Amkor Technology, Inc.

Song Hak Kim

Hun Kil Cho

Jae Sung Kwak

A transducer assembly and wire bonding method has a vibration unit for generating an ultrasonic wave. A body section is coupled to the vibration unit for transferring the ultrasonic wave. A tapered horn is coupled to the body section for transferring and concentrating the ultrasonic wave. A capillary is coupled to a front section of the horn. The capillary has a channel running the length thereof. A wire is inserted through the channel. A discharge device is coupled to the capillary for forming a ball on the wire for wire bonding.

Transducer assembly, capillary and wire bonding method using the same

A method includes setting lead eye boxes and lead eye points on a gate and a support bar of a lead frame, before clamping the lead frame, and determining whether or not the lead frame is seated in an exact first position. The lead eye boxes and the lead eye points are again set on the gate and the support bar, after clamping the lead frame, and it is redetermined whether or not the lead frame is seated in the exact first position. The positions of leads of the lead frame are captured and memorized. Die eye boxes and die eye points are set on specific patterns of a die and it is determined whether or not the die is mounted in an exact second position.

Pattern recognition method

A lead frame such as a normal or inverted lead frame includes an unsymmetrical part such as a gate. A clamp, for clamping the lead frame during wire bonding, includes an observation hole. The unsymmetrical part of the lead frame is visible through the observation hole. A lead eye box and a lead eye point are set on the unsymmetrical part through the observation hole. The picture inside the lead eye box is captured and compared to a control picture. Setting the lead eye box and the lead eye point on the unsymmetrical part through the observation hole allows detection of when the lead frame is inadvertently rotated at prescribed angles or when a normal lead frame and an inverted lead frame are inadvertently mixed.

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Seoul, South Korea

Song Hak Kim