US4875618A
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Wire stacked bonding method
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1987-10-27
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Granted: 1989-10-24
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Expires: 2007-10-27
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to joining of fine wires, and more particularly to a wire bonding method suitable for connecting a number of wires within a narrow area. A first wire is bonded on a pad, and a second wire is bonded on the position where the first wire has been bonded. Bonding of a subsequent wire is performed in that the wire is stacked and bonded in similar manner mentioned above. Thus a plurality of repair wires can be bonded within one pad even if the pad area is very small.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroshi Hasegawa
- 👤 Koichi Sugimoto
- 👤 Takeshi Yano
- 👤 Tositada Netsu
- 👤 Mitsukiyo Tani
- 👤 Tosaku Kojima
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 13:56
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R4/00; H01R4/02; B; B23; B23K; B23K20/00; B23K20/002; B23K20/004; B23K20/005; B23K20/007; H10; H10W; H10W72/00; H10W72/01; H10W72/015; H10W72/01551; H10W72/071; H10W72/0711; H10W72/07141; H10W72/075; H10W72/07511; H10W72/07521; H10W72/07531; H10W72/07532; H10W72/07533; H10W72/50; H10W72/531; H10W72/536; H10W72/5363; H10W72/5366; H10W72/541; H10W72/5434; H10W72/547; H10W72/5475; H10W72/90; H10W72/931; H10W72/932
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
219 words
A wire stacked bonding method wherein ends of a plurality of wires are stacked on a bonding pad which comprises a first series of steps including: a step of melting an end of one wire of a plurality of wires to form a ball at the end of the wire; a step of positioning the ball on a planar surface of the bonding pad with the wire extending in parallel with the planar surface; and a step of heating and pressing the ball to form the ball into a first disc-like form and to bond the first disc-like form to said bonding pad; followed by a second series of steps including: a step of heating an end of another wire of said plurality of wires to form a ball at the end of the other wire; a step of positioning the ball at the end of the other wire on an exposed surface of the first disc-like form with the other wire extending in parallel with the surface of the bonding pad; a step of heating and pressing the ball to form a second disc-like form and to bond the second disc-like form onto the surface of the first disc-like form bonded to the bonding pad thereby forming a stack of the disc-like forms bonded onto the bonding pad.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
219 words
A wire stacked bonding method wherein ends of a plurality of wires are stacked on a bonding pad which comprises a first series of steps including: a step of melting an end of one wire of a plurality of wires to form a ball at the end of the wire; a step of positioning the ball on a planar surface of the bonding pad with the wire extending in parallel with the planar surface; and a step of heating and pressing the ball to form the ball into a first disc-like form and to bond the first disc-like form to said bonding pad; followed by a second series of steps including: a step of heating an end of another wire of said plurality of wires to form a ball at the end of the other wire; a step of positioning the ball at the end of the other wire on an exposed surface of the first disc-like form with the other wire extending in parallel with the surface of the bonding pad; a step of heating and pressing the ball to form a second disc-like form and to bond the second disc-like form onto the surface of the first disc-like form bonded to the bonding pad thereby forming a stack of the disc-like forms bonded onto the bonding pad.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
A wire stacked bonding method according to claim 1, wherein said steps of positioning each of a plurality of wires in parallel with the surface of the bonding pad are effected with a capillary.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
A wire stacked bonding method according to claim 1, further comprising arranging a portion of each of the plurality of bonding wires to extend in a longitudinal direction parallel with a surface of the bonding pad.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
A wire stacked bonding method according to claim 1, wherein the steps of heating and pressing each ball to deform the ball into a disc-like form are effected with a heater chip.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
A wire stacked bonding method according to claim 1, wherein each of said wires are arranged in a longitudinal direction extending in the same direction from a circumference of a stack of said disc-like forms.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
A wire stacked bonding method according to claim 1, further comprising repeating the second series of steps to bond at least another wire to the stack of wires bonded onto the bonding pad.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
140 words
A wire stacked bonding method comprising: a step of positioning an end of a wire projecting from a capillary near a terminal of an electric torch device; a step of effecting electrical discharge between said wire and said terminal to melt said end of the wire to form a ball; a step of positioning said wire in parallel with a planar surface of a bonding pad and positioning said ball on the bonding pad with the capillary; a step of heating said ball and pressing said ball with a heater chip to deform said ball into a disc-like form and to bond said disc-like form to said bonding pad; and repeating the preceding steps to effect bonding of another wire onto the bonded disc-like form to thereby form a plurality of stacked and bonded disc-like forms on said bonding pad.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
140 words
A wire stacked bonding method comprising: a step of positioning an end of a wire projecting from a capillary near a terminal of an electric torch device; a step of effecting electrical discharge between said wire and said terminal to melt said end of the wire to form a ball; a step of positioning said wire in parallel with a planar surface of a bonding pad and positioning said ball on the bonding pad with the capillary; a step of heating said ball and pressing said ball with a heater chip to deform said ball into a disc-like form and to bond said disc-like form to said bonding pad; and repeating the preceding steps to effect bonding of another wire onto the bonded disc-like form to thereby form a plurality of stacked and bonded disc-like forms on said bonding pad.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
37 words
A wire stacked bonding method according to claim 7, wherein each of a plurality of wires bonded to form said stack are arranged to extend in longitudinal directions in parallel with a surface of the bonding pad.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
A wire stacked bonding method according to claim 8, wherein said longitudinal directions of said bonded wires extend in the same direction drawn from a circumference of the stack of disc-like forms.
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