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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
May. 15, 2015
Shinkawa Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
SHINKAWA LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a wire-bonding apparatus () including: a capillary () through which a wire () inserted; and a controller (). The controller () is configured to execute operations including: a disconnection operation, after the second bonding operation, of moving the capillary through which the wire is inserted within a horizontal plane vertical to an axial direction of the capillary while the wire is held in the clamped state, and thereby disconnecting the wire from the second bonding point; a preliminary bonding operation of feeding the wire from the second bonding point to a predetermined preliminary bonding point, and performing preliminary bonding at the preliminary bonding point; and a shaping operation, after the preliminary bonding operation, of shaping the wire projecting from a tip of the capillary into a predetermined flexed shape.