Chip mounting apparatus
CA 1297664 C · Owner: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. · Inventors: Nishiguchi, Masanori
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Abstract, In a chip mounting apparatus a plurality of chips, individually bonded on an adhesive tape are removed from the tape and mounted in a package or on a printed circuit board. The apparatus has a vacuum pickup member movable for picking up each chip by vacuum. At least one push rod is movable for pushing up the chip from a lower surface of the tape towards the pickup member. A tape driving portion draws the tape downwards from a peripheral portion of the chip, and a sensor detects when the tape has been separated from the peripheral portion of the chip. The push rod or rods are withdrawn by a signal from the sensor. The sensor can be optical or can take the from of a load detecting …
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- Granted March 24, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 24, 2009.
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