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US 10,092,984 B2Granted
Methods and systems for aligning tooling elements of ultrasonic bonding systems
AssigneeKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
InventorsJonathan Michael Byars, Garrett Leigh Wong
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Abstract
A method of aligning a subject tooling element of a material handling system of an ultrasonic bonding system is provided. The method includes the steps of: a) providing an overlay defining a relative position of at least a portion of a reference tooling element; b) viewing an image of at least a portion of the subject tooling element combined with a corresponding portion of the overlay; and c) adjusting a position of at least a portion of the subject tooling element by referring to the overlay in the image.
Claims19
An ultrasonic bonder comprising:
- a support structure configured to support a workpiece during an ultrasonic bonding operation;
- a clamp finger for securing a portion of the workpiece against the support structure during the ultrasonic bonding operation;
- an imaging system;
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- an overlay configured to be imaged by the imaging system in relation to at least one of the support structure and the clamp finger,
- wherein the overlay is configured to assist in the alignment of at least one of the support structure and the clamp finger in connection with a position of the support structure or the clamp finger included in the overlay,
- wherein the overlay defines a relative position of at least a portion of at least one of (i) the clamp finger with respect to at least one reference position of a reference material handling system and (ii) the support structure with respect to at least one reference position of a reference material handling system.
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