Patent ID: 8056794

Claim:
A transducer configured for use with a manual wire bonding machine, the transducer comprising: a conically shaped ultrasonic transducer body portion including a distal end portion, the distal end portion defining a bonding tool aperture configured to receive at least a portion of a bonding tool; a first tightening mechanism for securing a ball bonding tool in the bonding tool aperture; a second aperture defined by the distal end portion, the second aperture receiving the first tightening mechanism for securing the ball bonding tool in the bonding tool aperture; and a third aperture defined by the distal end portion, the third aperture being a threaded aperture and being distinct from the second aperture, the third aperture being substantially round and extending from the distal end portion to the bonding tool aperture and terminating within the bonding tool aperture, the third aperture extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to (1) a lengthwise direction of the bonding tool aperture and (2) a lengthwise direction of the second aperture, the third aperture being configured to receive a second tightening mechanism for securing a wedge bonding tool in the bonding tool aperture, wherein when the third aperture receives the second tightening mechanism a distal end of the second tightening mechanism bears against a surface of the wedge bonding tool.