West Bond

7KE

Packaging & Bonding West Bond 7KE family

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West Bond7KE

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What is it?

The equipment is listed as a Wire Bonder in the FabLab equipment inventory and is identified as the West Bond model 7KE. The detailed equipment page states that it is a convertible manual wire bonder for interconnecting gold wire leads to various semiconductor devices, and notes that aluminum wire is available.

What can it run?

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Interconnecting gold wire leads to semiconductor devices

What do the numbers mean?

Configuration & options7

Manufacturer: West Bond^[1]
Model: 7KE^[1]
Equipment type: Wire bonder^[1]
Description: Convertible manual wire bonder^[1]
Intended use: Interconnect gold wire leads to various semiconductor devices^[1]
Wire material noted: Aluminum wire available^[1]
Operation access: Limited to users approved and trained by FabLab staff^[1]

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The following facts about the 7KE are absent from this record as of this revision. First-hand knowledge or a citation closes a gap; every submission is reviewed before publication.

No publicly documented production dates or lifecycle milestones (introduction, end of production, EOL) for the 7KE are on record.
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No publicly documented variants, configuration options, or revision breakpoints of the 7KE are on record.
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The control-system platform and OS era of the 7KE are not on record.
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No publicly documented failure modes or field errata for the 7KE are on record.
Answerable by: a field service engineer, process engineer, or maintenance technician
The process node or technology generation of the 7KE is not on record.
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[1]nanocenter.umd.edu — nanocenter.umd.edunanocenter.umd.edu
[2]Equipment | FabLab | Maryland NanoCenter — nanocenter.umd.edunanocenter.umd.edu
[3]Equipment | FabLab | Maryland NanoCenter — nanocenter.umd.edunanocenter.umd.edu