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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2007
Bernhard P. Lange, Garland, TX (US);
Steven A. Kummerl, Carrollton, TX (US);
Bernhard P. Lange, Garland, TX (US);
Steven A. Kummerl, Carrollton, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A device () and method () for bonding a ribbon wire () to a workpiece () comprising feeding the ribbon wire through a passageway () of an ultrasonic bond capillary () and clamping the ribbon wire against an engagement surface () of the bond capillary via a clamping jaw () operably coupled to the bond capillary. The ribbon wire () is bonded to the workpiece () along a bonding surface () of the bond capillary () and penetrated, at least partially, between the bonding surface and the engagement surface () of the bond capillary by a cutting tool (). The cutting tool () may comprise an elongate member () positioned between the bonding surface () and engagement surface (), and may have a cutting blade () positioned at a distal end () thereof. The cutting tool () may further comprise a ring cutter (), wherein the ribbon wire passes through a ring () having a cutting surface () defined about an inner diameter thereof.