Patent ID: 11887876
Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES & INSTRUMENTS PTE LTD
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A system for handling components, the system comprising:
a turret assembly comprising:
a turret rotatable about a horizontal axis, and
a plurality of end effectors attached to and arranged peripherally around the turret, the end effectors aligned radially from the horizontal axis;

a support assembly arranged to move a source substrate to a retrieval position, the support assembly arranged below the turret assembly such that an end effector of the plurality of end effectors is positioned in a vertical downward facing direction above a component in an X-Y-θ coordinate position of the source substrate for retrieving the component from the source substrate;
a component transfer assembly arranged to move a component transfer medium, referenced to a digital map position of the component on the source substrate, to a component release position corresponding to the X-Y-θ coordinate position of the source substrate for receiving the components from the end effectors, the component transfer assembly arranged above the turret assembly such that an end effector of the plurality of end effectors is positioned in a vertical upward facing direction for releasing a component from the end effector; and
an image capture device aligned radially from the horizontal axis and configured for capturing images of the components held by the end effectors during rotation of the turret,
wherein any deviation of the component X-Y-θ coordinate position captured by the image capture device is corrected or compensated by way of the component transfer assembly prior to placement of the component on the component transfer medium.