IP Library Granted Patent US 10,964,661
Granted Patent B2
US 10,964,661 · App. 16/088,081 · Granted Mar 30, 2021

Wire bonding apparatus, circuit for wire bonding apparatus, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device

Inventors: Junichi Abe (Tokyo, JP); Hisashi Ueda (Tokyo, JP); Yutaka Kondo (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SHINKAWA LTD.
H01L24/78H01L24/85H01L2224/782H01L2224/78271H01L2224/85045
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Patent No.
US 10,964,661
App. No.
16/088,081
Granted
Mar 30, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention comprises: a spool ( 10 ); a clamper ( 22 ); a torch electrode ( 31 ); a high-voltage power source circuit ( 30 ); a non-bonding detection circuit ( 40 ); a first changeover switch ( 50 ) switching a connection between the spool ( 10 ) and the high-voltage power source circuit ( 30 ) or the non-bonding detection circuit ( 40 ); and a relay ( 53 ) turning on/off a connection between the clamper ( 22 ) and a spool side of the first changeover switch ( 50 ), and comprises a control part ( 60 ) that sets the first changeover switch ( 50 ) to the high-voltage power source circuit side and turns off the relay ( 53 ) to generate electric discharge, and that sets the first changeover switch ( 50 ) to the non-bonding detection circuit side and turns on the relay ( 53 ) to perform non-bonding detection. Due to this configuration, electric corrosion of a wire clamper can be suppressed and non-bonding detection can be carried out with a simple configuration.

Claims (26)

1. A wire bonding apparatus comprising:

a spool;

a clamper that grips a wire extended from the spool;

a torch electrode that forms a free air ball at a front end of the wire by electrical discharges;

a high-voltage power supply circuit that supplies power to the torch electrode;

a non-bonding detection circuit that performs non-bonding detection between the wire and a device or the wire and a substrate;

a first changeover switch that switches a connection between the spool and the high-voltage power supply circuit or the spool and the non-bonding detection circuit;

a relay that turns on/off a connection between the clamper and the spool side of the first changeover switch; and

a control part that sets the first changeover switch to the high-voltage power supply circuit side and turns off the relay to generate the electrical discharges, and sets the first changeover switch to the non-bonding detection circuit side and turns on the relay to perform the non-bonding detection.

2. The wire bonding apparatus according to claim 1 , comprising:

a second changeover switch disposed between the spool side of the first changeover switch and the spool, and switching a connection between the spool side of the first changeover switch and a grounding wire, wherein

the control part performs a conduction confirmation of the spool by setting the first changeover switch to the non-bonding detection circuit side, turning on the relay, and setting the second changeover switch to the grounding wire side.

3. The wire bonding apparatus according to claim 2 , comprising:

a wire guide disposed between the spool and the clamper and including a through hole with which at least a portion of the wire is in contact; and

a connection wire connecting the wire guide and the spool side of the first changeover switch.

4. A circuit for a wire bonding apparatus comprising:

a high-voltage power supply circuit that supplies power to a torch electrode forming a free air ball at a front end of a wire by electrical discharges;

a non-bonding detection circuit that performs non-bonding detection between the wire and a device or the wire and a substrate;

a first changeover switch that switches a connection between a spool from which the wire extends and the high-voltage power supply circuit or the spool and the non-bonding detection circuit;

a relay that turns on/off a connection between a clamper gripping the wire extended from the spool and the spool side of the first changeover switch; and

a control part that sets the first changeover switch to the high-voltage power supply circuit side and turns off the relay to generate the electrical discharges, and sets the first changeover switch to the non-bonding detection circuit side and turns on the relay to perform the non-bonding detection.

5. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising processes as follows:

preparing a wire bonding apparatus including: a spool; a clamper that grips a wire extended from the spool; a torch electrode that forms a free air ball at a front end of the wire by electrical discharges; a high-voltage power supply circuit that supplies power to the torch electrode; a non-bonding detection circuit that performs non-bonding detection between the wire and a device or the wire and a substrate; a first changeover switch that switches a connection between the spool and the high-voltage power supply circuit or the spool and the non-bonding detection circuit; and a relay that turns on/off a connection between the clamper and the spool side of the first changeover switch;

forming the free air ball by setting the first changeover switch to the high-voltage power supply circuit side and turning off the relay, and causing the high-voltage power supply circuit to supply power to the torch electrode;

bonding the wire in which the free air ball is formed to a device or a substrate; and

performing the non-bonding detection between the wire and the device or the wire and the substrate by setting the first changeover switch to the non-bonding detection circuit side and turning on the relay.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Dec 4, 2025
From: SHINKAWA LTD.
To: YAMAHA ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073833/0572 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2019
From: ABE, JUNICHI; UEDA, HISASHI; KONDO, YUTAKA
To: SHINKAWA LTD.
Reel/Frame 048618/0611 →