Patent ID: 8096462

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for performing a bonding operation and a rework operation using an ultrasonic bonding machine, the computer implemented method comprising: introducing a function and a flag into a source code of the ultrasonic bonding machine that enables the ultrasonic bonding machine to perform the rework operation, wherein the function instructs a motion system to go to a prescribed position and cut a bridge, and wherein the flag allows the ultrasonic bonding machine to alternate between the bonding operation and the rework operation; responsive to a selection of the rework operation on a display connected to a computer, determining that a sharpened wedge is operably coupled to a wedge holder of the ultrasonic bonding machine; responsive to determining that the sharpened wedge is in the wedge holder, moving the wedge holder in at least one lateral movement so that the sharpened wedge is positioned over a bridge causing a short between a pair of bonds; responsive to moving the wedge holder in the at least one lateral movement so that the sharpened wedge is positioned above the bridge causing the short between the pair of bonds, activating a control on a position control device connected to the computer and to the ultrasonic bonding machine; and responsive to an activation of the control, moving the wedge holder downward so that the sharpened wedge cuts the bridge.