Patent ID: 8707550
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: H01L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A bonding apparatus for bonding electronic devices including substrates, comprising: first and second rails arranged adjacent to each other which are configured to align the substrates in vertical orientations during transportation along the first and second rails; a bonding system locatable over a first bonding site located along the first rail and a second bonding site located along the second rail; a first indexer located adjacent to the first rail and a second indexer located adjacent to the second rail, each indexer being independently operative to transport a substrate along one rail while a substrate held on the other rail is being bonded; an input magazine located at one end of the first and second rails for holding multiple unbonded substrates in vertical orientations and operative to feed unbonded substrates directly to the first and second rails; and an output magazine located at an opposite end of the first and second rails from the input magazine, the output magazine holding multiple bonded substrates in vertical orientations, wherein each of the first and second rails is configured and operative to transport the substrates from the input magazine to the output magazine, and a distance between the first and second rails is adjustable to align the first and second rails with respective multiples of a substrate partition pitch of the input and output magazines in order to simultaneously receive unbonded substrates from the input magazine, and to simultaneously unload bonded substrates to the output magazine, the substrate partition pitch being the distance between adjacent partitions of the input and output magazines separating adjacent substrates.