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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Clark D. Kinnaird, Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ;
Abstract
A video wire bonder system includes a processor ( ) coupled to an imaging station ( ), an input device ( ), a display ( ), and a memory ( ). Processor ( ) generates an image overlay ( ) having a graphical representation of each video wire bond between a bonding pad ( ) of a semiconductor die ( ) and a lead finger ( ) of an associated lead frame ( ). Processor ( ) generates a template ( ) comprising an organization of video wire bond parameters associated with each video wire bond, and stores template ( ) in memory ( ). Display ( ) displays image overlay ( ) to provide visual feedback to an operator while the operator is programming template ( ).