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US 7,411,157 B2Granted
Electronic flame-off electrode with ball-shaped tip
AssigneeKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
InventorsJon Brunner, Horst Clauberg, John Shuhart
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Abstract
An electrode for a wire bonding apparatus is provided. The electrode includes a body portion and a tip portion adjacent the body portion. The tip portion has a substantially spherical configuration.
Claims18
A wire bonding electrode comprising:
- a body portion;
- and
- a tip portion adjacent the body portion, the tip portion having a substantially spherical configuration, the tip portion defining an outer surface having a diameter that is greater than the largest diameter of an outer surface defined by the body portion, the wire bonding electrode being configured to be included in an electronic flame-off wand of a wire bonding machine.
An electronic flame-off wand electrode comprising:
- a body portion;
- and
- a tip portion adjacent the body portion, the tip portion defining an outer surface having a diameter that is greater than the largest diameter of an outer surface defined by the body portion, the electronic flame-off wand electrode being configured to be included in an electronic flame-off wand of a wire bonding machine.
A wire bonding electrode comprising:
- a body portion;
- and
- a tip portion adjacent the body portion, the tip portion being configured at an angle terminating at a point, the angle extending over the entire length of the tip portion such that the point is at an end of the tip portion, the wire bonding electrode being configured to be included in an electronic flame-off wand of a wire bonding machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.