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7377415 Bond head link assembly for a wire bonding machine  
A bond head assembly for use with a bonding machine includes a wire bonding tool and a link mechanism coupled between the wire bonding tool and the wire bonding machine. The link mechanism includes...
7371676 Method for fabricating semiconductor components with through wire interconnects  
A method for fabricating a semiconductor component with a through wire interconnect includes the step of providing a substrate having a circuit side, a back side, and a through via. The method also...
7370785 Wire bonding method and apparatus  
A wire bonding apparatus and method involving a computer 41 that has a height position counter 44 that produces height position signals for a capillary 5 by processing signals from a position...
7360675 Wire bonder for ball bonding insulated wire and method of using same  
An electrical contact device is provided for electrically grounding an uninsulated end-portion of insulated wire stored on a spool driven by a device comprises the following. An electrical...
7353976 Wire bonder  
A Wire Bonder contains a bondhead and a rocker arranged on the bondhead that is rotatable on a horizontal axis. A horn with a flange is attached to the rocker in which a capillary is clamped. At...
7347352 Low loop height ball bonding method and apparatus  
In accordance with the invention, a bump is formed on top of a die bond pad by forming a ball bond there. Then, without severing the wire, the capillary undergoes a set of coordinated motions to...
7326640 Method of realizing thermosonic wire bonding between metal wires and copper pads by depositing a thin film to surface of semiconductor chip with copper pads  
Disclosed is a method of realizing thermosonic wire bonding between metal wires and copper pads by depositing a thin film to surfaces of semiconductor chips with copper pads, where a thin film that...
7320424 Linear split axis wire bonder  
A wire bonding machine for bonding a wire to a semiconductor device. The wire bonding machine includes a wire bonding head having a bonding tool mounted to it. The bonding tool is adapted to attach...
7320423 High speed linear and rotary split-axis wire bonder  
A wire bonding machine is disclosed for bonding a wire to a semiconductor device. The wire bonding machine includes a wire bonding head having a bonding tool mounted to it. The bonding tool is...
7314157 Wire bond with improved shear strength  
A wire bonding method and a wire bond formed from the method are provided to improve shear strength of a wire that is connected to a bonding surface. The wire bond includes a bonded wire having a...
7306132 Bonding apparatus  
A bonding apparatus including a front link whose lower end is rotatably connected to a bonding arm and upper portion is rotatably connected to bonding head, and a rear link whose lower end is...
7303113 Method and structure for controlled impedance wire bonds using co-dispensing of dielectric spacers  
A method (and structure) of making an electronic interconnection, includes, for a signal line to be interconnected, using a plurality of bonding wires configured to provide a controlled impedance...
7299966 Initial ball forming method for wire bonding wire and wire bonding apparatus  
An initial ball forming method for wire bonding wire and wire bonding apparatus that uses: a capillary through which a wire is passed; a torch electrode made of a low-melting-point material that...
7261230 Wirebonding insulated wire and capillary therefor  
An improved method of bonding an insulated wire ( 14 ) that has one end connected to a first bond pad ( 16 ) to a second bond pad ( 18 ) includes moving a tip of a capillary ( 20 ) holding the bond...
7259088 Apparatus for singulating and bonding semiconductor chips, and method for the same  
An apparatus for singulating and bonding semiconductor chips includes a singulating station and a mounting station. In the singulating station, a semiconductor chip is provided with a bonding wire...
7250684 Circular wire-bond pad, package made therewith, and method of assembling same  
A wire-bonding substrate includes a curvilinear wire-bond pad. The curvilinear wire-bond pad is used in reverse wire bonding to couple a die with the substrate. A curvilinear wire-bond pad is also...
7225538 Resilient contact structures formed and then attached to a substrate  
Contact structures exhibiting resilience or compliance are formed. The contact structures may be formed on a sacrificial substrate. The contact structures are attached to an array of electrical...
7224067 Intermetallic solder with low melting point  
Embodiments of the invention provide a low-melting temperature comprised primarily of a bulk intermetallic phase material. This solder may allow reflow with less of a chance to damage...
7214606 Method of fabricating a wire bond with multiple stitch bonds  
The invention provides a wire bond bonding a wire to a connection pad of an electronic device, and a method of forming the wire bond. A first stitch bond is formed on the connection pad, and a...
7213741 Lead wire bonding method  
After respective one ends of lead wires are fixed to a printed circuit board, the lead wires are bent, the printed circuit board is brought into a case and the other ends of the lead wires are...
7192861 Wire bonding for thin semiconductor package  
An assembly of a semiconductor chip ( 301 ) having an integrated circuit (IC) including at least one contact pad ( 320 ) on its surface ( 301 a ), wherein the contact pad has a metallization...
7188759 Methods for forming conductive bumps and wire loops  
A method of forming a conductive bump is provided. The method includes depositing a conductive bump on a bonding location using a bonding tool such that a junction exists between (1) a length of...
7174629 Integrated circuit contactor, and method and apparatus for production of integrated circuit contactor  
An integrated circuit contactor includes a base of an insulating material, the base being elastically deformable. A plurality of pads of a first conductive material are bonded to the base at...
7168165 Fabrication of electrical medical leads employing multi-filar wire conductors  
During fabrication of an electrical medical lead, a cut end of a stranded wire conductor is subjected to electrical current sufficient to heat and weld the strands together upon discharge of a high...
7140529 Wire bonding method and apparatus  
A wire bonding apparatus that include a piezoelectric element 4 provided near the capillary attachment portion of a bonding arm 1 so that a capillary 3 vibrates in the axial direction of the...
7137547 Process for forming electrical/mechanical connections  
A method of making a connection to a surface of an electronic carrier, the method comprising the steps of: providing a mass of malleable material on the surface of the electronic carrier;...
7134591 Method of and apparatus for testing a wire bond connection  
A method and apparatus for the nondestructive testing of a bond connection between a bond wire and a substrate or pad which utilizes an ultrasonic tool for bonding the bond wire to the substrate or...
7131568 Methods for lead penetrating clamping system  
An apparatus and method of forming improved wire bonds between the contact pads on semiconductor devices and individual lead frame fingers of a lead frame. The apparatus and method include the use...
7124927 Flip chip bonding tool and ball placement capillary  
A flip chip bonding tool and ball placement capillary system comprising a dissipative material with a resistance low enough to prevent a discharge of a charge to a device being bonded and high...
7109589 Integrated circuit with substantially perpendicular wire bonds  
An integrated circuit comprises an integrated circuit package and a plurality of circuit elements disposed within the integrated circuit package. A plurality of wire bonds provide connections for...
7108167 Wire bonder with a device for determining the vectorial distance between the capillary and the image recognition system and method  
A Wire Bonder comprises a bondhead that can be moved in a horizontal plane that has a capillary clamped to a horn and parts of an image recognition system. The tip of the capillary and the optical...
7100814 Method for preparing integrated circuit modules for attachment to printed circuit substrates  
A method of preparing an integrated circuit module for attachment to a PC substrate. At least one uncased semiconductor die is affixed to a TAB tape frame having concentrically arranged an outer...
7100812 Capillary holder  
A capillary holder for mounting a capillary onto a horn is provided that comprises a mounting hole formed in the horn that has a first width along a first axis that is smaller than a width of the...
7086148 Methods and apparatus for wire bonding with wire length adjustment in an integrated circuit  
An integrated circuit is wire bonded in a manner such that there is consistent RF performance from integrated circuit package to integrated circuit package. Bond distances within the integrated...
7082682 Contact structures and methods for making same  
Contact structures are formed by building a core structure on a substrate and over coating the core structure with a material that is harder or has a greater yield strength than the material of the...
7080771 Method for checking the quality of a wedge bond  
A method for checking the quality of a wedge bond between a wire loop and a connection point on a substrate, whereby the wire loop was formed by means of a capillary of a Wire Bonder, is...
7077304 Bonding tool with polymer coating  
A bonding tool for bonding a wire to a substrate. The bonding tool has a body portion, a working tip coupled to one end of the body portion, an orifice extending along a longitudinal axis of the...
7073702 Self-locking wire bond structure and method of making the same  
A complimentary self-locking wire bond structure and technique is introduced, where the bonding force is focused at the tip of the bond wire and a barb-type construction is utilized to enhance the...
7073247 Method of brazing a liquid-cooled stator bar  
A method for metallurgically bonding a stator bar to a coupling to reduce the incidence of leak paths resulting from corrosion. The stator bar comprises strands through which a liquid coolant can...
7051915 Capillary for wire bonding and method of wire bonding using it  
A capillary has a face surface 13 formed at the tip end thereof so that the face surface 13 inclines toward the center thereof so as to have a tapered shape, and has a through hole 11 formed...
7044357 Bump formation method and wire bonding method  
Bump formation method and wire bonding method including a step of forming a ball on the tip end of a wire that passes through a capillary and joining this ball to an electrode pad so as to make a...
7032802 Bonding tool with resistance  
A resistive bonding tool tip comprising a resistive material with a resistance low enough to prevent a discharge of a charge to a device being bonded and high enough to avoid current flow large...
7025247 Wire bonding method  
A wire bonding method including the steps of forming a bump by performing ball bonding of a ball by wire on a second conductor, raising a capillary to a height that is equal to or lower than the...
7025243 Bondhead for wire bonding apparatus  
A bondhead is provided that comprises a bondhead body for holding a bonding tool, such as an ultrasonic transducer, and a bondhead actuator coupled to the bondhead body for moving the bonding tool...
7021521 Bump connection and method and apparatus for forming said connection  
A bump connection is formed by stacking at least two metallic balls of different kinds of metals on a conductor of an electronic component such as a semiconductor device. The bump connection is...
7021520 Stacked chip connection using stand off stitch bonding  
The present invention provides a structure, apparatus, and method for wire bonding in which a first wire bond is formed between first and second components, a second wire bond is formed between the...
7017794 Wire bonding method and wire bonding apparatus  
A highly reliable bonding process is provided. The wire bonding method includes: (a) bonding a tip portion of a wire to a first electrode by pressing an open end section of a first hole of a first...
7014095 Wire bonding method, wire bonding apparatus and wire bonding program  
Wire bonding being performed by, following the formation of a neck portion on a wire at a first bonding point, raising the capillary from the neck portion while paying out a first specified length...
7004373 Wire bond fault detection method and apparatus  
A method and apparatus for confirming whether wire bonds are successfully made to sites on a workpiece by an ultrasonic bonding tool using wire supplied to an entrance bore through the tool from a...
7004372 Method for determining optimum bond parameters when bonding with a wire bonder  
A predetermined number of bond cycles is carried out in order to find optimum bond parameters for a wire bonder. The bond parameters to be optimized are each varied within a predefined range. With...