Method for connecting semiconductor material and semiconductor device used in connecting method
AssigneeTanaka Denshi Kogyo K.K.
InventorToshinori Ogashiwa
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Abstract
This invention relates to a connection method for a semiconductor material enabling a formation of a bump electrode with a wire bonder, keeping always a cutting position of the wire at a specified position and improving a continuous workability and stability and to a connection material to be used in the connecting method, wherein any one of Pb, Sn, In is applied as a major element and the alloy having additive elements mixed with it is made as a fine wire under a rapid cooling and condensation process and further to a semiconductor device made by the above-mentioned connecting method.
Claims24
A connection method for a semiconductor material comprising inserting a fine alloy wire through a capillary tube of a wire bonder, heating an end of the fine alloy wire to form a ball on an upper surface of a lead line or an upper surface of the semiconductor material, pulling the fine alloy wire while the ball is adhered to the upper surface of the lead line or the upper surface of the semiconductor material to cut the ball at a root part to form a bump electrode on the upper surface of the lead line or the upper surface of the semiconductor material so that the semiconductor material is connected through the bump electrode, and the fine alloy wire comprising a Pb alloy including 0.001 wt % to 50 wt % of at least one additional element selected from the group consisting of Sn, In, Be, B, C, Mg, Al, Si, P, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Se, Zr, Nb, Mo, Pd, Ag, Cd, Sb, Te, Ir, Pt, Au, Tl, Bi, and mixtures thereof, and a balance of Pb, and said fine wire is made under a rapid cooling and condensation process having a time of 10.sup.3 .degree. to 10.sup.5 .degree. C./sec.
A connection method for a semiconductor material comprising inserting a fine alloy wire through a capillary tube of a wire bonder, heating an end of the fine alloy wire to form a ball on an upper surface of a lead line or an upper surface of the semiconductor material, pulling the fine alloy wire while the ball is adhered to the upper surface of the lead line or the upper surface of the semiconductor material to cut the ball at a root part to form a bump electrode on the upper surface of the lead line or the upper surface of the semiconductor material so that the semiconductor material is connected through the bump electrode, and the fine alloy wire comprising a Sn alloy including 0.001 wt % to 50 wt % of at least one additional element selected from the group consisting of Pb, In, Be, B, C, Mg, Al, Si, P, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Se, Zr, Nb, Mo, Pd, Ag, Cd, Sb, Te, Ir, Pt, Au, Tl, Bi, and mixtures thereof, and a balance of Sn, and said fine wire is made under a rapid cooling and condensation process having a time of 10.sup.3 .degree. to 10.sup.5 .degree. C./sec.
A connection method for a semiconductor material comprising inserting a fine alloy wire through a capillary tube of a wire bonder, heating an end of the fine alloy wire to form a ball on an upper surface of a lead line or an upper surface of the semiconductor material, pulling the fine alloy wire while the ball is adhered to the upper surface of the lead line or the upper surface of the semiconductor material to cut the ball at a root part to form a bump electrode on the upper surface of the lead line or the upper surface of the semiconductor material so that the semiconductor material is connected through the bump electrode, and the fine alloy wire comprising an In alloy including 1 wt % to 2 wt % of at least one additional element selected from the group consisting of Pb, Sn, Be, B, C, Mg, Al, Si, P, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Se, Zr, Nb, Mo, Pd, Ag, Cd, Sb, Te, Ir, Pt, Au, Tl, Bi, and mixtures thereof, and a balance of In, and said fine wire is made under a rapid cooling and condensation process having a time of 10.sup.3 .degree. to 10.sup.5 .degree. C./sec.
A semiconductor device comprising a main body composed of a member selected from the group consisting of Pb, Sn and In, said main body being electrically connected to a lead line through a bump electrode formed from a fine alloy wire inserted through a capillary tube of a wire bonder, said fine alloy wire comprising a Pb alloy including 0.001 wt % to 50 wt % of at least one additional element selected from the group consisting of Sn, In, Be, B, C, Mg, Al, Si, P, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Se, Zr, Nb, Mo, Pd, Ag, Cd, Sb, Te, Ir, Pt, Au, Tl, Bi, and mixtures thereof, and a balance of Pb, and said fine wire is made under a rapid cooling and condensation process having a time of 10.sup.3 .degree. to 10.sup.5 .degree. C./sec.
A semiconductor device comprising a main body composed of a member selected from the group consisting of Pb, Sn and In, said main body being electrically connected to a lead line through a bump electrode formed from a fine alloy wire inserted through a capillary tube of a wire bonder, said fine alloy wire comprising a Sn alloy including 0.001 wt % to 50 wt % of at least one additional element selected from the group consisting of Pb, In, Be, B, C, Mg, Al, Si, P, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Se, Zr, Nb, Mo, Pd, Ag, Cd, Sb, Te, Ir, Pt, Au, Tl, Bi, and mixtures thereof, and a balance of Sn, and said fine wire is made under a rapid cooling and condensation process having a time of 10.sup.3 .degree. to 10.sup.5 .degree. C./sec.
A semiconductor device comprising a main body composed of a member selected from the group consisting of Pb, Sn and In, said main body being electrically connected to a lead line through a bump electrode formed from a fine alloy wire inserted through a capillary tube of a wire bonder, said fine alloy wire comprising an In alloy including 1 wt % to 2 wt % of at least one additional element selected from the group consisting of Pb, Sn, Be, B, C, Mg, Al, Si, P, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Se, Zr, Nb, Mo, Pd, Ag, Cd, Sb, Te, Ir, Pt, Au, Tl, Bi, and mixtures thereof, and a balance of In, and said fine wire is made under a rapid cooling and condensation process having a time of 10.sup.3 .degree. to 10.sup.5 .degree. C./sec.
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