Copper wires are nowadays replacing the traditional Au material in wire bonding interconnections, due to lower cost, better thermal/electrical properties and reliability performances. The increased hardness of Cu imposes higher bonding force and ultrasonic power during the wire-bonding process, increasing the risk of stress-induced bondpad damage. The aim of the presented work has been the modeling and characterization of stress and deformations resulting from the ball-bonding phase. A Finite Element Model has been developed and benchmarked with experimental samples obtained by freezing the ball bonding process at different steps, on which the deformations occurred in the bonded copper ball and in the bondpad layers have been measured through Plasma-FIB cross sections.
Copper wire bonding process characterization and simulation
Calabretta M.Ultimo
2020-01-01
Abstract
Copper wires are nowadays replacing the traditional Au material in wire bonding interconnections, due to lower cost, better thermal/electrical properties and reliability performances. The increased hardness of Cu imposes higher bonding force and ultrasonic power during the wire-bonding process, increasing the risk of stress-induced bondpad damage. The aim of the presented work has been the modeling and characterization of stress and deformations resulting from the ball-bonding phase. A Finite Element Model has been developed and benchmarked with experimental samples obtained by freezing the ball bonding process at different steps, on which the deformations occurred in the bonded copper ball and in the bondpad layers have been measured through Plasma-FIB cross sections.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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