Patent ID: 6900459

Claim:
An apparatus for automatically positioning a die within a package having first and second mutually cooperative sections, comprising: a movable transport assembly bearing a package assembly mechanism configured to engage the second section of the package and manipulate the second section of the package to secure the second section of the package in the mutual cooperation with the first section of the package, the package assembly mechanism including a lifting element configured to cooperate with the second section of the package when the second section of the package is engaged by the package assembly mechanism to lift the die for movement by the transport assembly in concert with the second section of the package; a first imaging assembly operable to provide an image output signal of the die; a second imaging assembly operable to provide an image output signal of the first section of the package; and a controller assembly operable in response to a program stored in machine-readable media, the controller assembly operably coupled to receive the die image output signal and the first section image output signal and to control a position of the transport assembly at least partially in response thereto to position the die and the second section in relationship to the first section of the package and to cause the package assembly mechanism to manipulate the second section of the package to effect securement of the second section of the package in the mutual cooperation with the first section with the die disposed therebetween.