IP Library Granted Patent US 12,588,532
Granted Patent B2
US 12,588,532 · App. 17/783,376 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

IC chip mounting device, and IC chip mounting method

Inventor: Yoshimitsu Maeda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SATO CORPORATION
H01L24/75H01L24/743H01L24/83H01L21/67144H01L2224/75253H01L2224/75651H01L2224/82868H01L2224/82871H01L2224/82874H01L2224/83192H01L2224/83874
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Patent No.
US 12,588,532
App. No.
17/783,376
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is an IC chip mounting apparatus including: a conveyor configured to convey an antenna continuous body on a conveying surface, the antenna continuous body having a base material and plural inlay antennas continuously formed on the base material; an ejection unit configured to eject a thermosetting adhesive toward a reference position of each antenna in the antenna continuous body; an IC chip placement unit configured to place an IC chip on the adhesive that is located on the reference position of each antenna in the antenna continuous body; a first light irradiator configured to irradiate the adhesive of each antenna with a first light, in the vicinity of a position where an IC chip is located on the conveying surface; and a second light irradiator configured to irradiate the adhesive of each antenna with a second light, at a position downstream from a position where the adhesive is irradiated with the first light.

Claims (28)

1 . An IC chip mounting apparatus comprising:

a conveyor configured to convey an antenna continuous body on a conveying surface, the antenna continuous body having a base material and plural inlay antennas continuously formed on the base material;

an ejection unit configured to eject a thermosetting adhesive toward a reference position of each antenna in the antenna continuous body;

an IC chip placement unit configured to place an IC chip on the adhesive that is located on the reference position of each antenna in the antenna continuous body;

a first light irradiator configured to irradiate the adhesive of each antenna with a first light, in the vicinity of a position where an IC chip is located on the conveying surface; and

a second light irradiator configured to irradiate the adhesive of each antenna with a second light, at a position downstream from a position where the adhesive is irradiated with the first light.

2 . The IC chip mounting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an integrated light amount of the first light is less than an integrated light amount of the second light.

3 . The IC chip mounting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first light irradiator is configured to irradiate the adhesive of each antenna with the first light, before the IC chip is placed.

4 . The IC chip mounting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first light irradiator is configured to irradiate the adhesive of each antenna with the first light, while the IC chip is placed.

5 . The IC chip mounting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first light irradiator is configured to irradiate the adhesive of each antenna with the first light, after the IC chip is placed.

6 . The IC chip mounting apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the second light irradiator is configured to irradiate the adhesive of each antenna with the second light, while the IC chip on the adhesive to be irradiated is pressed to the antenna.

7 . The IC chip mounting apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first light irradiator is configured to irradiate the adhesive of each antenna with the first light, before the IC chip is placed.

8 . The IC chip mounting apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first light irradiator is configured to irradiate the adhesive of each antenna with the first light, while the IC chip is placed.

9 . The IC chip mounting apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first light irradiator is configured to irradiate the adhesive of each antenna with the first light, after the IC chip is placed.

10 . An IC chip mounting method comprising:

conveying an antenna continuous body on a conveying surface, the antenna continuous body having a base material and plural inlay antennas continuously formed on the base material;

ejecting, by a dispenser, a thermosetting adhesive toward a reference position of each antenna in the antenna continuous body;

placing an IC chip on the adhesive that is located on the reference position of each antenna in the antenna continuous body;

irradiating the adhesive of each antenna with a first light, in the vicinity of a position where an IC chip is located on the conveying surface; and

irradiating the adhesive of each antenna with a second light, at a position downstream from a position where the adhesive is irradiated with the first light.

11 . The IC chip mounting method according to claim 10 , wherein an integrated light amount of the first light is less than an integrated light amount of the second light.

12 . The IC chip mounting method according to claim 10 , wherein the irradiating the adhesive of each antenna with the first light is performed before the IC chip is placed.

13 . The IC chip mounting method according to claim 10 , wherein the irradiating the adhesive of each antenna with the first light is performed while the IC chip is placed.

14 . The IC chip mounting method according to claim 10 , wherein the irradiating the adhesive of each antenna with the first light is performed after the IC chip is placed.

15 . The IC chip mounting method according to claim 10 , wherein the irradiating the adhesive of each antenna with the second light is performed while the IC chip on the adhesive subject to irradiation is pressed to the antenna.

16 . The IC chip mounting method according to claim 11 , wherein the irradiating the adhesive of each antenna with the first light is performed before the IC chip is placed.

17 . The IC chip mounting method according to claim 11 , wherein the irradiating the adhesive of each antenna with the first light is performed while the IC chip is placed.

18 . The IC chip mounting method according to claim 11 , wherein the irradiating the adhesive of each antenna with the first light is performed after the IC chip is placed.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 1, 2025
From: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SATO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072085/0034 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2022
From: MAEDA, YOSHIMITSU
To: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 060412/0938 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2019-235374 · Dec 26, 2019 · national
JP 2020-216373 · Dec 25, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230019546A1 · Jan 19, 2023
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