Patent ID: 8220691

Claim:
A bonding apparatus comprising: a bonding head configured to hold and convey a semiconductor chip; and a stage configured to support a substrate, wherein the bonding apparatus holds the semiconductor chip using the bonding head and bonds the semiconductor chip onto the substrate, wherein the bonding head comprises: a holding part configured to hold the semiconductor chip at a bottom face thereof; gas exhausting member configured to surround the holding part and exhaust gas toward the holding part; and elevator unit configured to lift down/up the gas exhausting member relative to the holding part, wherein the elevator unit lifts down/up the gas exhausting member to bring the gas exhausting member to a lift-down state and a lift-up state, wherein in the lift-down state, at least a portion of the gas exhausting member protrudes downward from the bottom face of the holding part, wherein in the lift-up state, any portion of the gas exhausting member does not protrude downward from the bottom face of the holding part, wherein when the bonding apparatus holds and conveys the semiconductor chip by using the bonding head, the bonding apparatus brings the gas exhausting member to the lift-down state and exhausts the gas toward the semiconductor chip held by the holding part, wherein the gas exhausting member has a ring shape so as to surround the holding part, wherein the bonding apparatus further comprises a closing member above the gas exhausting member, wherein the closing member is fixed to the holding part so as to close a gap between the holding part and the gas exhausting member, and wherein the closing member closes the gap between the holding part and the gas exhausting member when the gas exhausting member is brought to the lift-up state.