Wire bonding ultrasonic control system responsive to wire deformation
AssigneeF & K Delvotec Bondtechnik GmbH
InventorFarhad Farassat
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Abstract
A wire-bonding process for bonding a wire 8 to a contact surface of an electrical or electronic component 10, comprises supplying ultrasonic energy to a bonding tool 2 mounted on an ultrasonic transducer 6, the bonding tool 2 being arranged to press the wire 8 against the contact surface of the electrical or electronic component 10, and monitoring the deformation of the wire 8. The level and duration of the supply of ultrasonic energy and optionally the magnitude of the bonding force are continuously controlled during the bonding process in response to the deformation of the wire, in a closed loop system.
Claims6
A wire bonding apparatus for bonding a wire to a workpiece surface wherein the wire and/or the surface may have surface contamination which would interfere with the establishment of a good bond comprising
- an ultrasonic transducer including a horn,
- a bonding wedge secured to said horn for supporting a wire against the surface, whereby operation of said transducer will result in rapid displacement between the wire and the surface,
- means for sensing the deformation of the wire,
- means for determining when there is a sharp increase in the deformation of the wire,
- means for operating said transducer at a high energy level until said determining means determines that there is a sharp increase in the deformation of the wire and for operating said transducer at a low energy level when said determining means determines that there is a sharp increase in the deformation of the wire.
A method for bonding a wire to a workpiece surface wherein the wire and/or the surface may have surface contamination which would interfere with the establishement of a good bond in a wire bonding apparatus having an ultrasonic transducer including a horn, a bonding wedge secured to the horn for supporting a wire against the surface, whereby operation of the transducer will result in rapid displacement between the wire and the surface, and means for sensing the deformation of the wire, comprising
- determining when there is a sharp increase in the deformation of the wire,
- operating the transducer at a high energy level until the sharp increase in the deformation of the wire is determined, and
- operating the transducer at a low energy level when a sharp increase in the deformation of the wire is determined.
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