Patent ID: 7607559

Claim:
A conductive ball arraying apparatus comprising: an arraying jig including conductive ball insertion parts in a predetermined array pattern; a ball cup that has an opening formed in a bottom surface thereof and is capable of housing a plurality of conductive balls along with the arraying jig; moving means that moves the arraying jig and the ball cup relatively, the moving means moving the ball cup relatively along a top surface of the arraying jig and dropping off the conductive balls into the ball insertion parts of the arraying jig; floating means that floats the ball cup from the arraying jig; and vibrating means that vibrates the ball cup, wherein the moving means moves the ball cup relatively along the top surface of the arraying jig while floating the ball cup from the arraying jig and vibrating the ball cup; and the floating means ejects air to the top surface of the arraying jig from the bottom surface of the ball cup.