Patent ID: 11935864
Assignee: KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC B  H

Claim 1:
2. A method of determining a desired clamping force profile for clamping a semiconductor element on a wire bonding machine, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) clamping a semiconductor element against a support structure of a wire bonding machine at a plurality of clamping force profiles using a device clamp of the wire bonding machine;
(b) detecting a floating value of a plurality of locations of the semiconductor element at each of the plurality of clamping force profiles, wherein step (b) includes (b1) pressing a respective portion of the semiconductor element against the support structure using a pressing force applied using a wire bonding tool of the wire bonding machine, and (b2) releasing at least a portion of the pressing force to detect the floating value at the respective one of the plurality of locations of the semiconductor element; and
(c) determining, using data derived from step (b), a desired clamping force profile for clamping the semiconductor element on the wire bonding machine.