Patent ID: 6886734

Claim:
An apparatus for connecting at least one lead of leads of a lead frame to at least one bond pad of bond pads on an integrated circuit die, the apparatus comprising: a base for supporting at least a portion of the lead frame; a clamp mechanism for holding a plurality of sets of the leads against the base one set at a time, each set of the plurality of sets including fewer than all of the leads of the lead frame, at least one set of the plurality of sets including more than one of the leads; at least one of a wire-bond pull test device and a wire-bond shear test device for testing wire bonds of held leads; a heat block for heating the at least one lead of the leads of the lead frame and the integrated circuit die; and a bonding tool for connecting at least one lead of the leads held by the clamp mechanism to at least one bond pad of the bond pads on the integrated circuit die.