Patent ID: 6871772
Filing Date: 2005-03-29
Classification: B23K,H01L

Abstract:
1. A wire bonding apparatus comprising: a carrying table which holds an object of bonding, a capillary holding body which has at its tip end a capillary through which a bonding wire passes, a holding body holder which holds said capillary holding body, a holder actuator which moves said holding body holder in relative terms with respect to an upper surface of said carrying table, thus moving said capillary so that said capillary is brought to contact with and separate from said carrying table, and a holding body actuator which is disposed between said holding body holder and said capillary holding body and moves said capillary holding body in relative terms with respect to said holding body holder; and wherein said holding body actuator causes said holder actuator to move said capillary upward when said capillary and said upper surface of said carrying table are brought to positionally close to each other.