What is bonding pad?

What is bonding pad?

A bonding pad is used to connect the circuit on a die to a pin on a packaged chip. One side of a gold wire connects to the bonding pad while the other side connects to the package.

What is bond pad in pcb?

Contact pads or bond pads are designated surface areas of a printed circuit board (PCB) or die of an integrated circuit. Possibilities to contact to pads include soldering, wirebonding, flip chip mounting, or probe needles.

What is SMD pad?

Soldermask defined pad (SMD) is that the solder mask is coated on the some copper foil and the copper foil which is not masked forms the pad. The soldermask openings are smaller than copper pads. Solder mask defined pads are suitable for fine pitch components, often used with BGAs.

What is pad stack?

“Pad Stack” is a term used by PCB layout personnel and PCB fabricators to refer to all of the features associated with a hole in a PCB. The hole can be plated or unplated, through-hole or blind or buried.

What is the main purpose of bonding?

What is bonding? Bonding is used to reduce the risk of electric shocks to anyone who may touch two separate metal parts when there is a fault somewhere in the supply of electrical installation. By connecting bonding conductors between particular parts, it reduces the voltage there might have been.

What is a ball bonder?

A modern ball bonder is fully automatic and is essentially a self-sufficient industrial robot, complete with a vision system, sensors, and complex servo systems.

How does wedge bonding work?

Wedge Bonding: During wedge bonding, a clamped piece of wire is coupled under a bonding tool (referred to as a wedge) and a bond pad. Pressure and ultrasonic energy are applied for a given period of time forming a first wedge bond.

What is BGA pad?

A ball grid array (BGA) is a type of surface-mount packaging (a chip carrier) used for integrated circuits. BGA packages are used to permanently mount devices such as microprocessors. A BGA can provide more interconnection pins than can be put on a dual in-line or flat package.