Patent ID: 7610675

Claim:
Method to produce a transponder, comprising: position a coil comprising first and second coil ends in a predetermined coil position and holding said coil ends in a first holding position with a first and a second wire holder; feeding a chip comprising first and second contact pads to a chip fixture after positioning the coil in the predetermined position; moving said chip fixture in which said chip is loaded from a chip loading position to a chip bonding position into the vicinity of the coil so that the first contact pad of the chip is positioned under the first coil end; catching the second coil end and repositioning and stretching the second coil end above the second contact pad of the chip with a wirecatcher and fixing the second coil end in a third wire holder at a respective second holding position; and bonding the first coil end to the first contact pad and the second coil end to the second contact pad.