US 12,304,009 B2
Methods of installing wire bonding tools on wire bonding systems, and related installation tools and systems
Jon W. Brunner, Fort Washington, PA (US); Gary W. Schulze, Fort Washington, PA (US); and Aashish Shah, Fort Washington, PA (US)
Assigned to Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc., Fort Washington, PA (US)
Filed by Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc., Fort Washington, PA (US)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/844,968.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/254,968, filed on Oct. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0112270 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B23K 37/00 (2025.01); B23K 20/00 (2006.01); B25B 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC B23K 37/00 (2013.01) [B23K 20/004 (2013.01); B25B 9/02 (2013.01); H01L 2224/78308 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49998 (2015.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of installing a wire bonding tool on a wire bonding system, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) holding a wire bonding tool with an installation tool while the installation tool is held by a user;
(b) (i) engaging the wire bonding tool in an aperture of a transducer of a wire bonding system while the wire bonding tool is held by the installation tool and while the installation tool is held by the user, and (ii) releasing the installation tool by the user, while the installation tool continues to hold the wire bonding tool, and while the wire bonding tool is engaged in the ap erture;
(c) securing the wire bonding tool in the aperture; and
(d) releasing the wire bonding tool from the installation tool.