IP Library Granted Patent US 9,887,172
Granted Patent B2
US 9,887,172 · App. 15/305,584 · Granted Feb 6, 2018

Bonding wire for semiconductor device

Inventors: Daizo Oda (Saitama, JP); Motoki Eto (Saitama, JP); Kazuyuki Saito (Saitama, JP); Teruo Haibara (Saitama, JP); Ryo Oishi (Saitama, JP); Takashi Yamada (Saitama, JP); Tomohiro Uno (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: NIPPON MICROMETAL CORPORATION; NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN MATERIALS CO., LTD.
H01L24/45C22C9/00H01L24/43H01L2224/05624H01L2224/4312H01L2224/43125H01L2224/43825H01L2224/43826H01L2224/43827H01L2224/43848H01L2224/43986H01L2224/45015H01L2224/45105H01L2224/45147H01L2224/45565H01L2224/45572H01L2224/45644H01L2224/45664H01L2224/48465H01L2224/48507H01L2224/48824H01L2224/85045H01L2224/85065H01L2224/85075H01L2224/85439H01L2924/00011H01L2924/10253H01L2924/1576H01L2924/181
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Patent No.
US 9,887,172
App. No.
15/305,584
Granted
Feb 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bonding wire for a semiconductor device includes a Cu alloy core material and a Pd coating layer on a surface of the Cu alloy core material, and contains Ga and Ge of 0.011 to 1.2% by mass in total, which is able to increase bonding longevity of the ball bonded part in the high-temperature, high-humidity environment, and thus to improve the bonding reliability. The thickness of the Pd coating layer is preferably 0.015 to 0.150 μm. When the bonding wire further contains one or more elements of Ni, Ir, and Pt in an amount, for each element, of 0.011 to 1.2% by mass, it is able to improve the reliability of the ball bonded part in a high-temperature environment at 175° C. or more. When an alloy skin layer containing Au and Pd is further formed on a surface of the Pd coating layer, wedge bondability improves.

Claims (19)

1. A bonding wire for a semiconductor device, comprising:

a Cu alloy core material; and

a Pd coating layer formed on a surface of the Cu alloy core material, wherein

the bonding wire contains Ga, and

a concentration of Ga relative to the entire wire is 0.025% by mass or more and 1.5% by mass or less.

2. The bonding wire for a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the Pd coating layer is 0.015 μm or more and 0.150 μm or less.

3. The bonding wire for a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising an alloy skin layer containing Au and Pd on the Pd coating layer.

4. The bonding wire for a semiconductor device according to claim 3 , wherein a thickness of the alloy skin layer containing Au and Pd is 0.0005 μm or more and 0.050 μm or less.

5. The bonding wire for a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the bonding wire further contains one or more elements selected from Ni, Ir, and Pt, and

a concentration of each of the elements relative to the entire wire is 0.011% by mass or more and 1.2% by mass or less.

6. The bonding wire for a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the Cu alloy core material contains Pd, and

a concentration of Pd contained in the Cu alloy core material is 0.05% by mass or more and 1.2% by mass or less.

7. The bonding wire for a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the bonding wire further contains at least one element selected from B, P, and Mg, and

a concentration of each of the elements relative to the entire wire is 1 ppm by mass or more and 100 ppm by mass or less.

8. The bonding wire for a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , in a measurement result when measuring crystal orientations on a surface of the bonding wire, a crystal orientation <111> angled at 15 degrees or less to a longitudinal direction has a proportion of 30% or more and 100% or less among crystal orientations in the longitudinal direction of the bonding wire.

9. The bonding wire for a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein Cu is present in an outermost surface of the bonding wire.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS FOR NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD. Recorded Oct 21, 2020
From: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
To: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054174/0502 →
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 049837/0872 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2016
From: ODA, DAIZO; ETO, MOTOKI; SAITO, KAZUYUKI; HAIBARA, TERUO; OISHI, RYO; YAMADA, TAKASHI; UNO, TOMOHIRO
To: NIPPON MICROMETAL CORPORATION; NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 040087/0312 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-159692 · Aug 12, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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