Abstract:
A shuttle table assembly comprising a shuttle table for receiving a plurality of IC units at a first position and for offloading said units at a second position, said shuttle table movable from said first to second position; a cover assembly mounted to said shuttle table, the cover assembly having at least one cover movable from an open position to a closed position, said closed position covering said units on the shuttle table; wherein the cover assembly is coupled to a guide for closing the cover as the shuttle table moves from the first to the second position.
Abstract:
An assembly for cutting a plurality of substrates into individual integrated circuit units comprising a first block for receiving a first substrate, said first block movable between a first loading position, a first alignment inspection station and a first cutting zone; a second block for receiving a second substrate, said second block movable between a second loading position, a second alignment inspection station and a second cutting zone; a cutting device for cutting a substrate into individual integrated circuit units, said cutting device movable between the first cutting zone and the second cutting zone, and; an alignment inspection device for determining the alignment of a substrate positioned on either the first or second block, said alignment inspection device movable between the first alignment inspection station and the second alignment inspection station.
Abstract:
A punching system for singulating IC units comprising: a punching assembly arranged to receive a substrate and singulate said substrate into the IC units; a rotary carrier rotatable from a first position to a second position said rotary carrier arranged to receive said units at the first position and carry said units to the second position through rotation; wherein said rotary carrier includes recesses for receiving at least a portion of the units. A punching assembly comprising a die block having recesses for receiving selectively replaceable inserts wherein said inserts correspond to a punch pattern specific to a predetermined IC package arrangement.
Abstract:
An assembly for cutting a plurality of substrates into individual integrated circuit units comprising a first block for receiving a first substrate, said first block movable between a first loading position, a first alignment inspection station and a first cutting zone; a second block for receiving a second substrate, said second block movable between a second loading position, a second alignment inspection station and a second cutting zone; a cutting device for cutting a substrate into individual integrated circuit units, said cutting device movable between the first cutting zone and the second cutting zone, and; an alignment inspection device for determining the alignment of a substrate positioned on either the first or second block, said alignment inspection device movable between the first alignment inspection station and the second alignment inspection station.
Abstract:
A picker assembly comprising: a plurality of pickers in selective variable spaced relation; a shaft having a plurality of cam plates, said cam plates co-axial with said shaft and having a variable thickness; said cam plates in engagement with said pickers and positioned in interstitial spaces between said pickers; wherein the selective variability in spacing is provided by rotation of the shaft such that thickness variation of the cam plates move the respective pickers along an axis parallel to the shaft.
Abstract:
A system for cutting a plurality of substrates of integrated circuit units comprising a plurality of tables (40, 55), each table including a plurality of trays (37A, 37B, 57A, 57B), each tray arranged to receive one of said substrates; each of said tables selectively movable between a respective loading station (20) for receiving said substrates and a cutting station for cutting the substrates, and a substrate placement device (35) for placing the substrates on the respective trays of said tables; wherein the substrate placement device is arranged to sequentially place substrates on said tables with said tables arranged to sequentially move to the cutting station after receiving the substrates and then return to their respective loading stations for placement of additional substrates.
Abstract:
A method for inspecting and sorting a plurality of IC units comprising the steps of: delivering a frame containing said IC units to a unit picking station; conducting a first inspection of said units during the delivering step and recording the subsequent result; removing said units from the frame, and moving said units from the unit picking station to a flipping station; conducting a second inspection of said units during the moving step and recording the subsequent result; flipping said units to expose an opposed face said units; conducting a third inspection of said opposed face and recording the subsequent result, then; sorting said units into categories based on the recorded results from the first, second and third inspecting steps.
Abstract:
A method for inspecting and sorting a plurality of IC units comprising the steps of: delivering a frame containing said IC units to a unit picking station; conducting a first inspection of said units during the delivering step and recording the subsequent result; removing said units from the frame, and moving said units from the unit picking station to a flipping station; conducting a second inspection of said units during the moving step and recording the subsequent result; flipping said units to expose an opposed face said units; conducting a third inspection of said opposed face and recording the subsequent result, then; sorting said units into categories based on the recorded results from the first, second and third inspecting steps.