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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1982
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Welding Institute, Abington, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ; B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2191 / ; 219 5622 ; 228123 ; 2281 / ;
Abstract
To permit ball-bonding of wires of aluminium or aluminium alloy to small electrical circuits or components, a spark discharge is created between the end of the wire and an electrode in a shielding atmosphere with a peak current density in the wire section which is from 40 to 450 times that used for ball-bonding gold wire. In this way oxidation of the ball is prevented.