Patent ID: 7654436

Claim:
Method of bonding wires onto electronic devices comprising the steps of: a. mounting first and second electronic devices onto separate first and second positioning tables; b. positioning the first positioning table at a bonding position having a bonding tool and bonding the electronic device mounted on the first positioning table with the bonding tool; c. moving the first positioning table to a first loading and unloading position to remove the bonded electronic device from the first positioning table and replacing it with an unbonded electronic device at the first loading and unloading position; d. independently moving the second positioning table to the bonding position vacated by the first positioning table and bonding the electronic device mounted on the second positioning table with the bonding tool; e. moving the second positioning table to a second loading and unloading position different from the first loading and unloading position to remove the bonded electronic device from the second positioning table and replacing it with an unbonded electronic device at the second loading and unloading position; and f. independently moving the first positioning table to the bonding position vacated by the second positioning table and bonding the electronic device mounted on the first positioning table with the bonding tool.