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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1999
Masahiro Ono, Osaka, JP;
Tsukasa Shiraishi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihiro Bessho, Osaka, JP;
Kazuo Eda, Nara, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A manufacturing method for a semiconductor device using a wire bonding method using a metal wire. In the wire bonding method, an impact load applied when a metal ball formed at the tip of the metal wire by electric discharge is brought into contact with a terminal electrode of a semiconductor device is smaller than a static load applied after the metal ball is brought into contact with the terminal electrode. The method makes it possible to prevent an element or wiring from being damaged while securing the pressure necessary for bonding the metal ball to the terminal electrode even when the terminal electrode is placed on the element or the wiring.