thermosonically
/ˌθɜːrmoʊˈsɒnɪkli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Involving both heat and ultrasonic energy.
Example Sentences
- "… rinsing said passivated copper tape; bonding a semiconductor device to said tape; and thermosonically bonding gold wires between said tape and said semiconductor device."
- "We have studied the ability to thermosonically wirebond gold onto Cu/Ni/Au surface metallurgy consisting of 2 μm Cu representing the bondpad followed by 1 to 4 μm electroless Ni and 1 μm Au over 5-20 μm of BCB (CYCLOTENE™) dielectric."
- "Thus the beam leaded “chip” eliminated the need to thermosonically bond wires directly onto metallized pads of the fragile silicon chip (as shown in Figure 6)."
Etymology
thermosonic + -ally