Effect of iodine on the corrosion of Au-Al wire bonds

Corrosion Science

Volumn 97, Issue , 2015, Pages 161-171

  Verdingovas, Vadimas ^a,b   Müller, Lutz ^b   Jellesen, Morten Stendahl ^a   Grumsen, Flemming Bjerg ^a   Ambat, Rajan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ROBERT BOSCH GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Aluminium; A. Electronic materials; A. Intermetallics; B. Polarisation; B. X ray diffraction; C. Interfaces

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM METALLOGRAPHY; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BINARY ALLOYS; CORROSIVE EFFECTS; ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; GOLD DEPOSITS; GOLD METALLOGRAPHY; INTERMETALLICS; IODINE; WIRE;

AL-METALLIZATION; AU-AL WIRE BOND; CORROSION STUDIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL TESTING; ELECTRONIC MATERIALS; INTERMETALLIC PHASIS; TEST ENVIRONMENT; WIRE BOND SHEARS;

ALUMINUM CORROSION;

EID: 84930541142     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2015.05.003     Document Type: Article

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