IP Library Granted Patent US 9,484,237
Granted Patent B2
US 9,484,237 · App. 14/814,307 · Granted Nov 1, 2016

Mass transfer system

Inventors: Andreas Bibl (Los Altos, CA); Dariusz Golda (Redwood City, CA)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
H01L21/6833B81C99/002H01L21/6835H01L21/76802H01L21/76877H01L21/76898H01L24/75H01L2221/68322H01L2221/68354H01L2221/68363H01L2221/68368H01L2221/68381H01L2924/12041H01L2924/12042H01L2924/1461
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,484,237
App. No.
14/814,307
Granted
Nov 1, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Micro pick up arrays for transferring micro devices from a carrier substrate are disclosed. In an embodiment, a micro pick up array includes a compliant contact for delivering an operating voltage from a voltage source to an array of electrostatic transfer heads. In an embodiment, the compliant contact is moveable relative to a base substrate of the micro pick up array.

Claims (9)

1. A system comprising:

a transfer head assembly including an operating voltage contact and a clamping voltage contact; and

a micro pick up array including a base substrate, a plug formed through the base substrate, and an array of electrostatic transfer heads electrically coupled with the plug;

wherein the operating voltage contact is alignable with the plug and the clamping voltage contact is alignable with a backside of the micro pick up array opposite the array of electrostatic transfer heads on a frontside of the micro pick up array.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein a gap separates the plug from the base substrate, and the array of electrostatic transfer heads are electrically coupled with the plug.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the transfer head assembly comprises a plurality of operating voltage contacts, and the micro pick up array comprises a plurality of plugs, wherein the plurality of operating voltage contacts are alignable with the plurality of plugs.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein each electrostatic transfer head comprises: a mesa structure having an electrode surface, and a dielectric layer covering the electrode surface.

5. The system of claim 2 , wherein the gap is filled with a dielectric material.

6. The system of claim 2 , wherein the plug is movable relative to the base substrate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2016
From: LUXVUE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
To: APPLE INC.
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Continuity (2)
Division 13909892 · Jun 4, 2013
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