Patent ID: 8413316

Claim:
A method for bonding a wire conductor arranged on a substrate during the manufacture of a transponder unit having a wire coil and a chip module, comprising: in a first phase, permanently joining the coil with the substrate; and in a second phase, bonding the wire conductor to the chip module, wherein in the first phase at least one of the end portions of the wire conductor intended for later bonding with the chip module is attached to the substrate with a free loop being formed, and that the loop thus formed is gripped in a second phase and a section of the loop is then bonded with a terminal area of the chip module and attached to the terminal area in an electrically conductive manner and wherein in the second phase the loop is gripped by two grippers that take up a section of the loop between them and that are moved in such a manner, relative to the chip module and relative to each other, that said section of the loop finally at least substantially forms a straight line that covers a terminal area of a chip module.