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-====== Introduction ====== 
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 Wire bonding is an umbrella term for several different processes which attach wires from the bond pads of an IC die to the package leadframe. Wire bonding is an umbrella term for several different processes which attach wires from the bond pads of an IC die to the package leadframe.
  
-During reverse engineering activities, it is often necessary to [[bonding:removal|remove unwanted bonds]] and/or [[bonding:rebond|re-bond depackaged devices]]. +During reverse engineering activities, it is often necessary to [[bonding:removal|remove unwanted bonds]] and/or re-bond depackaged devices.
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-====== Processes ====== +
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-Several different bonding processes are in common use. These are: +
-  * [[bonding:ball|Thermosonic ball bonding]] +
-  * [[bonding:wedge|Thermosonic wedge bonding]] +
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-====== Bond wire materials ====== +
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-Wedge bonds are typically gold or aluminum. +
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-Ball bonds were almost always made of gold until fairly recently, but c. 2010 increases in the price of gold caused many companies to begin exploring copper wire bonding due to its lower cost (and electrical resistance). Copper is much more reactive than gold, however, so the process is somewhat more complex since the ball must be formed inside an inert or reducing atmosphere. Typically forming gas (90% N2 / 10% H2) is released from a nozzle near the tip of the capillary and held in place by a cup-shaped shield while the arc is struck. +
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-As a result, copper ball bonders can be used with gold wire (by turning off the supply of shielding gas) but copper wire cannot be used with a bonder originally designed for gold unless a gas shield system is retrofit. +
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-====== Wedge bond ====== +
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-{{:bond:wedge_bond.jpg?300}} +
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-====== Ball bond ====== +
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-{{zoidberg:ball_bond_02_neo20x_cropped.jpg?300}} +
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-{{smithsonian:ball_bond.jpg}} +
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-Above: source: SI report +
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-====== Leadframe bonding ====== +
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-{{:mcmaster:bonding:leadframe_bond.jpg?300|}}+
  
-Above: a low power device with direct leadframe bonding+Information on bonding technologies: 
 +  * [[bonding:flipchip]]
  
-IIRC sometimes used on memory devices+For information on how to do bonding (equipment, techniques, etc) see: https://microwiki.org/wiki/index.php/Bonder
  
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