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Granted Patent B2
US 10,867,818 · App. 16/378,528 · Granted Dec 15, 2020

Wafer level dispenser

Inventors: Seung Min Hong (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Hee Joong Cho (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: PROTEC CO., LTD.
H01L21/67126H01L21/563
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Patent No.
US 10,867,818
App. No.
16/378,528
Granted
Dec 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a wafer level dispenser, and more particularly, a wafer level dispenser having a function of applying a viscous liquid to a semiconductor chip formed on a wafer by approaching the semiconductor chip on the wafer at various angles. According to the wafer level dispenser, a viscous liquid may be dispensed to a wafer or a semiconductor chip mounted on the wafer by adjusting an angle of a pump as desired.

Claims (23)

1. A wafer level dispenser comprising:

a pumping device dispensing a viscous liquid, wherein the pumping device comprises a nozzle;

a tilting device that is coupled to the pumping device to adjust an angle of a direction, in which the viscous liquid dispensed using the pumping device is discharged, and rotates the pumping device about a horizontal axis, wherein the tilting device comprises a surface;

a pump transporting device coupled to the tilting device and transporting the tilting device, wherein the pump transporting device comprises a surface;

a wafer supporting device placed below the pumping device and supporting a wafer, wherein the wafer supporting device comprises a ring frame; and

a wafer rotating device rotating the wafer supporting device to adjust a direction of the wafer supported by the wafer supporting device, wherein the wafer rotating device comprises an axis.

2. The wafer level dispenser of claim 1 , further comprising a wafer transporting device transporting the wafer supporting device in a horizontal direction to adjust a position of the wafer supporting device with respect to the pumping device, wherein the wafer transporting device comprises a surface.

3. The wafer level dispenser of claim 2 , wherein the wafer transporting device moves forward or backward the wafer supporting device in a horizontal direction along a straight path, and

the pump transporting device transports the pumping device in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction that are orthogonal to a transporting direction of the wafer supporting device.

4. The wafer level dispenser of claim 1 , further comprising a heating block that is in contact with a lower surface of a wafer held on the wafer supporting device and maintains a temperature of the wafer.

5. The wafer level dispenser of claim 4 , wherein the ring frame of the wafer supporting device has a ring shape and supports edges of a wafer having a disk shape, and

wherein the heating block is placed within the ring frame of the wafer supporting device.

6. The wafer level dispenser of claim 5 , further comprising a wafer pressurizing device pressurizing the wafer against the heating block to prevent warpage of the wafer held on the wafer supporting device, wherein the wafer pressurizing device comprises a surface.

7. The wafer level dispenser of claim 6 , further comprising a pump proceeding device that is mounted at the tilting device and moves the pumping device forward or backward with respect to the tilting device in a discharging direction of a viscous liquid dispensed using the pumping device, wherein the pump proceeding device comprises a surface.

8. The wafer level dispenser of claim 6 , wherein the wafer pressurizing device comprises:

a plurality of pressurizing devices arranged in a circumferential direction of the ring frame of the wafer supporting device, wherein each of the pressurizing devices comprises a surface; and

a plurality of pressurization operating devices respectively transporting the plurality of pressurizing devices in a radial direction with respect to the ring frame and respectively lifting the pressurizing devices with respect to the ring frame, wherein each of the pressurization operating devices comprises a surface.

9. The wafer level dispenser of claim 8 , wherein the wafer supporting device further comprises a plurality of wafer supporting devices configured to adsorb a lower surface of the wafer and arranged along a circumferential direction of the ring frame, wherein each of the wafer supporting devices comprises a surface.

10. The wafer level dispenser of claim 4 , wherein the pumping device comprises a piezoelectric pump dispensing a viscous liquid by using a piezoelectric actuator.

11. The wafer level dispenser of claim 10 , wherein the pumping device comprises at least one piezoelectric actuator having a length that is varied according to an applied voltage, a lever that is placed to contact the at least one piezoelectric actuator and rotates according to a variation in the length of the at least one piezoelectric actuator, a valve rod connected to the lever to move forward or backward according to rotation of the lever, a reservoir, into which the valve rod is inserted, and which moves forward or backward and stores the viscous liquid, and a nozzle connected to the reservoir, wherein the viscous liquid is discharged through the nozzle.

12. The wafer level dispenser of claim 11 , wherein the pumping device comprises two piezoelectric actuators,

wherein the two piezoelectric actuators are arranged on both sides with respect to a rotational axis of the lever, and

the tilting device rotates the pumping device about a rotational axis that is parallel to a direction in which the two piezoelectric actuators are arranged.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2019
From: HONG, SEUNG MIN; CHO, HEE JOONG
To: PROTEC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048879/0554 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2018-0040810 · Apr 9, 2018 · national
KR 10-2018-0049892 · Apr 30, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190311925A1 · Oct 10, 2019
Cited By (1)
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