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How much current can a bonding-wire take ?

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bond wire + double bonding

Guys,

In the next couple of weeks I will face some problems that they don't teach you about in school. Here is the first one....

How much current can a bonding-wire take (100 micron pad size)? When to switch to double-bonding? How many pins should be assigned to VCC and GND? Any rule of thumb?


ASIC
 

wire bonding rule of thumb

Hi Asic,

I use about 50mA/Pad for typical pads. The double bounding is necessary if you need to lower the bond indutance. That depends on the type of circuit that you have. For analog circuits is better to use as much pads as you can to have a more clean supply. This can be simulated to check the circuit behavor.

For digital circuits this is not so problematic. But depends on the speed of the circuit.

The number of pads limits the final silicon area, so a compromize is necessary.

Regards bastos
 

bastos,

you are a real pal... Thanks a million.

ASIC
 

rule of thumb : 1mm bonding length =1nH
So you can roughly estimate what you need.
 

a typical 1-mil-bondwire can take up to 500mA. The critical bottleneck is the pad itself. most standard-pads are not optimized for high currents and get electromigration-problems above 100mA. But if you stack 5 or more metallayers you can build a 500mA Supply-Pad yourself.
 

Don't forget the amount of current a bond wire takes depends on its thickness.

I use 0.0005 / 0.0007 thou bond wires and i wouldn't recommend going above 200-300mA for this thickness of wire.

If current is an issue don't forget you could use gold tape, anyhting from 0.0005 to 0.002 thou can be used for greater current ability.

Also double bonds will reduce the inductance and i would recommend this if your using any kind of amplifier in the microwave frequency range.
 

I use 0.0005 / 0.0007 thou bond wires and i wouldn't recommend going above 200-300mA for this thickness of wire.

I want to bond at home. What equipment do I
need? I have acid to dissolve chip package
and I want to bond unused test pads to
package pins.
 

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