Patent ID: 7823369

Claim:
A device for packaging an electronic component, the device comprising: a component holder to hold an electronic component; a foil holder to hold a strip-shaped foil that has two major surfaces and an array of cavities, wherein the cavities are through holes in the strip-shaped foil that pass between the two major surfaces of the strip-shaped foil; a further foil holder configured to provide a further foil against one major surface of the strip-shaped foil, which further foil supports or retains the electronic component after the further foil is attached to the strip-shaped foil; and; tweezers by means of which the electronic component is taken from the component holder and placed in one of the cavities of the strip-shaped foil, wherein the tweezers move in a direction substantially perpendicular to the major surfaces of the strip-shaped foil; wherein the tweezers and the further foil holder are positioned and constructed such that first the electronic component is placed in one of the cavities of the strip-shaped foil by the tweezers, and only then is the further foil attached to the strip-shaped foil; characterized in that the tweezers comprise two needles, which are located at opposite sides of the strip-shaped foil during operation; and characterized in that one of the two needles has an obtuse end and the other one a sharp end, while the needles are movable exclusively in a direction substantially perpendicular to the strip-shaped foil.