Device packages having stable wirebonds

Details Device packages having stable wirebonds Device packages having stable wirebonds

2008-01-01

2008-01-01

Fourson, George (Department: 2823)

Semiconductor device manufacturing: process

Packaging or treatment of packaged semiconductor

Making plural separate devices

C438S123000, C438S466000, C438S617000, C257SE23025

Reexamination Certificate

active

10702875

ABSTRACT:
A method of making a packaged electrical device comprises the steps of (a) connecting one end of a wire to a first point (e.g., a first electrical node) in the package, and (b) connecting the other end of the wire to a second point (e.g., a second electrical node) in the package, characterized by (c) causing energy from an external source to heat at least one predetermined segment of the wire to a temperature that is below its melting point (MP) but not below its recrystallization temperature (RCT), and (d) cooling the heated segment to a temperature below its RCT [e.g., to room temperature (RT)], thereby to increase the stiffness modulus of the segment. In one embodiment, the external source is a laser whose optical output is absorbed by the segment. In another embodiment, the heated segment is rapidly cooled (i.e., quenched) to RT. In an embodiment suitable for use with IC chips that have a multiplicity of side-by-side wirebonds, apparatus for heating and cooling the segments and/or the IC chips is located on an x-y table, which allows the wirebonds and the apparatus to be scanned sequentially relative to one another. By increasing the stiffness of at least one segment of each wire, our process increases the physical stability of all of the wires and thereby enables finer wires to be utilized in the fabrication of high-density I/O packaged devices.

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