Wire-to-wire bonding of μm-diameter aluminum wires for the Electric Solar Wind Sail

We present a novel ultrasonic wire-to-wire bonding method for bonding two micrometer-thick metal wires together. A special jig and an industrial wire bonder perform the bonding. This wire-to-wire bonding is the core unit process to produce space tether for the Electric Solar Wind Sail. The proposed...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Microelectronic engineering 2011-11, Vol.88 (11), p.3267-3269
Hauptverfasser:	Seppänen, Henri, Kiprich, Sergiy, Kurppa, Risto, Janhunen, Pekka, Hæggström, Edward
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aluminum Bonding Electric Solar Wind Sail Electric wire Microelectronics Sails Solar wind Tethers Ultrasonic testing Wire bonding Wire-to-wire
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