Study of process responses, intermetallic formation and reliability of palladium-coated copper wire bonds

• Main Author: Lim, Adeline Bee Yen
• Other Authors: Chen Zhong
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/68091
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This thesis aims to address the knowledge gaps in terms of bondability, intermetallic formation and corrosion performance between palladium-coated Cu (Pd-Cu) and bare Cu wire bonds. The research specifically targets industrial fine pitch interconnect applications where a bonding wire (bare Cu and Pd...