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US 8,460,491 · App. 13/414,236 · Granted Jun 11, 2013

Die bonder and bonding method

Inventors: Shingo Fukasawa (Kumagaya, JP); Tatsuyuki Okubo (Kumagaya, JP); Yoshihiro Kurihara (Kumagaya, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Instruments Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,460,491
App. No.
13/414,236
Granted
Jun 11, 2013
Kind
B1
Abstract

The present invention provides die bonder and bonding method by which a bonding load from a high load to a low load is obtained or high-speed mounting is attained. In a die bonder or a bonding method in which a bonding head is ascended/descended by a first ascending/descending drive shaft unit, a die is picked up, the picked-up die is installed onto a workpiece, and after installed, a load is exerted on the die by the bonding head to bond the die to the workpiece, whether the load is higher/lower than a predetermined load is determined, and in bonding, when the load is higher than the predetermined load, the high load is exerted by the first ascending/descending drive shaft unit, and when the load is lower than the predetermined load, the low load is exerted by a second ascending/descending drive shaft unit.

Claims (36)

1. A die bonder, comprising:

a die bonding head for picking up a die and bonding the die onto a workpiece;

a biaxial drive shaft unit which includes an ascending/descending drive shaft unit for ascending/descending the bonding head and a horizontal-direction drive shaft unit for moving the ascending/descending drive shaft unit in a horizontal direction perpendicular to a direction in which the bonding head is ascended/descended; and

a control unit for controlling the biaxial drive shaft unit

wherein, the ascending/descending drive shaft unit includes

a first ascending/descending drive shaft unit for ascending/descending the bonding head and being able to exert a high bonding load which is higher than a predetermined load on the die via the bonding head, and

a second ascending/descending drive shaft unit which is installed on the side of a leading end of the first ascending/descending drive shaft unit, ascends/descends in the direction in which the bonding head is ascended/descended and is able to exert a low bonding load which is lower than the predetermined load on the die via the bonding head.

2. The die bonder according to claim 1 , wherein

the first ascending/descending drive shaft unit and the second ascending/descending drive shaft unit are configured using linear motors.

3. The die bonder according to claim 2 , wherein

the linear motor of the first ascending/descending drive shaft unit is a magnet type linear motor, and the linear motor of the second ascending/descending drive shaft unit is a voice coil motor.

4. The die bonder according to claim 2 , wherein

the control unit torque-controls the linear motor of the first ascending/descending drive shaft unit when the bonding load is to be exerted and position-controls the linear motor of the first ascending/descending drive shaft unit in other cases.

5. The die bonder according to claim 1 , wherein

a load detection sensor for detecting the high bonding load is disposed on the first ascending/descending drive shaft unit with which a head of the bonding head is brought into contact.

6. The die bonder according to claim 1 , wherein

the first ascending/descending drive shaft unit includes a first linear motor which includes a first movable part used for ascending/descending the bonding head along a first linear guide and a first stationary part as a drive shaft unit,

the horizontal direction drive shaft unit includes a second linear motor which includes a second movable part used for moving the bonding head in the horizontal direction and a second stationary part as a drive shaft unit, and includes

a coupling part for coupling the first movable part via the first linear guide and directly or indirectly coupling the second movable part,

a second linear guide for integrally moving the first movable part, the second movable part and the coupling part in the horizontal direction, and

a support for fixing the first fixing part and the second fixing part in the horizontal direction in parallel with each other along a predetermined length.

7. The die bonder according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a main power supply for supplying power to the biaxial drive shaft unit; and

an ascending/descending shaft unit a fall-preventing unit for preventing the bonding head from falling when the power from the main power supply has been lost.

8. A bonding method, comprising:

the picking-up step of ascending/descending a bonding head by a first ascending/descending drive shaft unit and picking up a die;

the installing step of descending the bonding head to install the picked-up die on a workpiece; and

the bonding step of bonding the die to the workpiece by exerting a load on the die by the bonding head after installed, and further comprising:

the determining step of determining whether the load is higher/lower than a predetermined load,

wherein the bonding step includes the high load exerting step of, when the load is a high load which is higher than the predetermined load, exerting the high load by the first ascending/descending drive shaft unit, and the low load exerting step of, when the load is a low load which is lower than the predetermined load, exerting the low load by a second ascending/descending drive shaft unit which is serially installed under the first ascending/descending drive shaft unit.

9. The bonding method according to claim 8 , wherein

the picking-up step controls loads to be exerted when picking up the die and when bonding the die by the second ascending/descending drive shaft unit.

10. The bonding method according to claim 8 , wherein

the high load exerting step reduces the load on the second ascending/descending drive shaft unit to zero or to almost zero to switch control of the first ascending/descending drive shaft unit from position control to torque control.

11. The bonding method according to claim 8 , wherein

the low load exerting step position-controls the first ascending/descending drive shaft unit while the load is being exerted.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2015
From: HITACHI HIGH-TECH INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD.
To: FASFORD TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035870/0158 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2012
From: FUKASAWA, SHINGO; OKUBO, TATSUYUKI; KURIHARA, YOSHIHIRO
To: HITACHI HIGH-TECH INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028261/0800 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-018365 · Jan 31, 2012 · national