Abstract: A method for mounting components on a substrate includes receiving a component with a suction member which is mounted on a bonding head, displacing the bonding head relative to the substrate by means of a first movement axis and a second movement axis in order to position the component in a target position above the substrate, lowering the suction member by means of a third movement axis until the component touches the substrate, producing a predetermined bonding force with which the suction member presses the component against the substrate, and displacing at least one of the bonding head and the substrate by means of at least one of the first movement axis by a corrective value W1 and the second movement axis by a corrective value W2 in order to correct an inclined position of the suction member produced during the build-up of the bonding force.

Abstract: A device for dispensing adhesive on a substrate comprises a writing head with a first dispensing nozzle and at least one second dispensing nozzle. The device can be operated in two operating modes and is configured to perform the following steps for the change from the one operating mode to the other operating mode: lifting of the writing head, retracting or extending a pin, and lowering of the writing head to a predetermined working altitude, wherein the tips of the dispensing nozzles reach a substantially similar altitude above the substrate in the retracted state of the pin, and wherein the tip of the at least one second dispensing nozzle reaches a higher altitude above the substrate than the tip of the first dispensing nozzle in the extended state of the pin.

Abstract: A bonding head for mounting semiconductor chips on a substrate comprises a bonding head body and a suction member formed of a single piece. The elements necessary for heating, cooling and monitoring the temperature of the suction member are all integrated into the suction member, so that neither the heating nor the cooling elements are separated from the semiconductor chip by a surface preventing the heat transfer. The bonding head body contains only the elements necessary for supplying the suction member with electrical power and with the cooling medium.

Abstract: The invention relates to the prepeeling phase of methods for detaching a semiconductor chip from a foil. According to a first aspect, the invention relates to the determination of time periods, which each defines a duration of a prepeeling step. In a setup phase, the following steps are carried out for each prepeeling step: Initiating the method step; Repeating the two steps Recording of an image of the semiconductor chip and assignment of a time period to the image which has passed since the initiation of the prepeeling step, and Checking whether in the image a peripheral region of the semiconductor chip is darker than a predetermined brightness value; until the check leads to the result that no peripheral region of the semiconductor chip is darker than the predetermined brightness value. According to a second aspect, the detachment of the semiconductor chip from the foil is monitored in realtime.

Abstract: A thermocompression bonding method for mounting semiconductor chips on a substrate comprises: picking up the semiconductor chip with a chip gripper displaceably mounted on a TC bonding head; positioning of the chip gripper above the assigned substrate location; lowering the TC bonding head up to a position in which the chip gripper is deflected by a predetermined distance relative to the TC bonding head; heating of the semiconductor chip to a temperature above the melting point of the solder, so that the deflection of the chip gripper becomes zero again; waiting until the temperature of the semiconductor chip has fallen to a value beneath the melting temperature of the solder, and lifting of the TC bonding head.

Abstract: A kinematic holding system for a placement head of a placement apparatus comprises a placement head alignment device which comprises at least one length-variable holding member arranged at a distance from a joint between a placement head support and the placement head. This holding member determines the pivoting position of the placement head relative to the placement head support. The length of the holding member is changeable during the placement operation depending on a deformation of the placement head guide device caused by the pressing force of the placement head against the substrate in such a way that an axis error (tilt) of the placement head caused by the deformation of the placement head guide device is compensated.

Abstract: A method for detaching a semiconductor chip from a foil uses a die ejector comprising plates having a straight supporting edge and an L-shaped supporting edge comprises: lifting of the plates to a height H1 above the surface of a cover plate; lowering of a first pair of plates with L-shaped supporting edge; optionally, lowering of a second pair of plates with L-shaped supporting edge; lifting of the plates that have not yet been lowered to a height H2>H1; staggered lowering of plates that have not yet been lowered, with at least one or several plates not being lowered; optionally, lowering of the plates that have not yet been lowered to a height H3<H2; lowering of the plates until all plates are lowered, and moving away of the chip gripper, wherein the chip gripper touches the semiconductor chip before lowering the last three plates.