Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V.

Heraeus Deutschland Gmbh & Co Kg

Technische Universitaet Berlin

Technische Unversität Berlin

Martin Schneider-Ramelow

Ute Geissler

Klaus-Dieter Lang

Eugen Milke

Herbert Reichl

Sven Thomas

Holger Gaul

The invention is related to a bonding wire containing a core having a surface. The core contains aluminum as a main component and scandium in an amount between 0.05% and 1.0%.

Aluminum alloy wire for bonding applications

A method for generating a wire bond between a wire and an electrical contact member is provided. The method comprising the steps of: pressing a first surface of a portion of the wire against a second surface of the electrical contact member with a first force while vibrating the portion of the wire along the second surface in order to generate a bond; measuring the time dependent vibration amplitude of the portion of the wire at a number of discrete time steps during the generation of the bond; measuring the time dependent deformation of said portion of the wire due to said applied first force and said vibration at a number of discrete time steps during the generation of the bond; and generating a time dependent first signal from at least said vibration amplitude and said deformation at a number of discrete time steps during the generation of the bond that is a direct measure of the stability of the bond at the respective time step.

Method and device for controlling the generation of ultrasonic wire bonds

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Berlin, Germany

Martin Schneider-Ramelow