IP Library Granted Patent US 11,996,382
Granted Patent B2
US 11,996,382 · App. 17/537,719 · Granted May 28, 2024

Palladium-coated copper bonding wire, manufacturing method of palladium-coated copper bonding wire, semiconductor device using the same, and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Mitsuo Takada (Saga, JP); Nanako Maeda (Saga, JP); Osamu Matsuzawa (Saga, JP); Ryo Ishikawa (Saga, JP); Takuya Kobayashi (Saga, JP)
Assignee: TANAKA DENSHI KOGYO K. K.
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Patent No.
US 11,996,382
App. No.
17/537,719
Granted
May 28, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A palladium-coated copper bonding wire includes: a core material containing copper as a main component; and a palladium layer on the core material, in which a concentration of palladium relative to the entire wire is 1.0 mass % or more and 4.0 mass % or less, and a work hardening coefficient in an amount of change of an elongation rate 2% or more and a maximum elongation rate ε max % or less of the wire, is 0.20 or less.

Claims (38)

1. A palladium-coated copper bonding wire, comprising: a core material containing copper as a main component; and a palladium layer on the core material,

wherein a concentration of palladium relative to the entire wire is 1.0 mass % or more and 4.0 mass % or less, and

a work hardening coefficient in a range of an elongation rate of 2% or more and a maximum elongation rate of ε max % or less, is 0.20 or less.

2. The palladium-coated copper bonding wire according to claim 1 , wherein

the palladium-coated copper bonding wire contains at least one of sulfur group elements, and a total concentration of the sulfur group elements relative to the entire wire is 50 mass ppm or less in terms of concentration as a result of removing a concentration of a sulfur group element derived from the core material containing copper as the main component.

3. The palladium-coated copper bonding wire according to claim 1 , wherein

the palladium-coated copper bonding wire contains at least one of sulfur group elements, and as a concentration obtained by removing a concentration of a sulfur group element derived from the core material containing copper as the main component from a concentration of the sulfur group elements relative to the entire wire, a concentration of sulfur is 5.0 mass ppm or more and 12.0 mass ppm or less, a concentration of selenium is 5.0 mass ppm or more and 20.0 mass ppm or less, or a concentration of tellurium is 15.0 mass ppm or more and 50.0 mass ppm or less.

4. The palladium-coated copper bonding wire according to claim 1 , wherein

the palladium-coated copper bonding wire contains one or more of trace elements selected from the group consisting of Au, Pd, Pt, Rh, Ni, In, Ga, P, Ag, Fe, and Tl, of 1 mass ppm or more and 3 mass % or less in total relative to the entire wire.

5. The palladium-coated copper bonding wire according to claim 1 , wherein

the palladium-coated copper bonding wire contains one or more of trace elements selected from the group consisting of Au, Pd, Pt, Rh, Ni, In, Ga, P, Ag, Fe, and Tl, in which when the palladium-coated copper bonding wire contains one or more selected from Au, Pd, Pt, Rh, and Ni, as the trace elements, a total content thereof is 0.05 mass % or more and 3 mass % or less relative to the entire wire, when the palladium-coated copper bonding wire contains one or more of In and Ga, as the trace elements, a total content thereof is 0.01 mass % or more and 0.7 mass % or less relative to the entire wire, when the palladium-coated copper bonding wire contains P, as the trace element, a content thereof is 5 mass ppm or more and 500 mass ppm or less relative to the entire wire, and when the palladium-coated copper bonding wire contains one or more of Ag, Fe, and Tl, as the trace elements, a total content thereof is 1 mass ppm or more and 100 mass ppm or less relative to the entire wire.

6. The palladium-coated copper bonding wire according to claim 1 , wherein

a concentration of palladium derived from the palladium layer is 1.0 mass % or more and 2.5 mass % or less relative to the entire palladium-coated copper boning wire.

7. The palladium-coated copper bonding wire according to claim 1 , further comprising a gold layer on the palladium layer.

8. The palladium-coated copper bonding wire according to claim 1 , wherein

a diameter of the palladium-coated copper bonding wire is 10 μm or more and 25 μm or less.

9. A manufacturing method of a palladium-coated copper bonding wire including: a core material containing copper as a main component; and a palladium layer on the core material, having a concentration of palladium relative to the entire wire of 1.0 to 4.0 mass %, and having a work hardening coefficient in a range of an elongation rate of 2% or more and a maximum elongation rate of ε max % or less, of 0.20 or less.

10. The manufacturing method according to claim 9 , comprising:

preparing a copper wire rod containing copper as a main component, and forming a palladium layer on a surface of the copper wire rod;

performing drawing on the copper wire rod having the palladium layer formed thereon; and

performing intermediate heat treatment at a working ratio from the completion of the formation of the palladium layer of 60% or more and 90% or less.

11. The manufacturing method according to claim 9 , comprising:

preparing a copper wire rod containing copper as a main component, and containing one or more of trace elements selected from Au, Pd, Pt, Rh, Ni, In, Ga, P, Ag, Fe, and Tl, of 1 mass ppm or more and 3 mass % or less in total relative to the entire wire, and forming a palladium layer on a surface of the copper wire rod; and

performing drawing on the copper wire rod having the palladium layer formed thereon.

12. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a semiconductor chip;

an aluminum-containing aluminum electrode provided on the semiconductor chip;

a gold or silver-coated external electrode provided outside the semiconductor chip; and

the palladium-coated copper bonding wire according to claim 1 connecting the aluminum electrode and a surface of the external electrode.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 12 , wherein

the semiconductor device forms QFP (Quad Flat Packaging), BGA (Ball Grid Array), or QFN (Quad For Non-Lead Packaging).

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 12 , wherein

the semiconductor device is for automobile use.

15. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device including: a semiconductor chip; an aluminum-containing aluminum electrode provided on the semiconductor chip; a gold or silver-coated external electrode provided outside the semiconductor chip; and a bonding wire connecting the aluminum electrode and a surface of the external electrode, the manufacturing method comprising:

preparing a palladium-coated copper bonding wire including: a core material containing copper as a main component; and a palladium layer on the core material, having a concentration of palladium relative to the entire wire of 1.0 mass % or more and 4.0 mass % or less, and having a work hardening coefficient in a range of an elongation rate of 2% or more and a maximum elongation rate ε max % or less, of 0.20 or less;

forming a free air ball at a tip of the palladium-coated copper bonding wire;

making the palladium-coated copper bonding wire to be subjected to ball bonding to the aluminum electrode via the free air ball; and

then making a portion of the palladium-coated copper bonding wire apart from the free air ball by a length of the bonding wire to be subjected to second bonding to the surface of the external electrode.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 1, 2026
From: TANAKA DENSHI KOGYO K.K.
To: TANAKA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075319/0511 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: TAKADA, MITSUO; MAEDA, NANAKO; MATSUZAWA, OSAMU; ISHIKAWA, RYO; KOBAYASHI, TAKUYA
To: TANAKA DENSHI KOGYO K.K.
Reel/Frame 058239/0272 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-104652 · Jun 4, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020010118 · Mar 9, 2020
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