Patents by Inventor Motoki ETO

Motoki ETO has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12290883
    Abstract: There is provided a novel alloy-coated Cu bonding wire that achieves a favorable FAB shape and also a favorable initial bondability of a 2nd bonding part including adhesion of the 2nd bonding part, and that reduces a galvanic corrosion in a high-temperature environment to achieve a favorable bond reliability of the 2nd bonding part. The alloy-coated Cu bonding wire includes a core material of Cu or Cu alloy, and a coating layer having a total concentration of Pd and Ni of 90 atomic % or more formed on a surface of the core material. The bonding wire is characterized in that: in a concentration profile in a depth direction of the wire obtained by performing measurement using Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) so that the number of measurement points in the depth direction is 50 or more for the coating layer, a thickness of the coating layer is 10 nm or more and 130 nm or less, an average value X is 0.1 or more and 35.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON MICROMETAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daizo Oda, Motoki Eto, Ryo Oishi
  • Publication number: 20250114877
    Abstract: There is provided a novel alloy-coated Cu bonding wire that achieves a favorable FAB shape and also a favorable initial bondability of a 2nd bonding part including adhesion of the 2nd bonding part, and that reduces a galvanic corrosion in a high-temperature environment to achieve a favorable bond reliability of the 2nd bonding part. The alloy-coated Cu bonding wire includes a core material of Cu or Cu alloy, and a coating layer having a total concentration of Pd and Ni of 90 atomic % or more formed on a surface of the core material. The bonding wire is characterized in that: in a concentration profile in a depth direction of the wire obtained by performing measurement using Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) so that the number of measurement points in the depth direction is 50 or more for the coating layer, a thickness of the coating layer is 10 nm or more and 130 nm or less, an average value X is 0.1 or more and 35.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Daizo ODA, Motoki ETO, Ryo OISHI
  • Patent number: 12166006
    Abstract: A bonding wire includes a core material of Cu or Cu alloy, and a coating layer containing a conductive metal other than Cu on a surface of the core material. In a concentration profile in a depth direction of the wire obtained, an average value of sum of a Pd concentration CPd (atomic %) and an Ni concentration CNi (atomic %) for measurement points in the coating layer is 50 atomic % or more, an average value of a ratio of CPd to CNi for measurement points in the coating layer is from 0.2 to 20 and a thickness of the coating layer is from 20 nm to 180 nm. An Au concentration CAu at a surface of the wire is from 10 atomic % to 85 atomic %. An average size of crystal grains in a circumferential direction of the wire is from 35 nm to 200 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material Co., Ltd., NIPPON MICROMETAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Uno, Tetsuya Oyamada, Daizo Oda, Motoki Eto
  • Patent number: 12132025
    Abstract: There is provided a metal-coated Al bonding wire which can provide a sufficient bonding reliability of bonded parts of the bonding wire under a high temperature state where a semiconductor device using the metal-coated Al bonding wire is operated. The bonding wire includes a core wire of Al or Al alloy, and a coating layer of Ag, Au or an alloy containing them formed on the outer periphery of the core wire, and the bonding wire is characterized in that when measuring crystal orientations on a cross-section of the core wire in a direction perpendicular to a wire axis of the bonding wire, a crystal orientation <111> angled at 15 degrees or less to a wire longitudinal direction has a proportion of 30 to 90% among crystal orientations in the wire longitudinal direction. Preferably, the surface roughness of the wire is 2 ?m or less in terms of Rz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignees: NIPPON MICROMETAL CORPORATION, NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamada, Akihito Nishibayashi, Teruo Haibara, Daizo Oda, Motoki Eto, Tetsuya Oyamada, Takayuki Kobayashi, Tomohiro Uno
  • Patent number: 12132026
    Abstract: A bonding wire includes a core material of Cu or Cu alloy, and a coating layer containing a conductive metal other than Cu on a surface of the core material. In a concentration profile in a depth direction of the wire obtained, an average value of sum of a Pd concentration CPd (atomic %) and an Ni concentration CNi (atomic %) for measurement points in the coating layer is 50 atomic % or more, an average value of a ratio of CPd to CNi for measurement points in the coating layer is from 0.2 to 20 and a thickness of the coating layer is from 20 nm to 180 nm. An Au concentration CAu at a surface of the wire is from 10 atomic % to 85 atomic %. An average size of crystal grains in a circumferential direction of the wire is from 35 nm to 200 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material Co., Ltd., NIPPON MICROMETAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Uno, Tetsuya Oyamada, Daizo Oda, Motoki Eto
  • Patent number: 12090578
    Abstract: There is provided an Al bonding wire which can provide a sufficient bonding reliability of bonded parts of the bonding wire under a high temperature state where a semiconductor device using the Al bonding wire is operated. The bonding wire is composed of Al or Al alloy, and is characterized in that an average crystal grain size in a cross-section of a core wire in a direction perpendicular to a wire axis of the bonding wire is 0.01 to 50 ?m, and when measuring crystal orientations on the cross-section of the core wire in the direction perpendicular to the wire axis of the bonding wire, a crystal orientation <111> angled at 15 degrees or less to a wire longitudinal direction has a proportion of 30 to 90% among crystal orientations in the wire longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: NIPPON MICROMETAL CORPORATION, NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamada, Akihito Nishibayashi, Teruo Haibara, Daizo Oda, Motoki Eto, Tetsuya Oyamada, Takayuki Kobayashi, Tomohiro Uno
  • Publication number: 20240297142
    Abstract: To provide a novel Cu bonding wire that achieves a favorable FAB shape and a favorable bondability of the 2nd bonded part, and further achieves favorable bond reliability even in a rigorous high-temperature environment. The bonding wire for semiconductor devices includes: a core material of Cu or Cu alloy; and a coating layer containing conductive metal other than Cu formed on a surface of the core material, wherein the coating layer has a region containing Ni as a main component on a core material side, and has a region containing Au and Ni on a wire surface side, in a thickness direction of the coating layer, a thickness of the coating layer is 10 nm or more and 130 nm or less, a ratio CAu/CNi of a concentration CAu (mass %) of Au to a concentration CNi (mass %) of Ni relative to the entire wire is 0.02 or more and 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Daizo ODA, Motoki ETO, Takashi YAMADA, Teruo HAIBARA, Ryo OISHI
  • Publication number: 20240290745
    Abstract: The bonding wire for semiconductor devices includes a core material of Cu or Cu alloy and a coating layer containing conductive metal other than Cu formed on a surface of the core material. The coating layer has a region containing Ni as a main component on a core material side, and has a region containing Au and Ni on a wire surface side, in a thickness direction of the coating layer, a thickness of the coating layer is 10 nm or more and 130 nm or less, a ratio of a concentration CAu (mass %) of Au to a concentration CNi (mass %) of Ni relative to the entire wire is 0.02<CAu/CNi?0.7, and a concentration of Au at the surface of the wire is 10 atomic % or more and 90 atomic % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Daizo ODA, Motoki ETO, Takashi YAMADA, Teruo HAIBARA, Ryo OISHI
  • Publication number: 20240290744
    Abstract: The bonding wire for semiconductor devices includes a core material of Cu or Cu alloy and a coating layer containing conductive metal other than Cu formed on a surface of the core material. The coating layer has a region containing Pd as a main component on a core material side, and has a region containing Ni and Pd in a range from a wire surface to a depth of 0.5 d, the thickness d (nm) of the coating layer is 10?d?130, a ratio of a concentration CNi (mass %) of Ni to a concentration CPd (mass %) of Pd relative to the entire wire is 0.02<CNi/CPd?0.7, and a position indicating a maximum concentration of Ni which is 10 atomic % or more, is present in the range from the wire surface to a depth of 0.5 d in a concentration profile in a depth direction of the wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Daizo ODA, Motoki ETO, Takashi YAMADA, Teruo HAIBARA, Ryo OISHI
  • Publication number: 20240290743
    Abstract: There is provided a novel Cu bonding wire that achieves a favorable FAB shape and achieves a favorable bond reliability of the 2nd bonded part even in a rigorous high-temperature environment. The bonding wire for semiconductor devices is characterized in that the bonding wire includes: a core material of Cu or Cu alloy; and a coating layer containing conductive metal other than Cu formed on a surface of the core material, wherein the coating layer has a region containing Pd as a main component on a core material side, and has a region containing Ni and Pd in a range from a wire surface to a depth of 0.5 d when a thickness of the coating layer is defined as d (nm) in a thickness direction of the coating layer, the thickness d of the coating layer is 10 nm or more and 130 nm or less, a ratio CNi/CPd of a concentration CNi (mass %) of Ni to a concentration CPd (mass %) of Pd relative to the entire wire is 0.02 or more and 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Daizo ODA, Motoki ETO, Takashi YAMADA, Teruo HAIBARA, Ryo OISHI
  • Publication number: 20240266313
    Abstract: A bonding wire includes a core material of Cu or Cu alloy, and a coating layer containing a conductive metal other than Cu on a surface of the core material. In a concentration profile in a depth direction of the wire obtained, an average value of sum of a Pd concentration CPd (atomic %) and an Ni concentration CNi (atomic %) for measurement points in the coating layer is 50 atomic % or more, an average value of a ratio of CPd to CNi for measurement points in the coating layer is from 0.2 to 20 and a thickness of the coating layer is from 20 nm to 180 nm. An Au concentration CAu at a surface of the wire is from 10 atomic % to 85 atomic %. An average size of crystal grains in a circumferential direction of the wire is from 35 nm to 200 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Tomohiro UNO, Tetsuya OYAMADA, Daizo ODA, Motoki ETO
  • Publication number: 20240110262
    Abstract: There is provided an Al wiring material which can achieve sufficient bond reliability of bonded parts in a high-temperature environment at the time when a semiconductor device operates. The Al wiring material containing one or more of Pd and Pt so as to satisfy 3?x1a?90 or 10?x1b?250, and 3?(x1a+x1b)?300, where x1a and x1b are respectively a content of Pd [mass ppm] and a content of Pt [mass ppm], with the balance comprising Al, and an average crystal grain diameter on a cross-section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the Al wiring material is 3 to 35 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Tomohiro UNO, Yuya SUTO, Tetsuya OYAMADA, Daizo ODA, Yuto KURIHARA, Motoki ETO
  • Publication number: 20240105668
    Abstract: There is provided a novel Al wiring material that achieves both of a suppression of chip damage and a thermal shock resistance. In aspect 1, the Al wiring material includes an Al core material and an Al coating layer formed on a surface of the Al core material, and satisfies 1.2?H1h/H1s where H1h is a Vickers hardness of the Al core material (Hv) and H1s is a Vickers hardness of the Al coating layer (Hv). In aspect 2, the Al wiring material includes an Al core material and an Al coating layer formed on a surface of the Al core material, and satisfies 1.2?H2h/H2s where H2s is a Vickers hardness of the Al core material (Hv) and H2h is a Vickers hardness of the Al coating layer (Hv).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Yuto KURIHARA, Daizo ODA, Motoki ETO, Ryo OISHI, Tetsuya OYAMADA, Tomohiro UNO
  • Patent number: 11929343
    Abstract: There is provided a novel Cu bonding wire that achieves a favorable FAB shape and achieve a favorable bond reliability of the 2nd bonding part even in a rigorous high-temperature environment. The bonding wire for semiconductor devices includes a core material of Cu or Cu alloy, and a coating layer having a total concentration of Pd and Ni of 90 atomic % or more formed on a surface of the core material. The bonding wire is characterized in that: in a concentration profile in a depth direction of the wire obtained by performing measurement using Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) so that the number of measurement points in the depth direction is 50 or more for the coating layer, a thickness of the coating layer is 10 nm or more and 130 nm or less, an average value X is 0.2 or more and 35.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON MICROMETAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daizo Oda, Motoki Eto, Takashi Yamada, Teruo Haibara, Ryo Oishi
  • Publication number: 20240071978
    Abstract: To provide an Al bonding wire exhibiting a favorable high-temperature and high-humidity service life in a high-temperature and high-humidity environment required for next-generation vehicle-mounted power devices. The Al bonding wire for semiconductor devices containing equal to or larger than 3 mass ppm and equal to or smaller than 500 mass ppm of one or more of Pd and Pt in total, in which, as a result of measuring a crystal orientation on a cross section parallel to a wire axis direction including a wire axis of the bonding wire, an orientation ratio of a <100> crystal orientation angled at 15 degrees or less to the wire axis direction is equal to or higher than 30% and equal to or lower than 90%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Yuya SUTO, Tomohiro UNO, Tetsuya OYAMADA, Daizo ODA, Motoki ETO, Yuto KURIHARA
  • Publication number: 20230387066
    Abstract: There is provided a novel Cu bonding wire that achieves a favorable FAB shape and achieve a favorable bond reliability of the 2nd bonding part even in a rigorous high-temperature environment. The bonding wire for semiconductor devices includes a core material of Cu or Cu alloy, and a coating layer having a total concentration of Pd and Ni of atomic % or more formed on a surface of the core material. The bonding wire is characterized in that: in a concentration profile in a depth direction of the wire obtained by performing measurement using Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) so that the number of measurement points in the depth direction is 50 or more for the coating layer, a thickness of the coating layer is 10 nm or more and 130 nm or less, an average value X is 0.2 or more and 35.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Daizo ODA, Motoki ETO, Takashi YAMADA, Teruo HAIBARA, Ryo OISHI
  • Publication number: 20230335528
    Abstract: There is provided a novel Cu bonding wire that achieves a favorable FAB shape and reduces a galvanic corrosion in a high-temperature environment to achieve a favorable bond reliability of the 2nd bonding part. The bonding wire for semiconductor devices includes a core material of Cu or Cu alloy, and a coating layer having a total concentration of Pd and Ni of 90 atomic % or more formed on a surface of the core material. The bonding wire is characterized in that: in a concentration profile in a depth direction of the wire obtained by performing measurement using Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) so that the number of measurement points in the depth direction is 50 or more for the coating layer, a thickness of the coating layer is 10 nm or more and 130 nm or less, an average value X is 0.2 or more and 35.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Daizo ODA, Motoki ETO, Takashi YAMADA, Teruo HAIBARA, Ryo OISHI
  • Patent number: 11721660
    Abstract: There is provided a novel Cu bonding wire that achieves a favorable FAB shape and reduces a galvanic corrosion in a high-temperature environment to achieve a favorable bond reliability of the 2nd bonding part. The bonding wire for semiconductor devices includes a core material of Cu or Cu alloy, and a coating layer having a total concentration of Pd and Ni of 90 atomic % or more formed on a surface of the core material. The bonding wire is characterized in that: in a concentration profile in a depth direction of the wire obtained by performing measurement using Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) so that the number of measurement points in the depth direction is 50 or more for the coating layer, a thickness of the coating layer is 10 nm or more and 130 nm or less, an average value X is 0.2 or more and 35.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON MICROMETAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daizo Oda, Motoki Eto, Takashi Yamada, Teruo Haibara, Ryo Oishi
  • Publication number: 20230245995
    Abstract: There is provided a novel Cu bonding wire that achieves a favorable FAB shape and achieve a favorable bond reliability of the 2nd bonding part even in a rigorous high-temperature environment. The bonding wire for semiconductor devices includes a core material of Cu or Cu alloy, and a coating layer having a total concentration of Pd and Ni of 90 atomic% or more formed on a surface of the core material. The bonding wire is characterized in that: in a concentration profile in a depth direction of the wire obtained by performing measurement using Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) so that the number of measurement points in the depth direction is 50 or more for the coating layer, a thickness of the coating layer is 10 nm or more and 130 nm or less, an average value X is 0.2 or more and 35.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Daizo ODA, Motoki ETO, Takashi YAMADA, Teruo HAIBARA, Ryo OISHI
  • Publication number: 20230215834
    Abstract: There is provided a novel Cu bonding wire that achieves a favorable FAB shape and reduces a galvanic corrosion in a high-temperature environment to achieve a favorable bond reliability of the 2nd bonding part. The bonding wire for semiconductor devices includes a core material of Cu or Cu alloy, and a coating layer having a total concentration of Pd and Ni of 90 atomic % or more formed on a surface of the core material. The bonding wire is characterized in that: in a concentration profile in a depth direction of the wire obtained by performing measurement using Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) so that the number of measurement points in the depth direction is 50 or more for the coating layer, a thickness of the coating layer is 10 nm or more and 130 nm or less, an average value X is 0.2 or more and 35.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Daizo ODA, Motoki ETO, Takashi YAMADA, Teruo HAIBARA, Ryo OISHI