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US 2026/0061480 A1Published application
Wire bonding tool
AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorOliver HAGEDORN
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Abstract
A wire bonding tool is disclosed. In one example, the wire bonding tool includes a groove for accommodating a bonding wire, and a pair of jaws defining side walls of the groove. Each jaw of the pair of jaws has a tip surface configured to face a bonding surface during operation. The tip surface of each jaw is curved.
Claims16
A wire bonding tool comprising:
- a groove for accommodating a bonding wire;
- and
- a pair of jaws defining side walls of the groove;
- wherein each jaw of the pair of jaws has a tip surface configured to face a bonding surface during operation;
- and
- wherein the tip surface of each jaw is curved.
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A wire bonding tool comprising:
- a groove for accommodating a bonding wire;
- wherein a shape of an apical line of the groove is a continuous convex curve defined by at least one spline.
A wire bonding tool comprising:
- a groove for accommodating a bonding wire;
- and
- a pair of jaws defining side walls of the groove;
- wherein a shape of the groove along its width direction as defined by the jaws is a conic section, optionally parabolic, ellipsoid or hyperbolic.
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A wire bonding tool comprising:
- a shank;
- and
- a groove for accommodating a bonding wire formed at one end of the shank;
- wherein the groove comprises a receiving end configured to receive the bonding wire and a releasing end configured to release the bonding wire;
- and
- wherein, at the receiving end, a tangential to an apical line of the groove and a vertical line form an acute angle.
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A wire bonding tool comprising:
- a shank;
- a groove for accommodating a bonding wire formed at one end of the shank;
- wherein the groove comprises a receiving end configured to receive the bonding wire and a releasing end configured to release the bonding wire;
- and
- wherein, at the releasing end, an apical line of the groove is tangential to an adjoining surface of the shank.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.