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Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 1983

Filed:

Nov. 30, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:

Min-Chung Jon, East Windsor Township, Mercer County, NJ (US);

Vito Palazzo, Hamilton Township, Mercer County, NJ (US);

George W Sturm, Ewing Township, Mercer County, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Western Electric Co., Inc., New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73801 ; 73587 ;
Abstract

An automatic pull tester and an acoustic emission system are herein combined to analyze the failure modes of lead frames bonded to integrated circuits. By using a discriminant analysis technique, a specific failure mode can be determined in real-time by first measuring up to five variables during the pulling operation. The five variables that may be measured comprise acoustic emission signals of a first amplitude (AE1), acoustic emission signals of a second amplitude (AE2), the time elapsed until failure (.DELTA.t), the number (n) of acoustic emission bursts above a first threshold, to the peak pulling force at failure (L.sub.max). Next, the variables measured are incorporated into a plurality of predetermined functions, each function corresponding to one failure mode (FM1 to FM5). The failure mode of the bond is determined by selecting the function having the highest value (FIG. 4).


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Jon, Min-Chung. (1983). Method for determining lead frame failure modes using acoustic emission (U.S. Patent No. 4417478). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4417478

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