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Effects of Annealing Twins on the Grain Growth and Mechanical Properties of Ag-8Au-3Pd Bonding Wires

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An innovative Ag-8Au-3Pd bonding wire containing a large amount of annealing twins has been produced. In contrast to the apparent grain growth in a conventional Ag-8Au-3Pd wire during aging at 600°C, the grain size of this annealing-twinned Ag alloy wire remains almost unchanged. The high thermal stability of the grain structure leads to a smaller heat-affected zone near the free air ball of this twinned wire. The annealing twins in this material also result in the dual merits of increased tensile strength and elongation with aging time, which is beneficial for the reliability of wire-bonded packages.

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  1. Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106, Taiwan

    Tung-Han Chuang, Chih-Hsin Tsai, Hsi-Ching Wang, Che-Cheng Chang & Chien-Hsun Chuang

  2. Wire Technology Co., Ltd., Taichung, 432, Taiwan

    Chih-Hsin Tsai, Jun-Der Lee & Hsing-Hua Tsai

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Chuang, TH., Tsai, CH., Wang, HC. et al. Effects of Annealing Twins on the Grain Growth and Mechanical Properties of Ag-8Au-3Pd Bonding Wires. J. Electron. Mater. 41, 3215–3222 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-012-2225-0

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