider giving-up nickel to 150uin thickness, while increasing the gold thickness. Gold over electroless nickel creates brittle joints because of phosphorous in the nicke
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
Electronics Forum | Mon May 07 22:29:52 EDT 2001 | davef
4 wire per sec ... you figure how many you need] Encapsulation ~$120K for a dispenser [10 sec per die ... you figure how many you need] plus a cure oven ~$100k Throw in a another ~$100k for marking and cleaning Check the September 2000 SMTnet New
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 15 11:21:32 EST 2005 | davef
Which is it: * Wire bonds don't stick when bonded * Wire bonds fall off, or break during service
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
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
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 | 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 | Sat Aug 10 06:38:25 EDT 2002 | jojojameson
Dear Freinds, We are having 18000 sqfeet airconditioned space for pcb contract manufacturing.We had chipschooters,through hole machines & fine pitch placement machines with international standard.In addtion we had clean rooms & wire bond facilities.W
