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Lead frame, method for partial noble plating of said lead frame and semiconductor device having said lead frame
Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co Ltd
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Filing: 1996-09-26
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Granted: 2000-03-07
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Expires: 2016-09-26
Abstract
Abstract A lead frame for a semiconductor device, made of a copper alloy, capable of preventing the creation of delamination between encapsuling resin and attributable to a lead frame without sacrificing the wire bondability and, a process for producing the lead frame and a semiconductor device using the lead frame. According to the present invention, (1) there is provided a lead frame for a plastic molded type semiconductor device, made of a copper alloy material partially plated with at least one noble metal, for wire bonding or die bonding purposes, selected from silver, gold, and palladium, wherein the whole area or a predetermined area of the surface of the copper at least on its side to be contacted with a encapsuling resin has a thin noble metal plating of at least one member selected from silver, gold, platinum, and palladium. (2) A copper strike plating is provided as a primer plating for the partial noble plating, a copper plating is provided on the thin noble metal plating, and the partial noble metal plating is provided on the copper plating in its predetermined area. (3) A die pad for mounting a semiconductor chip is provided, a partial silver plating is provided, and a zinc flash plating and a copper strike plating are provided in that order at least one on the surface of copper in the back surface of the die pad remote from the surface on which the semiconductor chip is mounted.
Inventors
- 👤 Hideo Horita
- 👤 Chiaki Hatsuta
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 23:11
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W70/00; H10W70/40; H10W70/456; H10W70/457; H10W72/00; H10W72/071; H10W72/073; H10W72/075; H10W72/30; H10W72/321; H10W72/325; H10W72/351; H10W72/352; H10W72/50; H10W72/531; H10W72/536; H10W72/5363; H10W72/551; H10W72/552; H10W72/5522; H10W72/5525; H10W72/59; H10W72/851; H10W72/874; H10W72/884; H10W72/90; H10W72/951; H10W72/952; H10W74/00; H10W90/00; H10W90/701; H10W90/731; H10W90/736; H10W90/751; H10W90/756; H10W99/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
123 words
A lead frame, for a plastic molded type semiconductor device, made of a copper alloy material partially plated with at least one noble metal, for wire bonding or die bonding purposes, selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, and palladium, wherein the whole area or a predetermined area of the surface of the copper alloy material at least on a side of said lead frame to be contacted with an encapsulating resin has a thin noble metal plating of at least one member selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, platinum, and palladium, wherein said thin noble metal plating has a thickness of 0.001 to 0.5 μm and said partial noble metal plating has a thickness of 1.5 to 10 μm.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
123 words
A lead frame, for a plastic molded type semiconductor device, made of a copper alloy material partially plated with at least one noble metal, for wire bonding or die bonding purposes, selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, and palladium, wherein the whole area or a predetermined area of the surface of the copper alloy material at least on a side of said lead frame to be contacted with an encapsulating resin has a thin noble metal plating of at least one member selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, platinum, and palladium, wherein said thin noble metal plating has a thickness of 0.001 to 0.5 μm and said partial noble metal plating has a thickness of 1.5 to 10 μm.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The lead frame according to claim 1, wherein the partial noble metal plating is partial silver plating and the thin noble metal plating is thin silver plating.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
122 words
A semiconductor device comprising a lead frame, for a plastic molded type semiconductor device, comprising a copper alloy material partially plated with at least one noble metal, for wire bonding or die bonding purposes, selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, and palladium, wherein the whole area or a predetermined area of the surface of the copper alloy material at least on a side of said lead frame in contact with an encapsulating resin is coated with a thin noble metal plating selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, platinum, and palladium, wherein said thin noble metal plating has a thickness of 0.001 to 0.5 μm and said partial noble metal plating has a thickness of 1.5 to 10 μm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
122 words
A semiconductor device comprising a lead frame, for a plastic molded type semiconductor device, comprising a copper alloy material partially plated with at least one noble metal, for wire bonding or die bonding purposes, selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, and palladium, wherein the whole area or a predetermined area of the surface of the copper alloy material at least on a side of said lead frame in contact with an encapsulating resin is coated with a thin noble metal plating selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, platinum, and palladium, wherein said thin noble metal plating has a thickness of 0.001 to 0.5 μm and said partial noble metal plating has a thickness of 1.5 to 10 μm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
54 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 3, wherein a copper oxide film is formed in the same region as the thin noble metal plating, the concentration of the noble metal in the copper oxide film being not less than 0.1 atomic % and less than 20 atomic % as measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
155 words
A lead frame, for a plastic molded type semiconductor device, made of a copper alloy material partially plated with at least one noble metal, for wire bonding or die bonding purposes, selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, and palladium, a copper strike plating being provided as a primer plating for the partial noble metal plating, wherein the whole area or a predetermined area of the surface of the copper alloy material at least on a side of said lead frame to be contacted with an encapsulating resin has a thin noble metal plating of at least one member selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, platinum, and palladium, the partial noble metal plating being provided on a predetermined area of the copper strike plating, wherein said thin noble metal plating has a thickness of 0.001 to 0.5 μm and said partial noble metal plating has a thickness of 1.5 to 10 μm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
155 words
A lead frame, for a plastic molded type semiconductor device, made of a copper alloy material partially plated with at least one noble metal, for wire bonding or die bonding purposes, selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, and palladium, a copper strike plating being provided as a primer plating for the partial noble metal plating, wherein the whole area or a predetermined area of the surface of the copper alloy material at least on a side of said lead frame to be contacted with an encapsulating resin has a thin noble metal plating of at least one member selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, platinum, and palladium, the partial noble metal plating being provided on a predetermined area of the copper strike plating, wherein said thin noble metal plating has a thickness of 0.001 to 0.5 μm and said partial noble metal plating has a thickness of 1.5 to 10 μm.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
The lead frame according to claim 5, wherein the partial noble metal plating is partial silver plating and the thin noble metal plating is thin silver plating.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
169 words
A semiconductor device comprising a lead frame, for a plastic molded type semiconductor device, comprising a copper alloy material partially plated with at least one noble metal, for wire bonding or die bonding purposes, selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, and palladium, a copper strike plating being provided as a primer plating for the partial noble metal plating, wherein the whole area or a predetermined area of the surface of the copper alloy material on at least one of the sides of said lead frame in contact with an encapsulating resin is coated with a thin noble metal plating selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, platinum, and palladium, the copper strike plating being provided on the thin noble metal plating and the partial noble metal plating is provided on a predetermined area of the copper strike plating, wherein said thin noble metal plating has a thickness of 0.001 to 0.5 μm and said partial noble metal plating has a thickness of 1.5 to 10 μm.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
169 words
A semiconductor device comprising a lead frame, for a plastic molded type semiconductor device, comprising a copper alloy material partially plated with at least one noble metal, for wire bonding or die bonding purposes, selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, and palladium, a copper strike plating being provided as a primer plating for the partial noble metal plating, wherein the whole area or a predetermined area of the surface of the copper alloy material on at least one of the sides of said lead frame in contact with an encapsulating resin is coated with a thin noble metal plating selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, platinum, and palladium, the copper strike plating being provided on the thin noble metal plating and the partial noble metal plating is provided on a predetermined area of the copper strike plating, wherein said thin noble metal plating has a thickness of 0.001 to 0.5 μm and said partial noble metal plating has a thickness of 1.5 to 10 μm.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
54 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 7, wherein a copper oxide film is formed in the same region as the thin noble metal plating, the concentration of the noble metal in the copper oxide film being not less than 0.1 at % and less than 20 at % as measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
111 words
A lead frame, for a plastic molded type semiconductor device, comprising a copper alloy material, provided with a die pad for mounting a semiconductor chip and partially plated with silver for wire bonding or die bonding purposes, wherein a zinc flash plating and a copper strike plating as primer plating for the silver plating are provided at least on the surface of the copper alloy material on the back surface of the die pad remote from the surface on which the semiconductor chip is mounted, said zinc flash plating being provided on the surface of said copper alloy material and said copper strike plating being provided on said zinc flash plating.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
111 words
A lead frame, for a plastic molded type semiconductor device, comprising a copper alloy material, provided with a die pad for mounting a semiconductor chip and partially plated with silver for wire bonding or die bonding purposes, wherein a zinc flash plating and a copper strike plating as primer plating for the silver plating are provided at least on the surface of the copper alloy material on the back surface of the die pad remote from the surface on which the semiconductor chip is mounted, said zinc flash plating being provided on the surface of said copper alloy material and said copper strike plating being provided on said zinc flash plating.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
35 words
The lead frame according to claim 9, wherein the zinc flash plating or the copper strike plating as a primer plating for the silver plating is provided on the whole surface of the lead frame.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
27 words
The lead frame according to claim 9, wherein the thickness of the zinc flash plating is not less than 0.001 μm and not more than 0.5 μm.
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