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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Timothy W. Ellis, Doylestown, PA (US);
Nikhil Murdeshwar, Abington, PA (US);
Mark A. Eshelman, Lansdale, PA (US);
Assignee:
Kulicke & Soffa Investments, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/348 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/348 ;
Abstract
Methods of protecting from atmospheric contaminants, or removing atmospheric contaminants from, the bonding surfaces of copper semiconductor bond pads by coating a bond pad with a layer of a ceramic material having a thickness that is suitable for soldering without fluxing and that is sufficiently frangible during ball or wedge wire bonding to obtain metal-to-metal contact between the bonding surfaces and the wires bonded thereto. Coated semiconductor wafers are also disclosed.