Patent ID: 7251883

Claim:
An electronic-component alignment method, comprising the steps of: holding a first electronic component with a receiving table, having two unobstructed alignment holes perforated at predetermined positions thereof so as to be spaced away from each other by a predetermined interval, and holding a second electronic component with a position-adjusting mechanism, having two alignment marks formed at predetermined positions thereon so as to have an interval therebetween in agreement with that between the two aligning holes; capturing the alignment marks and the corresponding alignment holes in the same fields of view of a mark-recognition apparatus in a state in which the alignment marks of the second electronic component are visually unobstructed within the corresponding alignment holes of the first electronic component, and measuring the positions of the two components; and adjusting the position of the second electronic component with the position-adjusting mechanism such that the alignment marks of the second electronic component lie at predetermined positions in the corresponding alignment holes of the first electronic component, wherein the two components are aligned with each other by performing the above steps, wherein the position-adjusting mechanism moves and rotates the second electronic component in the X and Y directions and in the θ direction, respectively, on a horizontal plane, and wherein the entire position-adjusting mechanism is movable in the Z direction on a vertical plane and bonds the first and second electronic components to each other.