IP Library Granted Patent US 12,557,600
Granted Patent B2
US 12,557,600 · App. 17/642,951 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Semiconductor device manufacturing device and manufacturing method

Inventor: Makoto Takahashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Yamaha Robotics Co., Ltd.
H01L21/6838B25J15/0675B65G47/911
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Patent No.
US 12,557,600
App. No.
17/642,951
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

This semiconductor device manufacturing device comprises: a stage; a bonding head; a copying mechanism provided on the bonding head; and a controller that executes the copying process to adjust a facing surface to be parallel to a reference plane by having the facing surface, which is a holding surface or a chip end face, follow the reference plane 110 , which is a planar surface of the stage or a substrate. In the copying process, the controller moves the bonding head relative to the surface direction of the reference plane with the facing surface left abutting the reference plane in a state with the copying mechanism switched to a free state, until the axial direction position of the bonding head reaches a stipulated reference position, and when the axial direction position reaches the reference position, switches the copying mechanism to a locked state.

Claims (21)

1 . A semiconductor device manufacturing device, comprising:

a stage on which a substrate is mounted;

a bonding head, sucking and holding a chip by using a holding surface opposite to the stage, and being relatively movable with respect to the stage in a surface direction and a normal direction of the stage;

a copying mechanism, provided in the bonding head, and provided with a fixed member comprising one of a concave spherical surface and a convex spherical surface and a movable member comprising another of the concave spherical surface and the convex spherical surface and provided to be swingable with the holding surface with respect to the fixed member; and

a controller, executing a copying process adjusting a facing surface, which is an end surface of the chip held on the holding surface or the holding surface, to be parallel to a reference plane, which is a planar surface of a substrate held by the stage or a planar surface of the stage, by having the facing surface follow the reference plane,

wherein the copying mechanism is switchable between a free state in which the movable member is swingable and a locked state in which swinging of the movable member is limited, and

in the copying process, the controller moves the bonding head relative to the surface direction of the reference plane while keeping the facing surface abutting against the reference plane in a state in which the copying mechanism is switched to the free state until an axial direction position of the bonding head reaches a predetermined reference position, and switches the copying mechanism to the locked state at a time when the axial direction position reaches the reference position.

2 . The semiconductor device manufacturing device as claimed in claim 1 ,

in the copying process, the controller moves the bonding head at least in four directions parallel to the reference plane.

3 . The semiconductor device manufacturing device as claimed in claim 2 ,

wherein in the copying process, in a procedure of moving the bonding head along a predetermined copying route, the controller specifies the axial direction position at a time when the axial direction position is closest to the stage as the reference position.

4 . The semiconductor device manufacturing device as claimed in claim 2 ,

wherein the reference position is determined in advance based on a configuration of the bonding head and the stage or a result of a previous copying process.

5 . The semiconductor device manufacturing device as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein in the copying process, in a procedure of moving the bonding head along a predetermined copying route, the controller specifies the axial direction position at a time when the axial direction position is closest to the stage as the reference position.

6 . The semiconductor device manufacturing device as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the reference position is determined in advance based on a configuration of the bonding head and the stage or a result of a previous copying process.

7 . A semiconductor device manufacturing method, which manufactures the semiconductor device by bonding a chip sucked and held by a holding surface of a bonding head having a copying mechanism to a substrate mounted on a stage, the manufacturing method comprising:

a copying step of adjusting a facing surface, which is an end surface of the chip held on the holding surface or the holding surface, to be parallel to a reference plane, which is a planar surface of a substrate held by the stage or a planar surface of the stage, by having the facing surface follow the reference plane,

wherein the copying mechanism is provided with a fixed member comprising one of a concave spherical surface and a convex spherical surface and a movable member comprising another of the concave spherical surface and the convex spherical surface and provided to be swingable with the holding surface with respect to the fixed member, and the copying mechanism is switchable between a free state in which the movable member is swingable and a locked state in which swinging of the movable member is limited, and

in the copying step, the bonding head is moved relative to a surface direction of the reference plane while the facing surface is kept abutting against the reference plane in a state in which the copying mechanism is switched to the free state until an axial direction position of the bonding head reaches a predetermined reference position, and the copying mechanism is switched to the locked state at a time when the axial direction position reaches the reference position.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Sep 18, 2025
From: SHINKAWA LTD.
To: YAMAHA ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 072291/0409 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2022
From: TAKAHASHI, MAKOTO
To: SHINKAWA LTD.
Reel/Frame 059300/0182 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-082427 · May 8, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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