IP Library Granted Patent US 10,737,356
Granted Patent B2
US 10,737,356 · App. 15/577,735 · Granted Aug 11, 2020

Bonding wire for semiconductor device

Inventors: Takashi Yamada (Saitama, JP); Daizo Oda (Saitama, JP); Teruo Haibara (Saitama, JP); Ryo Oishi (Saitama, JP); Kazuyuki Saito (Saitama, JP); Tomohiro Uno (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: NIPPON MICROMETAL CORPORATION; NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,737,356
App. No.
15/577,735
Granted
Aug 11, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bonding wire for a semiconductor device, characterized in that the bonding wire includes a Cu alloy core material and a Pd coating layer formed on a surface of the Cu alloy core material, the bonding wire contains an element that provides bonding reliability in a high-temperature environment, and a strength ratio defined by the following Equation (1) is 1.1 to 1.6: Strength ratio=ultimate strength/0.2% offset yield strength.  (1)

Claims (29)

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

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  Equation (1), and

the bonding wire meets at least one of the following conditions (i) and (ii):

(i) the bonding wire contains one or more elements selected from Co, Rh, Jr, Ni, Pd, Pt, Au, Zn, Al, Ga, In, and Ge; and

(ii) the bonding wire contains one or more elements selected from As, Sb, and Te, provided that:

a concentration of As is 2.5 ppm by mass or more;

a concentration of Sb is 5.2 ppm by mass or more; or

a concentration of Te is 1.2 ppm by mass or more.

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 0.050 μm or less.

5. 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, Jr and Pt, and

a concentration of the at least one element in total is 0.011% by mass or more and 2% by mass or less relative to the entire wire.

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

the bonding wire contains one or more elements selected from Ga and Ge, and

a concentration of the elements in total is 0.011% by mass or more and 1.5% by mass

or less relative to the entire wire.

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

the bonding wire contains at least one or more elements selected from As, Te, and Sb,

a concentration of the elements in total is 0.1 ppm by mass or more and 100 ppm by mass or less relative to the entire wire, and

Sb≤10 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 is 1 ppm by mass or more and 200 ppm by mass or less relative to the entire 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.

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 Nov 28, 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 044241/0585 →
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