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Semiconductor device using gold bumps and copper leads as bonding elements

US6049130A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 9, 1997
Grant dateApr 11, 2000
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Expiry dateMay 9, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/01322
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor chip, an Au bump formed on the semiconductor chip, and Cu lead bonded to the Au bump through a bonding part. The Cu lead has a Cu core and a plated Sn layer formed on the Cu core, and the bonding part is formed of an Au-rich Au--Cu--Sn alloy of a ternary system having a single-phase structure containing 15 at. % or less Sn and 25 at. % or less Cu.

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