ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,071, issued on July 21, was assigned to Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc. (Fort Washington, Pa.).
"Wire bonding systems and related methods of forming a vertical wire structure" was invented by Hui Xu (Chalfont, Pa.), Jesse Parish (North Wales, Pa.), Gary S. Gillotti (North Wales, Pa.), Kam-Shing Wong (Lansdale, Pa.) and Basil Milton (Furlong, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wire bonding system is provided. The wire bonding system includes a bond head assembly configured to carry a wire bonding tool. The wire bonding system also includes a support structure configured to support a workpiece. The workpiece is configured for wire ...