Method and apparatus for semiconductor chip handling
US6283693A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 12, 1999 |
| Grant date | Sep 4, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 12, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T156/1978
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
For stripping selected chips from a wafer of diced chips adhered, bottom surface down, to a flexible, elastic membrane, the bottom surface of the membrane is disposed against an apertured plate of a vacuum chuck for firmly holding the membrane in place with a group of the chips directly overlying push-up pins vertically movable through slots through the apertured plate. Selected pins are fired upwardly with sufficient speed to dislodge struck chips, but not non-selected adjacent chips, off the membrane and to hurl them, in free flight, upwardly against an overlying chip catching member. The stripped and caught chips are then transferred for storage or use.
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