Patent ID: 6041994
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
An apparatus for selectively heating a semiconductor die more rapidly than an adjacent lead frame during a wire bonding procedure comprising:(a) a semiconductor die disposed adjacent a lead frame;(b) a heat source which provides a major portion of its heat energy in the range of from about 0.5.mu. to about 2.mu. relative to heat energy above 2.mu. for directing said heat concurrently to said semiconductor die and said lead frame to heat said semiconductor die to a temperature sufficiently high for wire bonding while maintaining said lead frame in a substantially non-oxidizing state by causing said semiconductor die to initially heat up at a more rapid rate than said lead frame; and(c) a wire bonder for bonding a wire to said die while said die is at a required bonding temperature which is higher temperature than the temperature of said lead frame.