IP Library Granted Patent US 10,381,320
Granted Patent B2
US 10,381,320 · App. 14/915,189 · Granted Aug 13, 2019

Silver bonding wire for semiconductor device containing indium, gallium, and/or cadmium

Inventors: Tetsuya Oyamada (Tokyo, JP); Tomohiro Uno (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Deai (Tokyo, JP); Daizo Oda (Saitama, JP)
Assignees: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.; NIPPON MICROMETAL CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,381,320
App. No.
14/915,189
Granted
Aug 13, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a bonding wire which can satisfy bonding reliability, spring performance, and chip damage performance required in high-density packaging. A bonding wire contains one or more of In, Ga, and Cd for a total of 0.05 to 5 at %, and a balance being made up of Ag and incidental impurities.

Claims (19)

1. A bonding wire for a semiconductor device containing one or more of In, Ga, and Cd for a total of 0.05 to 5 at %, and a balance being made up of Ag and incidental impurities,

wherein the bonding wire contains no more than 5 at % of Au.

2. The bonding wire for a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further containing one or more of Ni, Cu, Rh, Pd, and Pt for a total of 0.01 to 5 at %.

3. The bonding wire for a semiconductor device according to claim 2 , further containing one or more of Be, B, P, Ca, Y, La, and Ce for a total of 10 to 300 at ppm.

4. The bonding wire for a semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein a total atomic percentage of In, Ga, and Cd in a layer extending in a depth direction of 0 to 10 nm from a wire surface is equal to or larger than twice the same in a layer extending in the depth direction of 20 to 30 nm from the wire surface.

5. The bonding wire for a semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein an average grain size in a section in a direction perpendicular to a wire axis is 0.2 to 3.5 μm.

6. The bonding wire for a semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein in measurement results obtained by measuring crystal directions in a section of the bonding wire, the section containing a wire axis and being parallel to the wire axis, the ratio of a crystal direction <100> having an angular difference of 15 degrees or less from a longitudinal direction of the bonding wire is between 30% and 100%, both inclusive, in terms of an area percentage.

7. The bonding wire for a semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein an average total atomic percentage of at least one or more elements selected from the group consisting of In, Ga, and Cd relative to a total of metallic elements in a layer extending in a depth direction of 0 to 1 nm from a wire surface is equal to or larger than 1.2 times the average total atomic percentage in a layer extending in a depth direction of 1 to 10 nm from the wire surface.

8. The bonding wire for a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further containing one or more of Be, B, P, Ca, Y, La, and Ce for a total of 10 to 300 at ppm.

9. The bonding wire for a semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein a total atomic percentage of In, Ga, and Cd in a layer extending in a depth direction of 0 to 10 nm from a wire surface is equal to or larger than twice the same in a layer extending in the depth direction of 20 to 30 nm from the wire surface.

10. The bonding wire for a semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein an average grain size in a section in a direction perpendicular to a wire axis is 0.2 to 3.5 μm.

11. The bonding wire for a semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein in measurement results obtained by measuring crystal directions in a section of the bonding wire, the section containing a wire axis and being parallel to the wire axis, the ratio of a crystal direction <100> having an angular difference of 15 degrees or less from a longitudinal direction of the bonding wire is between 30% and 100%, both inclusive, in terms of an area percentage.

12. The bonding wire for a semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein an average total atomic percentage of at least one or more elements selected from the group consisting of In, Ga, and Cd relative to a total of metallic elements in a layer extending in a depth direction of 0 to 1 nm from a wire surface is equal to or larger than 1.2 times the average total atomic percentage in a layer extending in a depth direction of 1 to 10 nm from the wire surface.

13. The bonding wire for a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a total atomic percentage of In, Ga, and Cd in a layer extending in a depth direction of 0 to 10 nm from a wire surface is equal to or larger than twice the same in a layer extending in depth direction of 20 to 30 nm from the wire surface.

14. The bonding wire for a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein an average grain size in a section in a direction perpendicular to a wire axis is 0.2 to 3.5 μm.

15. The bonding wire for a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein in measurement results obtained by measuring crystal directions in a section of the bonding wire, the section containing a wire axis and being parallel to the wire axis, the ratio of a crystal direction <100> having an angular difference of 15 degrees or less from a longitudinal direction of the bonding wire is between 30% and 100%, both inclusive, in terms of an area percentage.

16. The bonding wire for a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein an average total atomic percentage of at least one or more elements selected from the group consisting of In, Ga, and Cd relative to a total of metallic elements in a layer extending in a depth direction of 0 to 1 nm from a wire surface is equal to or larger than 1.2 times the average total atomic percentage in a layer extending in a depth direction of 1 to 10 nm from the wire surface.

17. The bonding wire for a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the bonding wire does not contain Au.

18. A bonding wire for a semiconductor device containing one or more of In, Ga, and Cd for a total of 0.05 to 5 at %, and a balance consisting essentially of Ag and incidental impurities.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS FOR NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD. Recorded Nov 22, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
To: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051095/0001 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 15, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN MATERIALS CO., LTD.; NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
To: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049191/0603 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2016
From: OYAMADA, TETSUYA; UNO, TOMOHIRO; DEAI, HIROYUKI; ODA, DAIZO
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN MATERIALS CO., LTD.; NIPPON MICROMETAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038071/0837 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-142127 · Jul 10, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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