From: "Joe R." <rigdonj at cfl.rr.com>
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Also several months ago someone on this list mentioned that he worked in
a shop that had a wire bonding machine and he frequently took "failed" ICs
and replaced the failed bond wire and keep on using them. He said that some
ICs had had the bond wires replaced numerous times.
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Hi
At a previous company I worked at we had a bonding machine
and we used a lot of EPROM's. Often one would ge put
in upside down and blow a bonding wire. I used to take
these and pop the top off and rebond a new wire for the
blown one. They always worked after that. I'd just
epoxy the lid back on. I think I still have a few
of these in my parts box someplace.
Dwight