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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Valery Khelemsky, Holland, PA (US);
Ali Reza Safabakhsh, Yardley, PA (US);
Assignee:
Kulicke and Soffa Investments, Inc., Willow Grove, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
228-11 ; 228904 ;
Abstract
The present invention concerns a self locking system for holding a wire bonding tool in a wire bonding transducer and comprises an unitary cam key rotatably mounted in a cam key aperture extending through an anti-node end of an ultrasonic transducer. A cam surface on the cam key is operable to lock a bonding tool mounted in a substantially vertical bonding tool aperture when rotated less than 360.degree. in said cam key aperture.