Patent ID: 7426951

Claim:
A bonding machine comprising: a bonding chamber for bonding first and second substrates together; an upper stage and a lower stage provided in the bonding chamber to face each other, for adsorbing the first and second substrates carried in the bonding chamber, and bonding the substrates together; a carrying device having finger parts for loading/unloading the first and second substrates into/from the chamber; supporting means in the bonding chamber for receiving the second substrate; lifting means for lifting the substrate when the first substrate is loaded on the lower stage, and the bonded first and second substrates are unloaded from the lower stage; and process supplementing means fitted in the bonding chamber so as to be rotatable and movable up/down, the process supplementing means including a rotating shaft and a supporting part, for holding the bonded first and second substrates, supporting the ends of the finger parts of the carrying device, and supporting the substrate to be held at the upper stage.