Patent ID: 6923361

Claim:
A bonding apparatus comprising: a horn holder, one end of said horn holder having a first connecting portion that is movable in a horizontal direction and is pivotably connected to a bonding head so that said first connecting portion is pivotable, and another end of said horn holder being inclined downward and forward, an ultrasonic horn which has a capillary at one end thereof and is held by said another end of said horn holder, a linking arm, one end of said linking arm having a second connecting portion that is pivotably connected to said another end of said horn holder so that said second connecting portion is pivotable, and another end of said linking arm having a third connecting portion that is pivotably connected to said bonding head so that said third connecting portion is pivotable with respect to said bonding head, and a driving motor which moves horizontally for moving said first connecting portion horizontally and causing said third connecting portion to pivot; wherein said second connecting portion is disposed on an imaginary line that connects a tip end of said capillary and said first connecting portion, said third connecting portion is disposed on an imaginary horizontal line that passes through said first connecting portion, and a relationship L1=L2=L3 is established, in which L1 is a distance between said third connecting portion and said second connecting portion, L2 is a distance between said second connecting portion and said tip end of said capillary, and L3 is a distance between said second connecting portion and said first connecting portion.