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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
May. 12, 2000
Charles F. Miller, Anaheim Hills, CA (US);
West Bond, Inc., Anaheim, CA (US);
Abstract
A machine for automatically making ultrasonic bonds between metallic conductors using a metal bonding wire precisely positions the tip of an ultrasonic bonding tool relative to a workpiece with a positioning mechanism which includes a first, upper tool support platform rollably supported by a support structure and translatable in a first direction with respect to the support structure by a first remotely operable drive motor, at least a second tool support platform rollably supported by the first tool support platform and translatable with respect thereto in a second direction by a second drive motor, and preferably, a third, end tool support platform rollably supported by the second tool support platform and translatable with respect thereto by a third drive motor.