MULTICHIP PRODUCTION
● Wafer Test
- This are supplied in dust type
- Undergoes a lot of testing (parametric testing with test structures),500 tests in
less than 3 seconds
- Wafer Fab - conductivity(aluminum contact opening of 100 micrometers) of the
semiconductor(130 needles-probe)
● Wafer Mounting
- Wafers should be divided into individual dice
- Mounted in a metal frame with the aid of an adhesive film (fiber) that is 70
micrometers thick
- The adhesive film (fiber) is used to ensure that the dice remain in their original
position
● Dicing
- Cut using saw blades made up of diamonds that is 30 micrometers wide, 30000
rotation per minute
- Deionized water is used to cool and remove the silicon dust
● Die Bonding (Substrate)
- Imaging system and any positioning errors are corrected
- The remaining dice (small printed circuit board) are bonded onto copper strips
with an epoxy
- Lead Frames - printed circuit boards ( where copper strips are attached)
- filled with silver particles for 45 minutes in a furnace at 145 degree
celsius.
● Die Bonding ( Controller, flash Memory)
- Diced wafer and memory chip are now bonded onto the lead frames
● Plasma Cleaning
- After hardening the silver conducting adhesive on the furnace, the plasma
cleaning takes place
- Removes any organic contamination on the contact surfaces of the dice
● Wire Bonding
- The aluminum contact surface, or bonding pad, on the dice and the fingers of the
copper lead frame - achieved through a thin gold wire that is 25 micrometers
thick
- Welded by fully automatic wire bonders (capillary) at 200 degree celsius with
pressure and ultrasonic energy
● Quality Control
- Mechanical pull test
- Keep individual parameters within the specification limits on the basis of the
control charts
● Molding
- To protect the wire connections from mechanical damage and to prevent the
silicon dice from corroding, molded with a plastic compound ( a thermoset,80%
ultra fine glass particles) under high pressure and a temperature of 175 degree
Celsius
● X-ray Control
- Shadow image is seen to confirm that the components doesn’t change its
position
● Dambar Cutting
- The dambar cuts the copper lead frame via stamping process
● Electroplating
- Ensures that the finished components can be further processed by the customer
without problems
● Trim and Form
- Trimmed to the right length and given their final shape, after placed in transport
trays
● Final Test
- Full check; -45 degree to 95 degree celsius (minimum and maximum
temperature)
● Finishing (Marking,scanning, tape and reel)
- Marked its type,date of manufacture,batch number (lote) using a laser beam
- Putting its precise identification