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 | 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
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 | 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 | 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 | Tue Sep 10 10:42:36 EDT 2013 | capse
Plasma cleaning is used extensively to clean surfaces prior to wire bonding.
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 07 13:18:28 EST 2002 | mregalia
I work for a microwave company. On our lower frequency boards (
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 09 15:38:02 EDT 2013 | arendonk
Hi, We are having issues aluminum wirebonding on ENEPIG plated PCB by a too low pull force and or having lifts (1% range). Could any body advice how to solve this problem? Is there a special wire bond grade required? How to best clean contaminant
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 09 17:14:48 EST 2002 | mregalia
Do you bond with Al or gold wire? What happens if the Ni is over 150 microinches? Thickness of nickel is one those things that we have not been consistent with. The industry seems to pretty much universally call for 100-200 microinches. Our old board
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 09 21:19:49 EST 2002 | davef
When I said "In this area, there is no difference between your experience in ceramic substrates and PTFE substrates." I was referring to the area we were discussing ... gold plating. I am sorry if you thought I ment than the wire bonding process wa
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