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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nobuto Yamazaki, Kunitachi, JP;
Motohiko Kato, Higashikurume, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Shinkawa, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
438617 ; 438612 ; 2281805 ;
Abstract
In a ball forming method used in manufacturing semiconductor devices, a ball is formed at the end of a bonding wire, this ball is pressed against an electrode of a semiconductor device and bonded to the electrode, a capillary is raised by a predetermined amount, and an ultrasonic vibration is applied to the capillary so that a portion of the wire located between the bonded ball and the lower end of the capillary is caused to undergo resonant vibration. This resonant vibration separates the wire from the bonding ball, thus leaving the ball on the electrode as a bump.