Patent ID: 7597235

Claim:
A method for producing a bonding connection comprising: providing a bonding stamp comprising a guide area for guiding a bonding wire and which may be moved in a vertical direction; providing a guide device arranged laterally alongside the bonding stamp for guiding a bonding wire; and providing a heel shaper arranged on that side of the bonding stamp which is remote from the guide device and which comprises a guide area for guiding a bonding wire, and which is situated in a first active position relative to the bonding stamp or which may be moved into a defined first active position relative to the bonding stamp; inserting a bonding wire such that the bonding wire is guided along the guide device and along the guide area of the bonding stamp; defining a predetermined first bonding location on a first bonding partner to which the bonding wire is to be bonded onto the first bonding partner; lowering the bonding stamp together with the bonding inserted wire in the direction of the predetermined first bonding location until the bonding wire touches the first bonding partner at the predetermined first bonding location; and bonding the bonding wire to the first bonding partner at the predetermined first bonding location.