Patent ID: 11911904
Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  G | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. Apparatus for handling microelectronic devices, comprising:
a pick arm having a pick surface configured for receiving a microelectronic device thereon;
drives for moving the pick arm and reorienting the pick surface in X, Y and Z planes and about a horizontal rotational axis and a vertical rotational axis;
a sensor device carried by the pick arm and configured to detect at least one of at least one magnitude of force or at least one location of force applied between the pick surface and a structure contacted by the pick surface or a structure and a microelectronic device carried on the pick surface; and
a controller programmed to control the drives for moving the pick arm and reorienting of the pick surface, the controller configured to reorient the microelectronic device carried on the pick surface responsive to the sensor device detecting the at least one of at least one magnitude of force or at least one location of force applied between the structure and the microelectronic device.