ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,937, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc. (Fort Washington, Pa.).
"Methods of testing bonded wires on wire bonding machines" was invented by Odal Kwon (Fort Washington, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of testing a bonded wire on a wire bonding machine is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) bonding a portion of a wire to a bonding location using a wire bonding tool on a wire bonding machine to form a bonded portion of the wire; (b) moving the wire bonding tool away from the bonded portion of the wire after step (a) with the wire engaged with the wire bonding tool; and (c) moving ...