Abstract:
A method of manufacturing minute metallic balls (20) uniform in size comprising the steps of making short pieces (16; 10) of metallic wire by cutting a fine metallic wire (1) to a given length and shaping said pieces into balls by heating and melting them at a temperature higher than the melting point of said metal.
Abstract:
A method and device for forming bumps composed of very small metallic balls on electrodes of semiconductor chips, printed board, etc. A first invention is such that a vacuum chamber for vacuum clamping is divided into a plurality of divisions and the clamping/releasing are controlled for each division so as to prevent balls from being clamped to an array board in aggregates. Partition walls are provided in the vacuum chamber. A second invention is such that cut-off sections are provided in an edge portion of the array board so as to prevent bumps already formed from being pressed against the board again. A third invention is such that a bump forming device which hold only one ball is disclosed. A forth invention is such that bumps are formed at once on two or more diced semiconductor chips. A fifth invention is such that an optimum amount range of very small metallic balls are accurately supplied to a container. A sixth invention is such that two or more balls excessively arranged on one suction hole of the array board are reliably detected.