Ottobrunn, 31.10.07

Using aluminium coated gold wires offers many advantages for some products, such as sensors for automotive applications. It allows to use the advantages of the chemical stability of gold wire bonds without having to expose the component to temperatures of 150 °C. Heating complex plas-tic packages is exceedingly complicated and requires multiple-stage heating systems, often com-bined with heated air jet systems to avoid overheating the plastic.

Until recently the relatively short life time of the bonding wedges limited the advantages of using coated wires significantly. In extreme cases and especially when using fine wires the bond tools had to be exchanged after only a few hundred bonds.

After in-depth analysis of bond tool vibration and the mechanisms of bond formation F&K Delvotec has succeeded in a joint project with the leading users of this technology to make over 100,000 bonds without having to change the bond tool. This life time is comparable to conventional wedge bonding of aluminium or gold wire and makes this technology far more attractive for a wide commercial use.

F&K Delvotec is a leading supplier of bonding equipment with a worldwide customer base. Customers are semi¬conductor manufacturers and companies in all areas of the microelectronics industry.

F&K Delvotec’s goal is to deliver highest quality bond processes based on state of the art bonding equipment as well as service and support to the industry.

F&K Delvotec offers the widest range of wire bonders and bond test and inspection systems available in the market for the production of discrete devices, ICs, hybrid systems and sensors, as well as multi-chip modules (MCM), chip-on-board (COB) applications and MEMS. F&K Delvotec’s customers are leaders in the semiconductor industry, power components, medical applications, automotive and transportation industry, photonics and laser, computer and peripherals, tele- and data-communication, industrial applications, sensor components, military and defence as well as aerospace applications.

Press Contacts for this product:

Philip Homami, Sales & Marketing Manager Europe
Email: philip.homami@de.fkdelvotec.com
Phone: +49 89-62995-125

Dr. Josef Sedlmair, Coordinator Sales International
Email: josef.sedlmair@de.fkdelvotec.com
Phone: +49 89-62995-142

Melanie Bradley, Sales & Marketing Assistant Europe
Email: Melanie.Bradley@de.fkdelvotec.com
Phone: +49 89-62995-122