Patent ID: 6182885
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: B23K,H01L

Abstract:
A wire bonding method in which a wire passing through a capillary is connected between a first bonding point and a second bonding point, wherein;a ball formed on a tip end of the wire protruding from a tip end of the capillary is first bonded to the first bonding point,the capillary is moved toward the second bonding point,the capillary is first lowered to a point that is slightly on the first bonding point side of the second bonding point,a portion of the wire suspended from the tip end of the capillary is pressed against a horizontal surface to form an upward kink in said wire,the capillary is then raised and moved to a point above the second bonding point, andthe capillary is lowered to bond the wire to the second bonding point.