A wire bonding method includes bonding a tip of a wire provided through a clamp and a capillary onto a bonding pad of a chip, moving the capillary to a connection pad of a substrate corresponding to the bonding pad, bonding the wire to the connection pad to form a bonding wire connecting the bonding pad to the connection pad, before the capillary is raised from the connection pad, applying a electrical signal to the wire to detect whether the wire and the connection pad are in contact with each other, changing a state of the clamp to a closed state when the wire is not in contact with the connection pad and maintaining the state of the clamp in an open state when the wire is in contact with the connection pad, and raising the capillary from the connection pad while maintaining the state of the clamp.

A method and a device for establishing a wire connection between a first contact surface and at least one further contact surface. A contact end of a wire is positioned in a contact position relative to the first contact surface with a wire guiding tool. Subsequently, a mechanical, electrically conductive connection is established between the first contact surface and the contact end with a first solder material connection, and subsequently the wire guiding tool is moved to the further contact surface thus forming a wire section and establishing a further mechanical, electrically conductive connection between the wire section end and the further contact surface with a further solder material connection.

Provided is a method for bonding an insulated coating wire, which is capable of stably bonding a metal wire in an insulated coating wire and an electrode. One aspect of the present invention provides a method for bonding an insulated coating wire for electrically connecting a first electrode 12 and a second electrode to each other by an insulated coating wire 11 in which a metal wire is coated with an organic substance, the method including: a step (a) for placing the insulated coating wire 11 onto the first electrode 12; a step (b) for exposing a metal wire from the insulated coating wire; and a step (c) for forming a first bump over the exposed metal wire and the first electrode to electrically connect the metal wire to the first electrode.

An electrical circuit in a semiconductor package may include a wire connected at each end by a bond point formed using a wire-bonding machine. When a connection point (e.g., a die pad) has a very small dimension, the wire used for the circuit may be required to have a similarly small diameter. This small diameter can lead to a weak bond point, especially in bonds that include a heel portion. The heel portion is a transition region of the bond point that may have less strength (e.g., as measure by a pull-test) than other portions of the bond point and/or may be exposed to more forces than other portions of the bond point. Accordingly, a capping-bond point may be applied to the bond point to strengthen the bond point by clamping the heel portion and shielding it from forces that could cause cracks.

A capillary for performing ball bonding includes a body defining a lumen, a first blade defined in a lower tip of the body, and a second blade defined in the lower tip of the body for increasing reliability of a ball bonding procedure performed using the capillary.

A bonding tool that executes an ultrasonic vibration processing of applying ultrasonic vibration to an application portion on a lead wire from a direct contact tip portion and a pair of press mechanisms having a pair of press rollers capable of performing a rotational operation. The pair of press mechanisms executes a press processing of pressing both sides of the application portion on the lead wire by the pair of press rollers at a time of execution of the ultrasonic vibration processing by the bonding tool and a movement processing of executing a rotational operation performed by the pair of press rollers to move the pair of press rollers on the lead wire while pressing the lead wire at a time of non-execution of the ultrasonic vibration processing.

The semiconductor device manufacturing method includes a bonding step of bonding a wire to an electrode (35a), a looping wire formation step of looping the wire from the electrode (35a) to a dummy electrode (34) to form a looping wire (50a), a pressing step of pressing a part of the wire, a moving step of moving the pressed part of the wire directly above the electrode, a wire separation step of separating the wire partially from a wire supply to form a pin wire (55a) extending vertically upward from the electrode (35a), wherein the looping wire formation step adjusts the looping height of the wire to set the length of the looping wire to a predetermined length.

A method and a device for establishing a wire connection between a first contact surface and at least one further contact surface. A contact end of a wire is positioned in a contact position relative to the first contact surface with a wire guiding tool. Subsequently, a mechanical, electrically conductive connection is established between the first contact surface and the contact end with a first solder material connection, and subsequently the wire guiding tool is moved to the further contact surface thus forming a wire section and establishing a further mechanical, electrically conductive connection between the wire section end and the further contact surface with a further solder material connection.

Embodiments disclosed herein include wire bonds and tools for forming wire bonds. In an embodiment, a wire bond may comprise a first attachment ball, and a first wire having a first portion contacting the first attachment ball and a second portion. In an embodiment, the wire bond may further comprise a second attachment ball, and a second wire having a first portion contacting the second attachment ball and a second portion. In an embodiment, the second portion of the first wire is connected to the second portion of the second wire.

A control wire clamp for securing a control member, such as a control wire, in place is disclosed. The default state of the control wire clamp may be a clamped state. The control wire clamp may be placed in an unclamped state by applying force to a clamp handle.