Wire clamp and wire bonding apparatus having the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSung-Soo Lee, Ki-Taik Oh, Jung-Hyeon Kim
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Abstract
A wire clamp includes a pair of clamp arms at a predetermined distance from each other to define an interval therebetween for a bonding wire, a clamp body coupled to the clamp arms, the clamp body configured to adjust the predetermined distance between the clamp arms with respect to a process to be performed, a clamping section in each clamp arm, the clamping section having concave portions facing the interval between the clamp arms, the concave portions being configured to contact the bonding wire when the clamp arms are brought close together, and at least one abrasion prevention member in each clamping section, the abrasion prevention members being configured to prevent abrasion during contact with the bonding wire.
Claims17
A wire clamp, comprising:
- a pair of clamp arms at a predetermined distance from each other to define an interval therebetween for a bonding wire;
- a clamp body coupled to the clamp arms, the clamp body configured to adjust the predetermined distance between the clamp arms with respect to a process to be performed;
- a clamping section in each clamp arm, the clamping section having concave portions facing the interval between the clamp arms, the concave portions being configured to contact the bonding wire when the clamp arms are brought close together;
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- at least one abrasion prevention member in each clamping section, the abrasion prevention members being configured to prevent abrasion during contact with the bonding wire, wherein each clamping section includes a plurality of abrasion prevention members, the abrasion prevention members being disposed at even intervals from each other, the intervals being measured along a direction parallel to a direction of the bonding wire.
A wire bonding apparatus, comprising:
- a capillary configured to guide a bonding wire to predetermined regions, the capillary being movable between the predetermined regions;
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- a wire clamp including:
- a pair of clamp arms at a predetermined distance from each other to define an interval therebetween for a bonding wire, the pair of clamp arms being configured to control supply of the bonding wire to the capillary;
- a clamp body coupled to the clamp arms, the clamp body configured to adjust the predetermined distance between the clamp arms with respect to a process to be performed;
- a clamping section in each clamp arm, the clamping section having concave portions facing the interval between the clamp arms, the concave portions being configured to contact the bonding wire when the clamp arms are brought close together;
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- at least one abrasion prevention member in each clamping section, the abrasion prevention members being configured to prevent abrasion during contact with the bonding wire, wherein each clamping section includes a plurality of abrasion prevention members, the abrasion prevention members being disposed at even intervals from each other, the intervals being measured along a direction parallel to a direction of the bonding wire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.