Patent ID: 9711389
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G01R,G11C,H01L

Claim:
1. An automatic module apparatus for manufacturing a solid state drive (SSD), the apparatus comprising: a SSD labeling apparatus configured to print a label on each of a plurality of SSDs mounted on a carrier tray; one or more test handler apparatuses, each test handler apparatus configured to receive the carrier tray on which the labeled SSDs are mounted from the SSD labeling apparatus and to test the labeled SSDs to determine whether the labeled SSDs are defective or non-defective; and a first SSD sorting apparatus configured to receive the carrier tray on which the tested SSDs are mounted from the one or more test handler apparatuses and to sort non-defective defective SSDs as tested by the test handler apparatuses, wherein the SSD labeling apparatus, the test handler apparatuses, and the first SSD sorting apparatus are in-line with the SSD labeling apparatus in front of the test handler apparatuses and the test handler apparatuses in front of the first SSD sorting apparatus, and wherein the SSD labeling apparatus, the test handler apparatuses, and the first SSD sorting apparatus are automated such that the carrier tray is transported in a straight line from the SSD labeling apparatus to the test handler apparatuses and from the test handler apparatuses to the first SSD sorting apparatus, wherein the carrier tray is transported by a tray transportation apparatus installed in the SSD labeling apparatus, the test handler apparatuses, and the first SSD sorting apparatus, the tray transportation apparatus comprising a straight continuous conveyor member to transport the carrier tray in the straight line from the SSD labeling apparatus to the test handler apparatuses and from the test handler apparatuses to the first SSD sorting apparatus.