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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2015
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc., Fort Washington, PA (US);
Gary S. Gillotti, North Wales, PA (US);
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc., Fort Washington, PA (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a wire bonding machine is provided. The method includes: detecting a short tail condition after formation of a wire bond formed using a wire bonding tool; providing a bond head assembly of a wire bonding machine at an xy location of the wire bonding machine, the bond head assembly carrying the wire bonding tool; lowering the bond head assembly toward a contact surface at the xy location with a wire clamp of the wire bonding machine closed; opening the wire clamp; decelerating the bond head assembly as it is lowered toward the contact surface such that a portion of a wire extends below a tip of the wire bonding tool; closing the wire clamp; and performing a test to determine if an end of the portion of the wire extending below the tip of the bonding tool is in contact with the contact surface.