Patent ID: 7383866
Filing Date: 2008-06-10
Classification: B32B,C04B,H01F,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing electronic monolithic ceramic components, the manufacturing apparatus comprising: a sheet supplier for supplying a plurality of types of ceramic green sheets in a predetermined order, each ceramic green sheet lined with a carrier film and having a plurality of pin insertion holes that penetrate the ceramic green sheet and the carrier film, the sheet supplier including a plurality of trays, each tray being adapted to hold at least one ceramic green sheet with carrier film and plurality of pin insertion holes, the plurality of ceramic green sheets being held in the plurality of trays according to type, a rack for vertically aligning the plurality of trays, a tray drawer device for drawing trays from the rack according to a predetermined order, and rails arranged to guide a tray drawing operation of the tray drawer device; a laminator for laminating the plurality of ceramic green sheets supplied by the sheet supplier, the laminator having a plurality of guide pins to penetrate the pin insertion holes while laminating the plurality of green sheets; a conveyor device for picking up a single ceramic green sheet from a drawn tray and conveying the single ceramic green sheet to the laminator; a compression bonder configured to press each ceramic green sheet lined with carrier film and placed on the laminator, to peel off the carrier film, and to discharge the peeled carrier film to a film discharger; a processor unit adapted to receive data concerning at least a type, an order in lamination, and a quantity of ceramic green sheets necessary for a laminate for a desired electronic monolithic component; the sheet supplier including a drive for driving the rack to be raised and lowered in a vertical direction; and the tray drawer device being arranged to draw a particular tray from the rack when, as a result of the rack being at least one of raised and lowered by the drive, the particular tray is positioned at a predetermined height.