IP Library Granted Patent US 10,414,002
Granted Patent B2
US 10,414,002 · App. 15/515,508 · Granted Sep 17, 2019

Bonding wire for semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 10,414,002
App. No.
15/515,508
Granted
Sep 17, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bonding wire for a semiconductor device includes a Cu alloy core material and a Pd coating layer formed on a surface thereof. Containing an element that provides bonding reliability in a high-temperature environment improves the bonding reliability of the ball bonded part in high temperature. Furthermore, making an orientation proportion of a crystal orientation <100> angled at 15 degrees or less to a wire longitudinal direction among crystal orientations in the wire longitudinal direction 30% or more when measuring crystal orientations on a cross-section of the core material in a direction perpendicular to a wire axis of the bonding wire, and making an average crystal grain size in the cross-section of the core material in the direction perpendicular to the wire axis of the bonding wire 0.9 to 1.5 μm provides a strength ratio of 1.6 or less.

Claims (25)

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

a Cu alloy core material; and

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

when measuring crystal orientations on a cross-section of the core material in a direction perpendicular to a wire axis of the bonding wire, a crystal orientation <100> angled at 15 degrees or less to a wire axis direction has a proportion of 30% or more among crystal orientations in the wire axis direction,

an average crystal grain size in the cross-section of the core material in the direction perpendicular to the wire axis of the bonding wire is 0.9 μm or more and 1.5 μm or less, and

the bonding wire contains one or more elements selected from Ga and Ge, and a concentration of the elements selected from Ga and Ge in total is 0.011 to 1.5% by mass relative to a total mass of the bonding wire.

2. The bonding wire for a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a strength ratio defined by the following Equation (1) is 1.1 or more and 1.6 or less:

Strength ratio=ultimate strength/0.2% offset yield strength.  (1)

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

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

the bonding wire contains at least one element selected from Ni, Zn, Rh, In, Ir and Pt, and

a concentration of the at least one element selected from Ni, Zn, Rh, In, Ir and Pt in total is 0.011% by mass or more and 2% by mass or less relative to the total mass of the bonding wire.

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

the bonding wire contains one or more elements selected from As, Te, Sn, Sb, Bi and Se,

a concentration of the elements selected from As, Te, Sn, Sb, Bi and Se in total is 0.1 ppm by mass or more and 100 ppm by mass or less relative to the total mass of the bonding wire, and

Sn≤10 ppm by mass; Sb≤10 ppm by mass; and Bi≤1 ppm by mass.

8. 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, Mg, Ca and La, and

a concentration of each of the at least one element selected from B, P, Mg, Ca and La is 1 ppm by mass or more and 200 ppm by mass or less relative to the total mass of the bonding wire.

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

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

the Cu alloy core material contains a metallic element of Group 10 of the Periodic Table of Elements in a total amount of 0.1% by mass or more and 3.0% by mass or less, and

a concentration of Cu at an outermost surface of the wire is 1 at % or more.

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 Mar 29, 2017
From: YAMADA, TAKASHI; ODA, DAIZO; HAIBARA, TERUO; OISHI, RYO; SAITO, KAZUYUKI; UNO, TOMOHIRO
To: NIPPON MICROMETAL CORPORATION; NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041788/0390 →