Micro Wear Modeling in Copper Wire Wedge Bonding (bibtex)
by Paul Eichwald, Andreas Unger, Florian Eacock, Simon Althoff, Walter Sextro, Karsten Guth, Michael Brökelmann, Hunstig Matthias
Abstract:
Ultrasonic wire bonding is a common technology for connecting electrodes of electronic components like power modules. Nowadays, bond connections are often made of copper instead of aluminum due to its thermal and mechanical assets. One of the main cost factors in the wire bonding process is the acquisition cost of consumables such as bonding tools. For copper wire bonding tool lifetime is much lower than for aluminium bonding. This paper presents a micro wear model for wedge/wedge bonding tools that was validated by observing wear patterns with a scanning electron microscope. The wear coefficient is determined in long-term bonding tests. The application of Fleischer´s wear approach incorporating frictional power to a finite element simulation of the bonding processes is used to shift element nodes depending on the rising frictional power for finite element modeling. The presented simulation method can be used to take tool wear into consideration for creating tools with increased lifetime. This enables the production of reliable bond connections using heavy as well as thin wire of any material. The paper discusses the predominant influences of wear on the main tool functions and their changes over tool life. Furthermore, the influence of the tool groove angle on the tool wear was investigated. One of the main results is that the wear is largest during the last phase of each bonding process, when the contact area between tool and wire is largest.
Reference:
Eichwald, P.; Unger, A.; Eacock, F.; Althoff, S.; Sextro, W.; Guth, K.; Brökelmann, M.; Matthias, H.: Micro Wear Modeling in Copper Wire Wedge Bonding. IEEE CPMT Symposium Japan, 2016, 2016. (Preprint: https://groups.uni-paderborn.de/ldm/publications/download/Eichwald2016.pdf)
Bibtex Entry:
@INPROCEEDINGS{Eichwald2016,
  author = {Eichwald,Paul AND Unger, Andreas AND Eacock, Florian AND Althoff,
	Simon AND Sextro, Walter AND Guth, Karsten AND Brökelmann, Michael
	AND Hunstig Matthias},
  title = {Micro Wear Modeling in Copper Wire Wedge Bonding},
  booktitle = {IEEE CPMT Symposium Japan, 2016},
  year = {2016},
  abstract = {Ultrasonic wire bonding is a common technology for connecting electrodes
	of electronic components like power modules. Nowadays, bond connections
	are often made of copper instead of aluminum due to its thermal and
	mechanical assets. One of the main cost factors in the wire bonding
	process is the acquisition cost of consumables such as bonding tools.
	For copper wire bonding tool lifetime is much lower than for aluminium
	bonding. This paper presents a micro wear model for wedge/wedge bonding
	tools that was validated by observing wear patterns with a scanning
	electron microscope. The wear coefficient is determined in long-term
	bonding tests. The application of Fleischer´s wear approach incorporating
	frictional power to a finite element simulation of the bonding processes
	is used to shift element nodes depending on the rising frictional
	power for finite element modeling. The presented simulation method
	can be used to take tool wear into consideration for creating tools
	with increased lifetime. This enables the production of reliable
	bond connections using heavy as well as thin wire of any material.
	The paper discusses the predominant influences of wear on the main
	tool functions and their changes over tool life. Furthermore, the
	influence of the tool groove angle on the tool wear was investigated.
	One of the main results is that the wear is largest during the last
	phase of each bonding process, when the contact area between tool
	and wire is largest.},
  comment = {Preprint: \url{https://groups.uni-paderborn.de/ldm/publications/download/Eichwald2016.pdf}},
  file = {Eichwald2016.pdf:Eichwald2016.pdf:PDF},
  owner = {ekubi},
  timestamp = {2016.12.13}
}