Lead Frame Plating Layout to Prevent Wire Peeling and Silver Migration
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Solution Overview
Problem
The use of two different types of plating films in semiconductor devices, such as nickel and silver, leads to reliability issues due to relative positional shifts causing wire peeling and silver migration, which are not effectively addressed by existing stripe plating methods.
Innovation Solution
The method involves separating leads into two groups, with nickel plating films formed on one group and silver plating films on another, using the stripe plating method to minimize relative positional shifts and improve reliability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If two different types of plating films (nickel and silver) are used on different leads, then the bonding wire connection reliability is improved, but relative positional shifts cause wire peeling and silver migration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the leads into two distinct groups: first leads with nickel plating films and second leads with silver plating films. This spatial separation prevents interaction between the two plating film types, eliminating the harmful effects of wire peeling and silver migration that occur when different plating films are mixed. Each lead group is treated independently with its appropriate plating material.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements local quality by assigning different plating film types to different lead groups based on their specific requirements. First leads receive nickel plating while second leads receive silver plating, allowing each region to have the optimal plating material for its function. This localized differentiation maintains connection reliability while preventing harmful interactions.
2Productivity
If stripe plating method is used to form plating films, then manufacturing efficiency is improved, but relative positional shifts still occur causing reliability issues
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the leads into first leads and second leads, allowing the stripe plating method to be applied separately to each group. This segmentation ensures that nickel plating is formed only on first leads and silver plating only on second leads, preventing relative positional shifts between different plating films while maintaining the manufacturing efficiency benefits of the stripe plating method.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by using the stripe plating method to create region-specific plating films. The first leads receive nickel plating through stripe plating while second leads receive silver plating through the same method, ensuring each local region gets the appropriate plating material without contamination or positional interference from other plating films.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This approach suppresses wire peeling and silver migration, enhancing the reliability of the semiconductor device by ensuring separate formation and arrangement of nickel and silver plating films on different lead groups.
Implementation Method 1
a first plating film containing nickel as a main component and a second plating film containing silver as a main component are formed in different regions of the frame member
Data Source
AI summary
In a frame member including a first region and a second region that are extending in a first direction in parallel to each other while being spaced apart from each other, first and second plating films are formed in the first and second regions, respectively. The second plating film is different in a type from the first plating film. Then, a stamping process is performed to the frame member including the first region and the second region, thereby a lead frame including a plurality of leads is formed. The lead frame includes a first lead group and a second lead group. The first plating film is formed in the first lead group, but the second plating film is not formed in the first lead group. Meanwhile, the second plating film is formed in the second lead group, but the first plating film is not formed in the second lead group.


