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7126078 Sub-micron adjustable mount for supporting a component and method  
An arrangement is provided including an electrode extending to an electrode tip for contacting a workpiece. A welding configuration of the electrode tip is established by exposing the electrode tip...
7036225 Process for treating coil end upon winding of coil  
A process for treating a coil end is provided, by which upon automatic winding of the coil, an electric connection between a portion of a wire at the front or rear end of the coil and a terminal of...
6936785 Welding construction and a welding method using the same  
A welding construction ( 10 ) includes a weldable portion ( 11 a ) formed by bending a leading end of an electrically conductive plate ( 11 ). This weldable portion ( 11 a ) is formed with a tip (...
6898849 Method for controlling wire balls in electronic bonding  
A method for forming a substantially spherical free air ball on a fine non-oxidizable wire in a computerized bonder, which has a computerized flame-off (EFO) apparatus operable to generate pulses...
6896170 Wire bonder for ball bonding insulated wire and method of using same  
A wire bonder for bonding an insulated wire to a surface is disclosed. The bonder includes a bond head, having a bonding position adjacent to said surface and a wire preparation position spaced...
6857552 Method and apparatus for making smart card solder contacts  
A method and apparatus for soldering terminal ends of an antenna embedded in a plastic smart card to contact terminals of an IC module disposed on the card are shown. The enamel coated antenna...
6818861 Discharge electrode for a wire bonding apparatus  
A straight rod form discharge electrode used in a wire bonding apparatus. The electrode core material is covered, except for its tip end, by an alumina film that has been subjected to a pore...
6784394 Ball formation method and ball forming device used in a wire bonding apparatus  
A ball forming method and device used in a wire bonding apparatus in which a discharge is caused to occur by applying a high voltage between an electric torch and a tip end of a wire that extends...
6770833 Micro-welding electrode  
A micro-welding electrode which is installed in a welding machine and applied to the electronics industry and spot electric welding industry. The micro-welding electrode includes two integrated...
6737603 SW micro welder for directly welding enameled wires  
This invention deals with a spot electrical welding machine which is technically applied to the electronics industry and micro-electronic industry. A spot electrical welder optimally directly welds...
6715658 Ultra fine pitch capillary  
A bonding tool for bonding a fine wire to bonding pads having a very fine pitch is disclosed. The bonding tool comprises a working tip at an end thereof. The working tip includes i) a tapered...
6671952 Method of lead wire connection  
A method of lead wire connection includes mounting a lead wire onto an uppre surface of a land portion, supplying a cover member onto the lead wire, pressing the lead wire via the cover member...
6660956 Method of and apparatus for monitoring a ball forming process  
A method of monitoring a ball forming process in a wire bonder. A glow discharge parameter between an electrode on the wire bonder and an end of a wire mounted on the wire bonder on which the ball...
6552293 Metallic members joining method and reflow soldering method  
In each odd-numbered unit current-supplying period of a plurality of unit current-supplying periods making up a set current-supplying time, a control unit subjects only positive switching elements...
6520399 Thermosonic bonding apparatus, tool, and method  
A thermosonic bonding apparatus including an ultrasonic transducer; a bonding tool including a high resistivity tip, and a low resistivity shaft extending from the tip; a tool support arm...
6495787 Electrical connection system between an electrochemical cell and a printed circuit  
An electrical connection system between an electrochemical cell and a printed circuit having a copper layer, the system comprising at least one connection piece welded to the cell, wherein the...
6354479 Dissipative ceramic bonding tip  
Dissipative ceramic bonding tips for wire bonding electrical connections to bonding pads on integrated circuits chips and packages are disclosed. In accordance with the principles of the present...
6337453 Method and apparatus for arc-forming a bonding wire ball with attenuated electro-magnetic interference  
An improved apparatus and method for forming a fusion ball at the end of a wire protruding from an ultrasonic bonding tool preparatory to making a ball bond to a workpiece includes shielding means...
6215083 Welded wire termination device and method  
A welded wire termination for use in thermally and mechanically stressful environments is provided by forming a wire termination tab on a conductive pad to define a tubule for receiving a wire,...
6198064 Terminal for electric wire welding and welding torch suitable for electric wire welding to the terminal  
A pad piece is unitedly formed on a wrapping terminal to be contacted by an electrode probe and positioned to be opposed to a welding torch, and the electrode probe is held by the welding torch to...
6172318 Base for wire bond checking  
A base mainly includes a heating plate and a probe. The probe is attached to the surface of a heating plate which serves to place a substrate having an ball pad on a lower surface facing the probe...
6156990 Long-wearing impervious conductive wire clamp  
A wire bonding machine having a wire clamp comprised of a platinum group metal such as iridium, rhodium, ruthenium, or osmium so as to minimize corrosion due to micro sparking.
6137075 Method and apparatus for producing an electrical bond between conductors and electrical connector contacts  
A method and apparatus for producing an electrical bond between a conductor and an electrical connector contact. The apparatus generally comprises a power source and a weld head. The power source...
6064026 Method for producing an electrical bond between conductors and electrical connector contacts  
A method for producing an electrical bond between a contact element of an electrical connector and a conductor, the contact element having a portion that is bifurcated such that the conductor is...
6062462 Apparatus and method for making predetermined fine wire ball sizes  
A method and apparatus for making small ball size ratio air balls for use with fine pitch bonding tools includes programming an automatic wire bonder to make a predetermined diameter ball on a fine...
5988482 Discharge abnormality detection device and method for use in wire bonding apparatus  
A device and method is available for detecting abnormalities of an electric discharge generated for forming a ball at the end of a bonding wire in a bonding apparatus. A high voltage is applied...
5957371 Method and apparatus for forming a ball in wire bonding  
In a fixed type discharge electrode system employed for forming a ball on a bonding wire, a magnet is provided on, for instance, the discharge electrode so as to apply a magnetic field that causes...
5797388 Wire-bonding apparatus and method using a covered wire  
In a wire-bonding machine and method that uses a covered wire, discharge electrodes comprise a pair of discharge electrodes for covering-film removal, in which the upper and lower surfaces of...
5763849 Wire bonding apparatus  
In a wire bonding apparatus comprising a torch electrode for melting an end of a metallic thin wire to form a ball thereof, a high voltage detecting circuit for detecting a voltage between the...
5676856 Electric discharge apparatus for cleaning electrode on workpiece and method thereof  
A voltage is applied between a first cleaning electrode that in contact with an electrode on a workpiece such as a printed circuit board or a chip, and a second cleaning electrode located in the...
5628922 Electrical flame-off wand  
A electrical flame-off (EFO) wand 200 for emitting an electrical discharge to form a length of bonding wire into a ball comprising a stainless steel tube mounting section 305 for mounting, a...
5616257 Wire bonding method and apparatus  
An electrode used in a wire bonding method and apparatus for applying an electric discharge to an end of a bonding wire so as to form a ball at the end of the bonding wire. The electrode is...
5601740 Method and apparatus for wirebonding, for severing bond wires, and for forming balls on the ends of bond wires  
The efficacy of electrical discharges for severing bond wires and/or for forming balls at the ends of bond wires (including bond wires already severed by alternative mechanisms) is improved by...
5463197 Apparatus and method for forming wire bonding ball  
A ball forming apparatus free from parameter variations introduced in setting spark discharge control parameters wherein the variations may be largely of operator-dependent or apparatus-dependent...
5360958 Welding apparatus having coaxial welding electrodes  
A resistance welding apparatus for welding a wire to a metallic pad of an integrated circuit. The welding apparatus has coaxial welding electrodes with the outer electrode being in the form of a...
5263631 Contact-making system for semiconductor wire connections  
A contact-making system for wire connections on electronic components in semiconductor connection technology, which includes a contact-making device having a capillary tube arranged thereon for...
5214259 Method and apparatus for forming a ball at a bonding wire end  
In a method and apparatus for making uniform size balls at the end of bonding wires, a constant current circuit is installed between a high voltage power source and a discharge electrode so that a...
5181646 Lead frame holding apparatus for use in wire bonders  
A lead frame holding apparatus for wire bonding machines forcing an upward movement of a heater block and a frame retainer by a heater block raising-and-lowering cam and a frame retainer...
5178742 Method of and apparatus for forming a micromelt structure on an electrically-conductive probe tip  
A micromelt structure is provided on a probe tip by contacting the probe tip with a foil of the material from which the micromelt structure is to be formed and passing an electric current through...
5138127 Pressure welding with closed loop force control  
A parallel-gap welder applies a precisely controlled force to the weld head (40) by means of a solenoid (60) having a plunger (72) aligned with the axis of the welding electrodes (50,52). To...
5115111 Dual tip rotating welding electrode  
Two parallel elongated closely spaced electrodes for welding electronic circuit components are mounted for limited rotation about an axis extending generally longitudinally of the electrodes to...
5110032 Method and apparatus for wire bonding  
The present invention relates to a ball bonding technique using an insulated wire in assembling a semiconductor chip in which the ball is formed at the end of an insulated wire by an electrical...
5095187 Weakening wire supplied through a wire bonder  
A technique for weakening an interconnection wire provided on a contact on an electronic component, in which the wire is weakened by means of an arc which is created between the wire and an...
5002217 Bonding method and bonding apparatus  
A bonding method and apparatus for bonding a wire material having a ball-like end on a bonding pad is disclosed. While the ball of the wire material on the bonding pad is being pressed by a bonding...
4999472 Electric arc system for ablating a surface coating  
An electrical arc system for ablating a portion of a surface coating from an electrically conductive wire along a selected cut-off line within a tolerance on the order of 0.001 of an inch. The arc...
4976393 Semiconductor device and production process thereof, as well as wire bonding device used therefor  
The present invention concerns a semiconductor device and a process for producing semiconductor device, as well as a wire bonding device used therefor. In accordance with the present invention, a...
4955523 Interconnection of electronic components  
A technique for interconnecting electronic components in which interconnection wires are bonded to contacts on a first component without the use of a material other than the materials of the...
4925085 Bonding means and method  
An improved means and method for bonding closely spaced parallel wires for applications in electronic devices, circuits and assemblies is described herein. A wire guiding means is provided located...
4909427 Bonding wire ball formation  
A ball bonding apparatus is provided with a "flame off" electrode which is positioned, during flame off, around and above the capillary tool so that the spark for melting the wire passes in close...
4849600 Constant temperature welding method  
A method for welding two pieces includes juxtaposing the pieces and monitoring the temperature of the region to be welded. Energy is applied at a time rate sufficient to raise the temperature of...
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