Patents by Inventor Teruo Haibara

Teruo Haibara 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: 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: 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
  • Publication number: 20230154884
    Abstract: There is provided an Ag alloy bonding wire for semiconductor devices which exhibits a favorable bond reliability in a high-temperature environment even when using a mold resin of high S content and can suppress a chip damage at the time of ball bonding. The Ag alloy bonding wire is characterized by containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of Pd and Pt (hereinafter referred to as a “first element”) and at least one element selected from the group consisting of P, Cr, Zr and Mo (hereinafter referred to as a “second element”) so as to satisfy 0.05 ? ? ? ? ? x 1 ? ? ? ? ? 3.0 , ? ? and 15 ? ? ? x 2 ? ? ? 700 where x1 is a total concentration of the first element [at.%] and x2 is a total concentration of the second element [at. ppm], with the balance including Ag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Daizo ODA, Takumi OOKABE, Motoki ETO, Noritoshi ARAKI, Ryo OISHI, Teruo HAIBARA, Tomohiro UNO, Tetsuya OYAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230142531
    Abstract: There is provided an Al bonding wire which can achieve 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 Al bonding wire is characterized in that the wire contains 0.02 to 1% by mass of Fe, further contains 0.05 to 0.5% by mass in total of at least one or more of Mn and Cr, and the balance includes Al and inevitable impurities, wherein a total content of Fe, Mn and Cr in solid solution is 0.01 to 1% by mass. The Al bonding wire contains Mn and Cr in addition to Fe, so that Fe, Mn and Cr can be promoted to form a solid solution in quenching treatment after the solution treatment. Accordingly, the Al bonding wire can achieve an effect of solid-solution strengthening of the wire due to the increase in the total content of Fe, Mn and Cr in solid solution and an effect of preventing recrystallization from proceeding during use of the semiconductor device at a high temperature for a long time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Takashi YAMADA, Akihito NISHIBAYASHI, Teruo HAIBARA, Daizo ODA, Motoki ETO, Tetsuya OYAMADA, Takayuki KOBAYASHI, Tomohiro UNO
  • Publication number: 20230146315
    Abstract: There is provided an Al bonding wire which can achieve 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 Al bonding wire contains 0.01 to 1% of Sc, and further contains 0.01 to 0.1% in total of at least one or more of Y, La, Ce, Pr and Nd. With regard to the Al bonding wire, a recrystallization temperature thereof is increased, so that the proceeding of recrystallization of the bonding wire can be suppressed, and strength of the wire can be prevented from being decreased even when the semiconductor device is continuously used under a high temperature environment. Accordingly, the Al bonding wire can sufficiently secure the reliability of the bonded parts after a high-temperature long-term hysteresis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Takashi YAMADA, Akihito NISHIBAYASHI, Teruo HAIBARA, Daizo ODA, Motoki ETO, Tetsuya OYAMADA, Takayuki KOBAYASHI, Tomohiro UNO
  • Publication number: 20230018430
    Abstract: In a copper alloy bonding wire for semiconductor devices, the bonding longevity of a ball bonded part under high-temperature and high-humidity environments is improved. The copper alloy bonding wire for semiconductor devices includes in total 0.03% by mass or more to 3% by mass or less of at least one or more kinds of elements selected from Ni, Zn, Ga, Ge, Rh, In, Ir, and Pt (first element), with the balance Cu and inevitable impurities. The inclusion of a predetermined amount of the first element suppresses production of an intermetallic compound susceptible to corrosion under high-temperature and high-humidity environments at the wire bonding interface and improves the bonding longevity of a ball bonded part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Daizo ODA, Takashi YAMADA, Motoki ETO, Teruo HAIBARA, Tomohiro UNO
  • Patent number: 11373934
    Abstract: Provided is a Pd coated Cu bonding wire for a semiconductor device capable of sufficiently obtaining bonding reliability of a ball bonded portion in a high temperature environment of 175° C. or more, even when the content of sulfur in the mold resin used in the semiconductor device package increases. The bonding wire for a semiconductor device comprises a Cu alloy core material; and a Pd coating layer formed on a surface of the Cu alloy core material; and contains 0.03 to 2% by mass in total of one or more elements selected from Ni, Rh, Ir and Pd in the bonding wire and further 0.002 to 3% by mass in total of one or more elements selected from Li, Sb, Fe, Cr, Co, Zn, Ca, Mg, Pt, Sc and Y. The bonding wire can be sufficiently obtained bonding reliability of a ball bonded portion in a high temperature environment of 175° C. or more, even when the content of sulfur in the mold resin used in the semiconductor device package increases by being used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: NIPPON MICROMETAL CORPORATION, NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daizo Oda, Takashi Yamada, Motoki Eto, Teruo Haibara, Tomohiro Uno
  • Patent number: 11342299
    Abstract: The present invention has as its object the provision of a bonding wire for semiconductor devices mainly comprised of Ag, in which bonding wire for semiconductor devices, the bond reliability demanded for high density mounting is secured and simultaneously a sufficient, stable bond strength is realized at a ball bond, no neck damage occurs even in a low loop, the leaning characteristic is excellent, and the FAB shape is excellent. To solve this problem, the bonding wire for semiconductor devices according to the present invention contains one or more of Be, B, P, Ca, Y, La, and Ce in a total of 0.031 at % to obtain a 0.180 at %, further contains one or more of In, Ga, and Cd in a total of 0.05 at % to 5.00 at %, and has a balance of Ag and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: NIPPON MICROMETAL CORPORATION, NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daizo Oda, Takumi Ohkabe, Teruo Haibara, Takashi Yamada, Tetsuya Oyamada, Tomohiro Uno
  • Publication number: 20220157766
    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: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Takashi YAMADA, Akihito NISHIBAYASHI, Teruo HAIBARA, Daizo ODA, Motoki ETO, Tetsuya OYAMADA, Takayuki KOBAYASHI, Tomohiro UNO
  • Publication number: 20220152749
    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: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Takashi YAMADA, Akihito NISHIBAYASHI, Teruo HAIBARA, Daizo ODA, Motoki ETO, Tetsuya OYAMADA, Takayuki KOBAYASHI, Tomohiro UNO
  • Publication number: 20220108971
    Abstract: Bonding wire for semiconductor devices contains one or more of Be, B, P, Ca, Y, La, and Ce in a total of 0.031 at % to obtain a 0.180 at %, further contains one or more of In, Ga, and Cd in a total of 0.05 at % to 5.00 at %, and has a balance of Ag and unavoidable impurities. Due to this, it is possible to obtain a bonding wire for semiconductor devices sufficiently forming an intermetallic compound layer at a ball bond interface to secure the bond strength of the ball bond, not causing neck damage even in a low loop, having a good leaning characteristic, and having a good FAB shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Daizo ODA, Takumi OHKABE, Teruo HAIBARA, Takashi YAMADA, Tetsuya OYAMADA, Tomohiro UNO
  • Patent number: 11101234
    Abstract: A material for Cu pillars is formed as cylindrical preforms in advance and connecting these cylindrical preforms to electrodes on a semiconductor chip to form Cu pillars. Due to this, it becomes possible to make the height/diameter ratio of the Cu pillars 2.0 or more. Since electroplating is not used, the time required for production of the Cu pillars is short and the productivity can be improved. Further, the height of the Cu pillars can be raised to 200 ?m or more, so these are also preferable for moldunderfill. The components can be freely adjusted, so it is possible to easily design the alloy components to obtain highly reliable Cu pillars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: NIPPON MICROMETAL CORPORATION, NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamada, Daizo Oda, Teruo Haibara, Shinichi Terashima
  • Publication number: 20200312808
    Abstract: In a copper alloy bonding wire for semiconductor devices, the bonding longevity of a ball bonded part under high-temperature and high-humidity environments is improved. The copper alloy bonding wire for semiconductor devices includes in total 0.03% by mass or more to 3% by mass or less of at least one or more kinds of elements selected from Ni, Zn, Ga, Ge, Rh, In, Ir, and Pt (first element), with the balance Cu and inevitable impurities. The inclusion of a predetermined amount of the first element suppresses production of an intermetallic compound susceptible to corrosion under high-temperature and high-humidity environments at the wire bonding interface and improves the bonding longevity of a ball bonded part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicants: NIPPON MICROMETAL CORPORATION, NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daizo ODA, Takashi YAMADA, Motoki ETO, Teruo HAIBARA, Tomohiro UNO
  • Patent number: 10737356
    Abstract: A bonding wire for a semiconductor device, characterized in that the bonding wire includes a Cu alloy core material and a Pd coating layer formed on a surface of the Cu alloy core material, the bonding wire contains an element that provides bonding reliability in a high-temperature environment, and a strength ratio defined by the following Equation (1) is 1.1 to 1.6: Strength ratio=ultimate strength/0.2% offset yield strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignees: NIPPON MICROMETAL CORPORATION, NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamada, Daizo Oda, Teruo Haibara, Ryo Oishi, Kazuyuki Saito, Tomohiro Uno
  • Patent number: 10672733
    Abstract: A bonding wire for a semiconductor device includes a Cu alloy core material and a Pd coating layer formed on a surface thereof, and the boding wire contains one or more elements of As, Te, Sn, Sb, Bi and Se in a total amount of 0.1 to 100 ppm by mass. The bonding longevity of a ball bonded part can increase in a high-temperature and high-humidity environment, improving the bonding reliability. When the Cu alloy core material further contains one or more of Ni, Zn, Rh, In, Ir, Pt, Ga and Ge in an amount, for each, of 0.011 to 1.2% by mass, it is able to increase the reliability of a ball bonded part in a high-temperature environment of 170° C. or more. When an alloy skin layer containing Au and Pd is further formed on a surface of the Pd coating layer, wedge bondability improves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignees: NIPPON MICROMETAL CORPORATION, NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamada, Daizo Oda, Teruo Haibara, Tomohiro Uno
  • Patent number: 10610976
    Abstract: A bonding wire for a semiconductor device includes a Cu alloy core material and a Pd coating layer formed on a surface thereof. Containing an element that provides bonding reliability in a high-temperature environment improves the bonding reliability of the ball bonded part in high temperature. Furthermore, making an orientation proportion of a crystal orientation <100> angled at 15 degrees or less to a wire longitudinal direction among crystal orientations in the wire longitudinal direction 30% or more when measuring crystal orientations on a cross-section of the core material in a direction perpendicular to a wire axis of the bonding wire, and making an average crystal grain size in the cross-section of the core material in the direction perpendicular to the wire axis of the bonding wire 0.9 to 1.5 ?m provides a strength ratio of 1.6 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignees: NIPPON MICROMETAL CORPORATION, NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamada, Daizo Oda, Teruo Haibara, Ryo Oishi, Kazuyuki Saito, Tomohiro Uno