Patent ID: 8336757
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: H01L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A bonding apparatus for conducting bonding on substrates, the bonding apparatus comprising: a first substrate holding device for clamping a first substrate during bonding and a second substrate holding device for clamping a second substrate during bonding, each substrate holding device being operative to move sequentially between its respective onloading position for receiving substrates, bonding position whereat substrates are bonded and offloading position whereat bonded substrates are removed from the substrate holding device; a first actuator operative to drive the first substrate holding device along a first feeding path from its on loading position to its bonding position and from its offloading position to its onloading position along a first return path; and a second actuator operative to drive the second substrate holding device along a second feeding path from its onloading position to its bonding position and from its offloading position to its onloading position along a second return path; wherein the first substrate holding device is mounted onto a first guide rail and the second substrate holding device is mounted onto a second guide rail, and the first and second guide rails are located on opposite sides of the respective bonding position of each of the first and second substrate holding devices, the respective bonding position of each of the first and second substrate holding devices being located between the first feeding path and the second feeding path, both the first feeding path and the second feeding path being linear.