IP Library Granted Patent US 7,437,818
Granted Patent B2
US 7,437,818 · App. 10/564,275 · Granted Oct 21, 2008

Component mounting method

Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,437,818
App. No.
10/564,275
Granted
Oct 21, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A component mounting apparatus and method for mounting a plurality of components on a board. The aparatus is provided with a board holding device for holding the board at a board holding position, a first mounting head for holding and taking out a component fed from a first component feeding position and mounting the component on the board held at the board holding position, a second mounting head for holding and taking out the component fed from a second component feeding position and mounting the component on the held board, and a component feeding device having a wafer holding table for holding a wafer on which the respective components are fed so that the wafer holding table can be moved reciprocationally between the first component feeding position and the second component feeding position.

Claims (12)

1. A component mounting method for mounting a plurality of components of semiconductor chips fed from a diced wafer on a board, comprising:

in a component mounting apparatus providing a first mounting head for holding and taking out the component fed from a first component feeding position to mount the component on the board held at a board holding position providing, a second mounting head for holding and taking out the component fed from a second component feeding position to mount the component on the board held at the board holding position, and providing a wafer holding table which is moved reciprocationally between the first component feeding position and the second component feeding position, for holding the wafer so that the respective components are fed;

holding and taking out the component by the first mounting head at the first component feeding position; moving the first mounting head to the board holding position with the held component; mounting the held component on the board, and then returning the first mounting head to the first component feeding position;

until arriving of the first mounting head at the first component feeding position, moving the wafer holding table from the first component feeding position to the second component feeding position; holding and taking out the component by the second mounting head at the second component feeding position; and then returning the wafer holding table to the first component feeding position thereby locating said wafer holding table at said first component feeding position.

2. The component mounting method as defined in claim 1 , further comprising moving the wafer holding table from the first component feeding position to the second component feeding position, and recognizing a position on the wafer holding table where the component is held and taken out by the second mounting head.

3. The component mounting method as defined in claim 1 , further comprising

locating the wafer holding table at the first component feeding position,

recognizing positions on the wafer holding table with the respective fed components, by a head mounted component recognition device provided for the first mounting head, and

holding and taking out the respective components by the first mounting head based on the recognition result.

4. The component mounting method as defined in claim 2 , further comprising

recognizing a positional shift amount of holding attitude of the component by the component holding member provided for the second mounting head, and

correcting the recognition position of the component on the wafer holding table based on results from the head mounted component recognition device of the positional shift amount.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 23, 2009
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022434/0348 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2007
From: KABESHITA, AKIRA; HAMASAKI, KURAYASU; TANI, NORIYUKI; MINAMITANI, SHOZO; MAKINO, YOICHI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 018930/0744 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2003-302782 · Aug 27, 2003 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070101572A1 · May 10, 2007