IP Library Granted Patent US 10,840,208
Granted Patent B2
US 10,840,208 · App. 15/537,390 · Granted Nov 17, 2020

Bonding wire for semiconductor device

Inventors: Tetsuya Oyamada (Tokyo, JP); Tomohiro Uno (Tokyo, JP); Daizo Oda (Saitama, JP); Takashi Yamada (Saitama, JP)
Assignees: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD; NIPPON MICROMETAL CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,840,208
App. No.
15/537,390
Granted
Nov 17, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a bonding wire capable of simultaneously satisfying ball bonding reliability and wedge bondability required of bonding wires for memories, the bonding wire including a core material containing one or more of Ga, In, and Sn for a total of 0.1 to 3.0 at % with a balance being made up of Ag and incidental impurities; and a coating layer formed over a surface of the core material, containing one or more of Pd and Pt, or Ag and one or more of Pd and Pt, with a balance being made up of incidental impurities, wherein the coating layer is 0.005 to 0.070 μm in thickness.

Claims (20)

1. A bonding wire for a semiconductor device comprising:

a core material containing one or more of Ga, In, and Sn for a total of 0.1 to 3.0 at%, and a balance being made up of Ag and incidental impurities; and

a coating layer formed over a surface of the core material, containing one or more of Pd and Pt, or Ag and one or more of Pd and Pt, and a balance being made up of incidental impurities, wherein

the coating layer is 0.005 to 0.070 μm in thickness.

2. The bonding wire according to claim 1 , further comprising an alloy layer provided between the core material and the coating layer, the alloy layer containing one or more of Ga, In, and Sn, one or more of Pd and Pt, and Ag, and a balance being made up of incidental impurities.

3. The bonding wire according to claim 2 , wherein a thickness of the alloy layer is 10 to 60% the thickness of the coating layer.

4. The bonding wire according to claim 3 , further comprising a Au-containing region containing 15 to 50 at.% Au and provided on an outermost surface of the coating layer, wherein a thickness of the Au-containing region is 0.001 to 0.050 μm.

5. The bonding wire according to claim 1 , wherein the core material further contains one or more of Cu, Pd, Pt, and Au for a total of 0.1 to 0.7 at.%.

6. The bonding wire according to claim 1 , wherein the bonding wire as a whole contains one or more of B, P, Ca, La, and Se for a total of 80 to 500 at. ppm.

7. The bonding wire according to claim 2 , wherein the core material further contains one or more of Cu, Pd, Pt, and Au for a total of 0.1 to 0.7 at.%.

8. The bonding wire according to claim 3 , wherein the core material further contains one or more of Cu, Pd, Pt, and Au for a total of 0.1 to 0.7 at.%.

9. The bonding wire according to claim 2 , wherein the bonding wire as a whole contains one or more of B, P, Ca, La, and Se for a total of 80 to 500 at. ppm.

10. The bonding wire according to claim 3 , wherein the bonding wire as a whole contains one or more of B, P, Ca, La, and Se for a total of 80 to 500 at. ppm.

11. The bonding wire according to claim 5 , wherein the bonding wire as a whole contains one or more of B, P, Ca, La, and Se for a total of 80 to 500 at. ppm.

12. A bonding wire for a semiconductor device comprising:

a core material containing one or more of Ga, In, and Sn for a total of 0.1 to 3.0 at%, and a balance being made up of Ag and incidental impurities;

a coating layer formed over a surface of the core material, containing one or more of Pd and Pt, or Ag and one or more of Pd and Pt, and a balance being made up of incidental impurities; and

a Au-containing region containing 15 to 50 at.% Au and provided on an outermost surface of the coating layer; wherein

the coating layer is 0.005 to 0.070 μm in thickness, and

a thickness of the Au-containing region is 0.001 to 0.050 μm.

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 Jun 16, 2017
From: OYAMADA, TETSUYA; UNO, TOMOHIRO; ODA, DAIZO; YAMADA, TAKASHI
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN MATERIALS CO., LTD.; NIPPON MICROMETAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042877/0906 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-255111 · Dec 17, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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