IP Library Granted Patent US 5,601,740
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US 5,601,740 · App. 08/573,945

Method and apparatus for wirebonding, for severing bond wires, and for forming balls on the ends of bond wires

Inventors: Benjamin N. Eldridge, Gaetan L. Mathieu
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Granted: Feb 11, 1997 Filed: Dec 18, 1995
Inventors
Benjamin N. Eldridge
Gaetan L. Mathieu
Assignee (at issue)
FormFactor, Inc.

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Patent No.
US 5,601,740
App. No.
08/573,945
Filed
1995-12-18
Granted
1997-02-11
Kind
A