IP Library Granted Patent US 12,412,864
Granted Patent B2
US 12,412,864 · App. 17/553,275 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Bonding wire for semiconductor devices

Inventors: Daizo Oda (Saitama, JP); Takumi Ohkabe (Saitama, JP); Teruo Haibara (Saitama, JP); Takashi Yamada (Saitama, JP); Tetsuya Oyamada (Tokyo, JP); Tomohiro Uno (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: NIPPON MICROMETAL CORPORATION; NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material Co., Ltd.
H01L24/45C22C5/06C22C5/10H01L24/48H01L2224/45005H01L2224/45105H01L2224/45109H01L2224/45139H01L2224/45144H01L2224/45147H01L2224/45155H01L2224/45164H01L2224/45169H01L2224/45173H01L2224/45186H01L2224/45193H01L2224/48465H01L2224/48507H01L2924/01004H01L2924/01005H01L2924/01015H01L2924/0102H01L2924/01039H01L2924/01048H01L2924/01057H01L2924/01058
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,412,864
App. No.
17/553,275
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Bonding wire for semiconductor devices contains one or more of Be, B, P, Ca, Y, La, and Ce in a total of 0.031 at % to obtain a 0.180 at %, further contains one or more of In, Ga, and Cd in a total of 0.05 at % to 5.00 at %, and has a balance of Ag and unavoidable impurities. Due to this, it is possible to obtain a bonding wire for semiconductor devices sufficiently forming an intermetallic compound layer at a ball bond interface to secure the bond strength of the ball bond, not causing neck damage even in a low loop, having a good leaning characteristic, and having a good FAB shape.

Claims (18)

1. Bonding wire for semiconductor devices consisting of:

(C-1) P of 0.060 at % to 0.180 at %, or (C-2) P and one or more of Be, B, Ca, Y, La, and Ce in a total of 0.060 at % to 0.180 at %;

one or more of In, Ga, and Cd in a total of 0.05 at % to 5.00 at %;

one or more of Ni, Cu, Rh, Pd, Pt, and Au in a total of 0.01 at % to 5.00 at %; and

a balance of Ag and unavoidable impurities.

2. The bonding wire for semiconductor devices according to claim 1 wherein when defining a ratio of a total of a number of atoms of In, Ga, and Cd with respect to a total number of atoms of metal elements as a second element atomic ratio, the second element atomic ratio at a region from a wire surface to 1 nm from the wire surface in a depth direction is 1.1 times or more the second element atomic ratio at a region from 1 nm from the wire surface to 10 nm from the wire surface in the depth direction.

3. The bonding wire for semiconductor devices according to claim 1 wherein when defining a ratio of the total of a number of atoms of In, Ga, and Cd with respect to a total number of atoms of metal elements as a second element atomic ratio, the second element atomic ratio at a region from a wire surface to 10 nm from the wire surface in a depth direction is 2 times or more the second element atomic ratio at a region from 20 nm from the wire surface to 30 nm from the wire surface in the depth direction.

4. The bonding wire for semiconductor devices according to claim 1 wherein an average crystal grain size in a cross-section perpendicular to a wire axis is 0.2 μm to 3.5 μm.

5. The bonding wire for semiconductor devices according to claim 1 , wherein when measuring a crystal direction in a wire axial direction at a cross-section parallel to a wire axis, including the wire axis, of said bonding wire, the abundance ratio of a <100> crystal direction where an angular difference with respect to the wire axial direction of said bonding wire is 15 degrees or less is, by area ratio, 30% to 100%.

6. The bonding wire for semiconductor devices according to claim 1 containing one or more of In, Ga, and Cd in a total of 2.00 at % or less.

7. Bonding wire for semiconductor devices consisting of:

(C-3) P of 0.031 at % to less than 0.060 at % or (C-4) P of 0.031 at % to less than 0.060 at % and one or more of Be, B, Ca, Y, La, and Ce in a total of 0.031 at % to 0.180 at %;

one or more of In, Ga, and Cd in a total of 0.05 at % to 5.00 at %;

one or more of Ni, Cu, Rh, Pd, Pt, and Au in a total of 0.01 at % to 5.00 at %; and

a balance of Ag and unavoidable impurities,

wherein when defining a ratio of the total of a number of atoms of In, Ga, and Cd with respect to a total number of atoms of metal elements as a second element atomic ratio, the bonding wire satisfies one or both of

(A) the second element atomic ratio at a region from a wire surface to 1 nm from the wire surface in a depth direction is 1.1 times or more the second element atomic ratio at a region from 1 nm from the wire surface to 10 nm from the wire surface in the depth direction, and

(B) the second element atomic ratio at a region from the wire surface to 10 nm from the wire surface in the depth direction is 2 times or more the second element atomic ratio at a region from 20 nm from the wire surface to 30 nm from the wire surface in the depth direction.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-090613 · Apr 28, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16067120
Related Publication 20220108971A1 · Apr 7, 2022
References Cited (36)
US 10381320B2 · Oyamada · 2019 [cited by examiner]
US 20040014266A1 · Uno et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20080240975A1 · Cho · 2008 [cited by examiner]
US 20090072399A1 · Terashima · 2009 [cited by examiner]
US 20120263624A1 · Chiba et al. · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 20140302317A1 · Antoku et al. · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 20170110430A1 · Oyamada et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20170365576A1 · Oyamada et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
CN 105492637A · 2016 [cited by applicant]
JP S60200930A · 1985 [cited by applicant]
JP H04079241A · 1992 [cited by applicant]
JP H04079243A · 1992 [cited by applicant]
JP H04079245A · 1992 [cited by applicant]
JP H11288962A · 1999 [cited by applicant]
JP 2001176912A · 2001 [cited by applicant]
JP 2006032934A · 2006 [cited by applicant]
JP 2008198977A · 2008 [cited by applicant]
JP 2012169374A · 2012 [cited by applicant]
JP 5839763B1 · 2016 [cited by applicant]
TW 201434052A · 2014 [cited by applicant]
TW 201602364A · 2016 [cited by applicant]
WO 02023618A1 · 2002 [cited by applicant]
German Office Action issued in corresponding German Patent Application No. 11 2016 005 580.3, dated Apr. 18, 2019, with English Translation. [cited by applicant]
Chinese Office Action issued in corresponding Chinese Patent Application No. 201910879473.6, dated Mar. 2, 2020 with English Translation. [cited by applicant]
Search Report issued in corresponding International Patent Application No. PCT/JP2016/078090, dated Nov. 29, 2016. [cited by applicant]
Decision to Grant a Patent issued in corresponding Japanese Patent Application No. 2017-502733, dated Aug. 8, 2017. [cited by applicant]
Notification of Reasons for Refusal issued in corresponding Japanese Patent Application No. 2017-502733, dated Jun. 13, 2017. [cited by applicant]
Notification of Reasons for Refusal issued in corresponding Japanese Patent Application No. 2017-502733, dated Apr. 18, 2017. [cited by applicant]
Taiwanese Office Action issued in corresponding Taiwanese Patent Application No. 107102564, dated Jul. 31, 2018, with English Translation. [cited by applicant]
Chinese Office Action issued in corresponding Chinese Patent Application No. 201910879473.6, dated Feb. 20, 2021, with English translation. [cited by applicant]
Non-Final Rejection issued in corresponding U.S. Appl. No. 16/067,120, dated Aug. 16, 2019. [cited by applicant]
Final Rejection issued in corresponding U.S. Appl. No. 16/067,120, dated Dec. 3, 2019. [cited by applicant]
Non-Final Rejection issued in corresponding U.S. Appl. No. 16/067,120, dated May 18, 2020. [cited by applicant]
Final Rejection issued in corresponding U.S. Appl. No. 16/067,120, dated Sep. 25, 2020. [cited by applicant]
Non-Final Rejection issued in corresponding U.S. Appl. No. 16/067,120, dated May 14, 2021. [cited by applicant]
Final Rejection issued in corresponding U.S. Appl. No. 16/067,120, dated Sep. 21, 2021. [cited by applicant]