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Bonding tool and its fabrication

US5213248A · kind A · utility

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32Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 10, 1992
Grant dateMay 25, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 10, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB23H9/00
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure is directed to a bonding tool for use primarily in thermo-compression bonding of electronic circuit components and to a method of making the bonding tool. In one form of the disclosure, a holder is provided and has a substrate mounted at an end thereof. The holder is adapted to receive a heating element. A polycrystalline diamond film is disposed on the substrate, the film preferably being deposited by chemical vapor deposition. In a disclosed embodiment the substrate is a material selected from the group consisting of polycrystalline diamond, cemented tungsten carbide, silicon carbide, cubic boron nitride, and tungsten. In a further form of the disclosure, a ceramic substrate is provided which has a favorable thermal conductivity property as well as substantial electrical conductivity sufficient to permit shaping by electrical discharge machining ("EDM").

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