JP2009071051A - Bonding wire inspecting device and bonding wire inspecting method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bonding wire inspecting device and bonding wire inspecting method, in which both higher speed and stability in inspection are achieved. <P>SOLUTION: In a bonding wire inspecting device 100, when acquiring the height of a bonding wire 12, a slit light source 4 positioned obliquely above an inspection work 1 emits linear slit beam L to the inspection work 1, which state is imaged with a CCD camera 7. Here, the bonding wire inspecting device 100 images the inspection work 1 while an XY stage 2 is shifted in the line direction (Y direction). The inspection work 1 is continuously imaged for a specified time period by extending exposure time at imaging to intentionally cause blur in the imaging data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a bonding wire inspection apparatus and a bonding wire inspection method for inspecting the shape of a bonding wire formed on a semiconductor element, a substrate or the like. More specifically, the present invention relates to a bonding wire inspection apparatus and a bonding wire inspection method for acquiring the height of a bonding wire.

  Conventionally, an inspection apparatus for inspecting the height of a bonding wire formed on a semiconductor element, a substrate or the like has been devised. For example, in the wire bonding inspection apparatus described in Patent Document 1, the height of the wire is measured using a so-called optical cutting method.

Specifically, a bonding wire as a subject is imaged from above with a CCD camera, and the shape and position of the bonding wire in plan view are extracted (shape / position detection step). Next, the slit light from the slit light source is irradiated obliquely from above the bonding wire as the subject. Then, the light spot on the wire and the light spot on the substrate, which are reflected light, are imaged by a CCD camera. Then, the positional deviation amount in plan view between the light spot on the wire and the light spot on the substrate is obtained, and the wire height, which is the height of the inspection object, is obtained from the positional deviation amount and the irradiation angle of the slit light. (Height measurement step).
JP 2004-259968 A

  However, the wire bonding inspection apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1 has the following problems. That is, when imaging with a CCD camera, the inspection work is positioned and the XY table on which the inspection work is placed is stopped. Therefore, it takes time to start and stop the drive motor of the XY table. On the other hand, if imaging is performed without stopping the XY table, the imaging data is blurred, which hinders high accuracy inspection.

  Furthermore, in recent years, the wire diameter of the bonding wire, which is the subject, has been refined in response to the trend toward product miniaturization. The reflected light from the slit light source is weaker as the wire diameter is thinner. In this small-diameter wire inspection, if an attempt is made to image while moving the subject, the CCD camera cannot receive a sufficient amount of light, and the reflected light disappears from the imaging data. In other words, the stability of the inspection is lacking at the height measurement step. Further, increasing the output of the slit light source increases the cost and is not preferable from the viewpoint of safety.

  The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the conventional wire bonding apparatus described above. That is, an object of the present invention is to provide a bonding wire inspection apparatus and a bonding wire inspection method that can achieve both high-speed and stable inspection.

  A bonding wire inspection apparatus designed to solve this problem includes a substrate on which wire bonding is performed as a subject, a stage on which the subject is placed, an imaging device that images the subject on the stage from above, and imaging A bonding wire inspection apparatus that is disposed on a side of an apparatus and includes a slit light source that irradiates slit light on the subject from obliquely above the subject, and the stage draws the stage on the substrate of the subject. The subject is continuously imaged for a predetermined time with an imaging device while moving in the direction of the reference line, and the height of the bonding wire with respect to the substrate of the subject is acquired based on the imaging data. Yes.

  In addition, the present invention uses a substrate on which wire bonding is performed as a subject, irradiates the subject with slit light from obliquely above the subject, and uses the imaging device disposed above the subject to subject the subject. A bonding wire inspection method including a wire height acquisition step for acquiring the height of the bonding wire with respect to the substrate of the subject based on the imaging data. In the wire height acquisition step, the subject And a bonding wire inspection method, wherein the subject is continuously imaged for a predetermined time by an imaging device while moving the stage in which the slit is placed in the direction of a reference line drawn by the slit light on the subject substrate. It is out.

  That is, the bonding wire inspection apparatus of the present invention irradiates the subject with line-shaped slit light from obliquely above the subject, images the subject with a CCD camera or the like, and based on the imaging data, The height of the bonding wire with respect to the substrate of the subject is acquired. A so-called optical cutting method is applied as a method for obtaining the height of the bonding wire.

  Then, when acquiring the height of the bonding wire, the subject is imaged while moving the stage on which the subject is placed. That is, in the light cutting method, the wire height is obtained based on the distance between the light spot on the bonding wire of the slit light and the light spot on the substrate (that is, the reference line). At this time, even if the subject is moved in the direction of the reference line (hereinafter referred to as the “line direction”), the above-mentioned distance is a distance in a direction perpendicular to the line direction, and thus the measurement of the wire height is affected. do not do. That is, the inspection can be performed while moving the stage without degrading the inspection accuracy. Since the inspection is performed without stopping the stage, the inspection can be shortened.

  Further, when imaging a subject, the subject is continuously imaged for a predetermined time. That is, the exposure time is lengthened and the image data is intentionally blurred. As a result, the area of each light spot is larger than that of a still image. This shake does not affect the measurement of the wire height as described above. And since the area is large, the light spot on the wire can be particularly reliably recognized. Therefore, a stable inspection can be performed even with a small-diameter wire.

  The bonding wire inspection apparatus of the present invention is preferably provided with a strobe light source that emits strobe light from above the subject. That is, when acquiring the shape of the bonding wire of the subject, strobe light is irradiated from above the subject, and imaging data is formed by a short exposure. Thereby, even if the stage is moved, it is possible to obtain imaging data with less blur. Therefore, the subject can be imaged while moving the stage, which contributes to shortening the examination time.

  According to the present invention, a bonding wire inspection apparatus and a bonding wire inspection method that achieve both high-speed and stable inspection are realized.

  DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of a mounting board inspection apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the present embodiment, the present invention is applied to a bonding wire inspection apparatus that uses a substrate to which a bonding wire is bonded as an object and inspects the height of the bonding wire of the object.

[Configuration of inspection equipment]
As shown in FIG. 1, a bonding wire inspection apparatus 100 (hereinafter referred to as “inspection apparatus 100”) according to the present embodiment places an inspection work 1 as an object, and an XY stage 2 provided movably on a plane. A CCD camera 7 that is disposed above the XY stage 2 and images the inspection work 1; a coaxial illumination 6 that is disposed coaxially with the CCD camera 7 and that emits strobe light; and a polarization attached to the CCD camera 7 The plate 15 is placed opposite to both sides of the CCD camera 7, and slit light sources 4 and 5 that irradiate line-shaped slit light, a strobe power supply 8 for the coaxial illumination 6, and the CCD camera 7 are vertically moved (Z direction). A Z-axis stage 3 that can be moved freely, a control arithmetic device 9 that controls and calculates each member, and a stage control driver 10 that drives the XY stage 2 and the Z-axis stage 3.

  The inspection work 1 is obtained by bonding a bonding wire 12 to a substrate 11 as shown in FIG. Wire bonding is a well-known technique and will not be described.

  As shown in FIG. 3A, the bonding wire 12 of the inspection work 1 has bond portions 12a and 12b bonded to the substrate 11 at both ends in the longitudinal direction, from the end toward the center. It is formed in a bow shape in which the height h from the substrate is increased. In addition, as shown in FIG. 3B, the bonding wire 12 has a linear two-dimensional shape in plan view taken by the CCD camera 7. At both ends, bond portions 12a and 12b wider than the other portions are formed.

  The inspection apparatus 100 includes a coaxial illumination 6 and slit light sources 4 and 5 as illumination for the bonding wire 12. The coaxial illumination 6 is a strobe illumination that blinks at a predetermined cycle and illuminates from above the inspection work 1. Then, the reflected light is imaged by the CCD camera 7 as a two-dimensional shape of the bonding wire 12.

  Image data of a two-dimensional shape in plan view of the bonding wire 12 imaged by the CCD camera 7 is sent to the control arithmetic unit 9. The control arithmetic unit 9 obtains the positions of the bond centers Oa and Ob of the bond portions 12a and 12b based on the image data, and sets an arbitrary range including the bond centers Oa and Ob as the wire extraction area W. Then, the bonding wires 12 in the wire extraction area W are extracted based on the luminance difference from the surroundings. Thereby, the position and outer shape data of the bonding wire 12 are obtained.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, the slit light sources 4 and 5 irradiate the line-shaped slit light L from obliquely above the bonding wire 12. In FIG. 4, only the slit light source 4 is shown. As the slit light sources 4 and 5, laser light, LED light, or the like can be applied.

  The slit light L emitted toward the bonding wire 12 is reflected on the bonding wire 12 and the substrate 11 as shown in FIG. Then, a wire light spot 14 which is a slit light spot reflected on the bonding wire 12 and a substrate light spot 13 which is a slit light spot reflected on the substrate 11 are imaged by the CCD camera 7. At that time, light other than the reflected light from the wire light spot 14 and the substrate light spot 13 is cut by the polarizing plate 15 attached to the CCD camera 7. Therefore, the light from the wire light spot 14 and the substrate light spot 13 can be clearly captured.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the slit light L is irradiated obliquely from above at an irradiation angle θ. The wire light spot 14 is at the position of the wire height h from the substrate 11. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, the positions of the wire light spot 14 and the substrate light spot 13 are shifted in plan view. The positional deviation amount between the wire light spot 14 and the substrate light spot 13 is measured by the control arithmetic device 9 as the distance a.

  The control arithmetic unit 9 stores the relationship between the dimensions per unit pixel on the image captured by the CCD camera 7 and the actual dimensions, and the wire light spot 14 and the substrate light spot on the captured image. The actual distance a can be calculated from the misalignment dimension with respect to 13. Then, the height h at the wire light spot 14 is obtained based on the distance a.

  In this manner, in the inspection apparatus 100, the slit light L is irradiated obliquely from above the bonding wire 12 that is the subject, and the wire light spot 14 and the substrate light spot 13 that are the reflected light are imaged by the CCD camera 7. . Then, the wire height h is obtained from the positional deviation amount (that is, the distance a) between the wire light spot 14 and the substrate light spot 13 in plan view and the inclination angle θ of the slit light L. That is, the wire height h is obtained by the “light cutting method”.

  Further, the wire height h of the inspection apparatus 100 is measured while the inspection work 1 is moved in the plane direction by the XY stage 2. The movement direction and amount of movement of the XY stage 2 are calculated by the control arithmetic unit 9 according to various conditions input to the inspection apparatus 100. Then, an operation command to the XY stage 2 is output from the control arithmetic unit 9 to the stage control driver 10. Then, the XY stage 2 is operated by the stage control driver 10 and the inspection work 1 is moved.

  Further, the stage control driver 10 moves the Z-axis stage 3 in the vertical direction based on a command from the control arithmetic unit 9. Thereby, even when the wire height h is different at each measurement position, the CCD camera 7 can adjust the vertical position so that the bonding wire 12 can be appropriately imaged at each measurement position. it can. The control arithmetic unit 9 also controls on / off of the coaxial illumination 6 and the slit light sources 4 and 5, adjustment of illuminance, and the like.

  Further, when the wire height h is calculated at each point in the wire extraction area W, the point at which the value of the wire height h of the bonding wire 12 formed in a substantially arcuate shape becomes the largest (in this embodiment, the bonding wire 12 The region from the substantially central portion in the longitudinal direction) to the end on the slit light source 4 side uses the slit light from the slit light source 4, and the end on the slit light source 5 side from the point where the value of the wire height h is the largest. In the area up to, the slit light from the slit light source 5 is used.

[Inspection procedure]
Next, the procedure for measuring the height of the bonding wire 12 by the inspection apparatus 100 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In this embodiment, S01 to S04 are shape / position detection steps for extracting the shape and position of the bonding wire 12 in plan view, and S06 to S09 are height measurement steps for calculating the height of the bonding wire 12. .

  First, as the shape / position detection step, the inspection work 1 is placed on the XY stage 2 and the movement of the inspection work 1 is started (S01). The XY stage 2 is controlled to move at approximately 200 mm / s.

  Next, the inspection work 1 is moved to a predetermined inspection position, and the inspection work 1 is imaged by the CCD camera 7 (S02). In the process of S02, the inspection work 1 is irradiated with strobe light by the coaxial illumination 6. That is, in the imaging of the inspection work 1, since the illumination of the coaxial illumination 6 is strobe light, the exposure in the CCD camera 7 is instantaneous. Therefore, even if the inspection work 1 is imaged while the XY stage 2 is operated, imaging data with very little image blur can be obtained. Therefore, in the process of S02, the inspection workpiece 1 is imaged without stopping the movement of the inspection workpiece 1.

  Next, the two-dimensional shape of the bonding wire 12 in the inspection work 1 is measured by the control arithmetic unit 9 based on the image data captured in the process of S02, and the bond center Oa in the bond portions 12a and 12b at both ends of the bonding wire 12 is measured. , Ob are calculated (S03). Further, the control arithmetic unit 9 extracts the wire extraction area W based on the calculated positions of the bond centers Oa and Ob, and extracts the position and outer shape of the bonding wire 12 (S04).

  After the bonding wire 12 is extracted, the inspection work 1 is moved to the initial position of the wire height measurement in the wire extraction area W (S05). When the inspection work 1 reaches the initial position, the process proceeds to a height measurement step.

  As a height measurement step, first, the bonding wire 12 is irradiated with the slit light L of the slit light sources 4 and 5. In this embodiment, the slit light L is in the direction of the reference line drawn on the substrate 11 of the inspection work 1 (that is, the direction of the straight line connecting the substrate light spots 13) (the Y direction in FIG. 5) and the bonding wire 12 The position of the inspection work 1 is adjusted so that the longitudinal direction (X direction in FIG. 5) is orthogonal.

  Then, the inspection work 1 is imaged by the CCD camera 7 while moving the inspection work 1 in the line direction in the state of being irradiated with the slit light (S06). In the process of S06, imaging is performed while moving the inspection work 1 in the line direction. Since the movement is in the line direction, the reflected light is blurred in the line direction, but there is no problem in calculating the distance a which is the distance in the direction orthogonal to the line direction. That is, the measurement accuracy is not lowered even while the inspection work 1 is moved.

  Further, the accuracy required for measuring the height of the bonding wire 12 is determined by the accuracy of the positional deviation amount (that is, the distance a) between the substrate light spot 13 and the wire light spot 14 in plan view. On the other hand, the thinner the wire diameter, the weaker the reflected light from the wire light spot 14 and the more unstable the detection of the positional deviation amount. Therefore, the exposure time of the CCD camera 7 is intentionally increased until an image shift occurs. In this embodiment, exposure is performed for about 1000 μs. As a result, an image of the wire light spot 14 extending only in the line direction is obtained. Since the wire light spot 14 extends and is observed as a larger part, the wire light spot 14 can be easily measured even if the wire diameter is small. For this reason, the detection of the displacement amount is stabilized.

  Next, the control arithmetic unit 9 measures the amount of positional deviation (that is, distance a) in plan view between the wire light spot 14 and the substrate light spot 13 (S07). Then, the wire height h is calculated based on the distance a (S08).

  The processing from S06 to S08 is performed while moving the inspection work 1, and is repeated until the calculation of the wire height h at the set inspection point is completed (S09). When the calculation of the wire height h at the last inspection point is completed (S09: YES), this process is terminated.

  In this embodiment, after the movement of the inspection work 1 is started in the process of S01, the inspection work 1 is continuously moved without stopping the XY table 2 until the calculation of the last inspection point is completed (S09: YES). . That is, since the imaging is performed while moving, the inspection speed is greatly improved as compared with imaging in a stationary state.

  FIG. 7 is a view showing an image image obtained by capturing the slit light with the CCD camera 7 in a state where the inspection work 1 is stationary. With reference to the line connecting the substrate light spots 13 displayed in the image data, the positional deviation amounts a1 to a4 between the reference line and the wire light spots 12 of each wire are obtained. And the height of each wire is calculated | required from the positional offset amount a1-a4. However, in an image in a stationary state, the area of the wire light spot 14 is small and is not clearly displayed. Therefore, it is difficult to extract the wire light spot 14, and inspection failure due to the fact that the wire light spot 14 is not found, and inspection defects due to misidentification of a scratch on the substrate 11 as the wire light spot 14 occur.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an image image when the inspection work 1 is moved in the line direction and the exposure time is set to a time at which image deviation slightly occurs. In the image of FIG. 8, compared to the image of FIG. 7, the wire light spot 14 extends in the line direction, and the area of the wire light spot 14 is increased. Therefore, the extraction of the wire light spot 14 is easy and stable measurement is possible. Note that the extension of the wire light spot 14 extends in the line direction and does not affect the measurement of the distances a1 to a4, which are distances perpendicular to the line direction.

  However, if the exposure time is set to be extremely long, the distance between the wire light spots 14 and 14 is narrowed, and the adjacent wire light spots 14 and 14 overlap as shown in FIG. Therefore, in order to perform height measurement independently for each wire light spot 14, the moving speed and exposure time of the inspection work 1 are appropriately set so that the adjacent wire light spots 14, 14 do not overlap.

  As described above in detail, the inspection apparatus 100 of this embodiment irradiates the inspection work 1 with line-shaped slit light from obliquely above the inspection work 1 and images the state by the CCD camera 7. Then, the control arithmetic unit 9 acquires the wire height h of the inspection work 1 based on the imaging data. As a method for obtaining the wire height h, a so-called optical cutting method is applied.

  Then, when acquiring the wire height h, the inspection work 1 is imaged while moving the XY stage 2. That is, in the light cutting method, the wire height h is obtained based on the distance a between the wire light spot 14 of the slit light and the line connecting the substrate light spot 13 (that is, the reference line drawn by the slit light on the substrate 11). become. At this time, even if the inspection work is moved in the Y direction which is the line direction, the distance a does not affect the measurement of the wire height h because the distance a is a distance in the X direction orthogonal to the line direction. That is, the inspection can be performed while moving the XY stage 2 without degrading the inspection accuracy. Since the inspection is performed without stopping the XY stage 2, the inspection time can be shortened.

  Further, when the inspection work 1 is imaged, the inspection work 1 is continuously imaged for a predetermined time. That is, the exposure time is lengthened and the image data is intentionally blurred. Thereby, the area of each wire light spot 14 required for the measurement of the distance a becomes larger than that of the image captured in a stationary state. This blur does not affect the measurement of the wire height h as described above. And since an area is large, especially the wire light spot 14 can be extracted reliably. Therefore, even if the bonding wire 12 is a small-diameter wire, a stable inspection can be performed.

  Moreover, when acquiring the shape of the bonding wire 12, the strobe light is irradiated by the coaxial illumination 6, and imaging data is formed by short-time exposure. As a result, the inspection workpiece 1 can be imaged while moving the stage, which contributes to shortening the inspection time. Therefore, a bonding wire inspection apparatus and a bonding wire inspection method that achieve both high speed and stable inspection have been realized.

  Note that this embodiment is merely an example, and does not limit the present invention. Therefore, the present invention can naturally be improved and modified in various ways without departing from the gist thereof. For example, in this embodiment, a strobe power supply is used to realize instantaneous exposure, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, imaging with the XY stage 2 operating can also be realized by increasing the shutter speed on the imaging device side.

  When measuring the distance a, the center or area centroid of the wire light spot 14 and the substrate light spot 13 in the X direction is obtained, and the distance between the centers of the wire light spot 14 and the substrate light spot 13 or the area centroid. By setting the distance as the distance a, the measurement value can be stabilized.

  Further, the outer shape of the bonding wire may be extracted after the image data obtained by the CCD camera is compressed and expanded. That is, by compressing and decompressing image data, noise contained in the image data can be removed, and the measurement value can be stabilized.

  In the present embodiment, the wire light spot 14 extends in the line direction, and the area of the wire light spot 14 is large. Therefore, a portion having a predetermined size or less may be deleted from the portions determined to be light spots. This method can also prevent misjudgment due to noise.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure of the bonding wire test | inspection apparatus concerning embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the subject irradiated with slit light. It is a figure which shows a bonding wire, Comprising: (a) is a side view, (b) is a top view. It is a side view which shows the principle of the height measurement of the wire by irradiation of slit light. It is a top view which shows the principle of the height measurement of the wire by irradiation of slit light. It is a flowchart which shows the test | inspection procedure of the bonding wire test | inspection apparatus concerning embodiment. It is a figure (inspection work: stationary state) which shows an image image which imaged slit light with a CCD camera. It is a figure which shows the image image which imaged the slit light with the CCD camera (inspection work: the movement state to a Y direction). It is a figure which shows the image image which imaged the slit light with the CCD camera (inspection workpiece | work: the movement state to a Y direction, exposure time excess).

Explanation of symbols

1 Inspection work (subject)
2 XY stage (stage)
4, 5 Slit light source 6 Coaxial illumination (strobe light source)
7 CCD camera (imaging device)
9 Control processing device 11 Substrate 12 Bonding wire 13 Substrate light spot 14 Wire light spot 100 Bonding wire inspection device

Claims (4)

A substrate on which wire bonding has been performed is used as an object.
A stage on which the subject is placed;
An imaging device for imaging the subject on the stage from above;
In a bonding wire inspection apparatus provided with a slit light source disposed on a side of the imaging device and irradiating the subject with slit light from obliquely above the subject,
While moving the stage in the direction of the reference line drawn by the slit light on the substrate of the subject, the imaging device continuously images the subject for a predetermined time, and based on the imaging data, A bonding wire inspection apparatus for obtaining a height of a bonding wire with respect to a substrate. In the bonding wire inspection apparatus according to claim 1,
A bonding wire inspection apparatus comprising a strobe light source that emits strobe light from above a subject. A substrate on which wire bonding has been performed is used as an object.
The subject is irradiated with slit light from an obliquely upper side of the subject, the subject is imaged by an imaging device disposed above the subject, and the subject's substrate is applied based on the imaging data. In a bonding wire inspection method including a wire height acquisition step of acquiring the height of a bonding wire,
In the step of acquiring the height of the wire, the subject is continuously moved for a predetermined time by the imaging device while moving the stage on which the subject is placed in the direction of a reference line drawn by the slit light on the subject substrate. A bonding wire inspection method, wherein imaging is performed. In the bonding wire inspection method according to claim 3,
Wire shape acquisition that irradiates strobe light from above the subject, moves the stage, images the subject with the imaging device, and acquires the shape of the bonding wire of the subject based on the imaging data A bonding wire inspection method comprising the steps of:

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