Semiconductor wire bonding tools used in the assembly and interconnection
of integrated circuits (ICs) are micromolded from a mixture of ultrafine
particulate materials mixed with an organic binder. Following extraction
of the binder the green bonding tools are sintered during which they
undergo isotropic, constant and accurately predetermined shrinkage. Hence
semiconductor wire bonding tools can be produced with virtually no limit
to miniaturization, thus allowing the fabrication of higher integrated
semiconductor products.