Patents Assigned to Shinkawa Ltd.
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Publication number: 20260136874Abstract: In a mounting apparatus, a head part supports: a first imaging unit and a second imaging unit each including an optical system and an imaging element disposed to satisfy a Scheimpflug condition such that a plane parallel to a reference plane becomes a focal plane; and a mounting tool performing a mounting work. The mounting apparatus includes a detection part detecting an inclination of a stage surface or a work plane with respect to the reference plane using height information of each of multiple spots calculated based on a first top-view image and a second top-view image obtained by displacing the head part with respect to a stage and causing the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit to respectively capture and output images of the multiple spots of the stage surface or the work plane serving as a target of the mounting processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2023Publication date: May 14, 2026Applicant: SHINKAWA LTD.Inventors: Kohei Seyama, Akira Sekikawa
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Publication number: 20260123500Abstract: An electronic component mounting device (1) comprises: an electronic component supply unit (20) that supplies an electronic component having a bump electrode (EB); a transfer stage (31) that accumulates a flux (FX); a mounting stage (41) on which a substrate (BD) is placed; a plurality of heads that can each pick up an electronic component (CP); and a control unit (10) that controls movement of the plurality of heads. The control unit (10) is configured so as to cause each of the plurality of heads to function as a dipping head that dips the bump electrode (EB) of the electronic component (CP) into the flux (FX) accumulated on the transfer stage (31), or as a bonding head that mounts the electronic component (CP) to the substrate (BD) on the mounting stage (41) with the bump electrode (EB) interposed therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2022Publication date: April 30, 2026Applicant: SHINKAWA LTD.Inventors: Shinichi YOSHIDA, Kohei SEYAMA
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Publication number: 20260096460Abstract: Provided is a mounting apparatus including a mounting controller, which adjusts a position of a mounting tool such that a mounted surface of a mounting body is at a same height as an index surface of a calibration index, which is arranged to be imageable by an bottom-up imaging unit and an overhead imaging unit that adopts a Scheimpflug optical system, recognizes a reference position of the mounting body based on a bottom-up image output by causing the bottom-up imaging unit to image the mounting surface, adjusts a position of a stage such that a mounting surface of a planned placement region is at the same height as the index surface, and mounts the mounting surface on the mounted surface based on the recognized reference position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2023Publication date: April 2, 2026Applicant: SHINKAWA LTD.Inventor: Kohei Seyama
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Patent number: 12431458Abstract: A bonding apparatus comprises a chip holding part that disposes a chip part onto a substrate that has been placed on a substrate stage. The bonding apparatus adjusts the inclination of a chip holding surface that releasably holds the chip part. The bonding apparatus comprises: an adjustment controller which stores inclination information pertaining to inclination respectively for locations on a stage main surface having the substrate placed thereon; and a conforming jig which has a conforming surface onto which the chip holding surface is pressed, and in which the inclination of the conforming surface can be changed such that the inclination of the chip holding surface corresponds to the inclination indicated by the inclination information.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: September 30, 2025Assignee: SHINKAWA LTD.Inventors: Alexander Dzhangirov, Yuichiro Noguchi
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Patent number: 12417997Abstract: This wire bonding apparatus has a capillary, a movement mechanism moving the capillary, and a control unit controlling driving of the movement mechanism. The control unit at least causes execution of: a first process (trajectory a) of lowering the capillary, after a FAB is formed, to pressure bonding height at a first bonding point to form a pressure bonded ball and a column part at the first bonding point; a second process (trajectory b) of moving the capillary horizontally at the pressure bonding height after execution of the first process to scarp off the column part by the capillary; and a third process (trajectory c-k) of repeating a pressing operation at least once after execution of the second process, the pressing operation involving moving the capillary forward and lowering the capillary temporarily during movement so that the capillary presses down on a wire portion positioned over the pressure bonded ball.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 16, 2025Assignee: SHINKAWA LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Yoshino, Shinsuke Tei
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Patent number: 12400993Abstract: A bonding system (90) is provided with a bonding device (80) for bonding semiconductor chips (45) to individual substrates (41), and a substrate holder (10) for holding the individual substrates (41), the bonding device (80) being provided with a stage (31) for fixing, by suction, the substrate holder (10) on a placement surface (13a), the substrate holder (10) being provided with a plate-shaped base (11) and a positioning member (21) that is provided on the base (11) and that defines the position of the individual substrates (41), the base (11) having an upper surface (11a) on which the individual substrates (41) are placed and a lower surface (11b) that is fixed by suction onto the placement surface (31a).Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2020Date of Patent: August 26, 2025Assignee: SHINKAWA LTD.Inventor: Kohei Seyama
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Patent number: 12374653Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes: a first step of, after joining a wire to an electrode using a capillary, forming a wire part by moving the capillary to a third target point while feeding out the wire; a second step of forming a bent part by moving the capillary to a fourth target point while feeding out the wire; a third step of processing the bent part into a planned cut part by repeating lowering and raising of the capillary for multiple times; and a fourth step of cutting the wire at the planned cut part by raising the capillary with a wire clamper closed to form a pin wire.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: SHINKAWA LTD.Inventors: Toshihiko Toyama, Shinsuke Tei
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Patent number: 12374650Abstract: A wire bonding apparatus includes: a capillary, performing predetermined processing on a workpiece and movable with respect to the workpiece; an optical mechanism, moving together with the capillary; and a controller. The optical mechanism includes: a first imaging unit, acquiring a first image obtained by imaging a standard point set within an imaging range; and a second imaging unit, acquiring a second image obtained by imaging a reference point formed at a predetermined distance from the capillary. The controller positions the capillary with respect to the workpiece based on the first image, and calculates a positioning correction amount of the capillary based on the second image.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: SHINKAWA LTD.Inventors: Shigeru Hayata, Osamu Kakutani
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Patent number: 12374563Abstract: The semiconductor device manufacturing method includes a bonding step of bonding a wire to an electrode (35a), a looping wire formation step of looping the wire from the electrode (35a) to a dummy electrode (34) to form a looping wire (50a), a pressing step of pressing a part of the wire, a moving step of moving the pressed part of the wire directly above the electrode, a wire separation step of separating the wire partially from a wire supply to form a pin wire (55a) extending vertically upward from the electrode (35a), wherein the looping wire formation step adjusts the looping height of the wire to set the length of the looping wire to a predetermined length.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: SHINKAWA LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Yoshino, Shinsuke Tei
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Patent number: 12341035Abstract: A mounting device 1 is equipped with: two direct-acting voice coil motors 38 in which a movable element 38c reciprocatingly moves along an axis A relative to a fixed element 38b; and a collet 34A mounted on an end part side of the movable elements 38c, the collet 34A holding a semiconductor chip 101 by suction. The plurality of voice coil motors 38 are disposed so as to be set away from each other along a direction intersecting the axes A, and in a manner that the axes A are parallel to each other. The collet 34A is mounted so as to straddle chucks 39 provided at the end parts of the two movable elements 38c.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: SHINKAWA LTD.Inventors: Kohei Seyama, Tetsuya Utano
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Patent number: 12298358Abstract: An electric circuit abnormality detection device includes a pulse generator, a directional coupler, and a detection unit. The detection unit includes a reference reflected wave database and a calculation part. The reference reflected wave database stores waveform information of a reference reflected wave inputted from the directional coupler when a pulse signal is inputted to a reference electric circuit that has a same wiring pattern as a pulse heater and does not have an abnormality. The calculation part detects an abnormality in the pulse heater by comparing waveform information of a reflected wave inputted from the directional coupler when the pulse signal is inputted to the pulse heater, with waveform information of the reference reflected wave stored in the reference reflected wave database.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: SHINKAWA LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Kikuchi, Shinsuke Fukumoto
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Publication number: 20250118701Abstract: A bonding apparatus 1 comprises: a bonding head 2 including a pressure tool PT that pressurizes an electronic component 9 and a heater 22 that heats the pressure tool PT, the pressure tool PT being configured so as to be detachable from the heater 22; a storage part 5 that stores temperature control data indicating temporal changes in the set temperature of the heater 22; and a controller 4 that controls the set temperature of the heater 22 on the basis of the temperature control data. The temperature control data has one or more temperature control patterns associated with bonding conditions for bonding the electronic component 9 to a substrate 8. The controller 4 reads one of the one or more temperature control patterns according to the bonding conditions and controls the set temperature of the heater 22.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2022Publication date: April 10, 2025Applicant: SHINKAWA LTD.Inventors: Shinsuke Fukumoto, Katsutoshi Nomura
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Patent number: 12261148Abstract: A wire bonding apparatus is provided with: a bonding stage on which a semiconductor chip is mounted; a wire bonding unit including a capillary bonding a bonding wire to the semiconductor chip, a Z-axis drive section reciprocating the capillary, and a tool XY-stage causing the capillary and the Z-axis drive section to be moved along a two-dimensional plane intersecting a direction of reciprocation; and a base having an optical system and an optical system XY-stage causing the optical system to be moved along a two-dimensional plane intersecting a direction of reciprocation, the base having the wire bonding unit attached thereto. The wire bonding unit is attached to a first portion of the base, and the optical system XY-stage is attached to a second portion of the base which is separate from the first portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: SHINKAWA LTD.Inventor: Shigeru Hayata
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Patent number: 12217996Abstract: This conveying device 1 comprises: a chuck 2 that contactlessly holds a semiconductor chip 103 to face a holding surface 2B; and a guide 3 that has a guide probe 9 capable of abutting a chip side surface 103s of the semiconductor chip 103, and for the semiconductor chip 103 held by the chuck 2, the guide probe 9 limits the movement of the semiconductor chip 103 in the lateral direction which intersects a normal N to the holding surface 2B. The guide probe 9 is capable of reciprocating movement in which a probe tip 9a moves towards and away from the holding surface 2B.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: SHINKAWA LTD.Inventors: Jin Li, Hiroshi Kikuchi, Satoshi Enokido
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Publication number: 20250014921Abstract: A mounting apparatus includes a mounting tool; top-view imaging units employing Scheimpflug optical systems for imaging from above a substrate; a bottom-view imaging unit for imaging from below a mounting body held by the mounting tool; a calibration controller calculating calibration values for calibrating a difference between coordinate values calculated based on top-view images and a bottom-view image, based on the top-view images and the bottom-view image of imaging the same calibration index; and a mounting controller recognizing a reference position of the mounting body based on the bottom-view image of the bottom-view imaging unit imaging the mounting body held by the mounting tool, and causing the mounting tool to place and mount the mounting body on the substrate so that the reference position coincides with a target position determined based on the top-view images of the top-view imaging units imaging the substrate and the calibration values.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2021Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: SHINKAWA LTD.Inventor: Kohei SEYAMA
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Patent number: 12191276Abstract: The present invention provides a mounting apparatus, including a bonding stage holding a substrate on which a semiconductor chip is arranged; a base stand; a mounting head mounted with a pressing tool that presses the semiconductor chip on the substrate; and a film arranging mechanism provided on the base stand and moving a cover film along the bonding stage to arrange the cover film between the semiconductor chip pressed by the substrate and the pressing tool. The film arranging mechanism includes film guides guiding the cover film and defining a height with respect to the bonding stage; and lifting mechanisms connected to the film guides via springs and lifting and lowering the film guides with respect to the bonding stage.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: SHINKAWA LTD.Inventors: Alexander Dzhangirov, Kohei Seyama
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Patent number: 12191173Abstract: Provided is a wire tension adjuster (60) that adjusts tension (T) applied to a wire (18) of a wire bonding apparatus (100). In the wire tension adjuster (60), in a state in which the wire (18) is gripped by a wire clamper (17), air is supplied to a wire tensioner (40) and a height position (H) of a tip (14f) of a bonding arm (14) is detected, and a flow rate (G) of the air supplied to the wire tensioner (40) is adjusted based on the height position (H) detected, thereby adjusting the tension (T) applied to the wire (18).Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: SHINKAWA LTD.Inventors: Toshihiko Toyama, Yuu Hasegawa
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Patent number: 12176317Abstract: A semiconductor device manufacturing device (10) comprises: a stage (16) on which a substrate (100) is loaded; a bonding head (14) that is disposed facing the stage (16) and that bonds a semiconductor chip (110) to the substrate (100); and a controller (18). The bonding head (14) includes: an attachment (33) that holds the semiconductor chip (110) by suctioning; and a heating part (31) that detachably holds the attachment (33) and that heats the attachment (33). The heating part (31) has a first heating area (32a) and a second heating area (32b) that surrounds the first heating area (32a) in the horizontal direction. The controller (18) controls the temperatures of the first heating area (32a) and the second heating area (32b) independently.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2020Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: SHINKAWA LTD.Inventor: Kohei Seyama
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Publication number: 20240404890Abstract: An inspection device includes: a measurement part, measuring a reference position of a mounting section before mounting of a semiconductor chip, a reference position of a plurality of peripheral sections located around the mounting section, and a position of the semiconductor chip after mounting; and an inspection part, inspecting a relative position of the semiconductor chip with respect to the mounting section based on a distance between the reference position of the mounting section and the reference position of the plurality of peripheral sections measured by the measurement part and a distance between the reference position of the plurality of peripheral sections and a mounting position of the semiconductor chip after mounting of the semiconductor chip.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2022Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: SHINKAWA LTD.Inventor: Makoto TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 12154801Abstract: Provided is a wire tension adjuster (60) that adjusts tension (T) applied to a wire (18) of a wire bonding apparatus (100). In the wire tension adjuster (60), in a state in which the wire (18) is gripped by a wire clamper (17), air is supplied to a wire tensioner (40) and a height position (H) of a tip (14f) of a bonding arm (14) is detected, and a flow rate (G) of the air supplied to the wire tensioner (40) is adjusted based on the height position (H) detected, thereby adjusting the tension (T) applied to the wire (18).Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2021Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: SHINKAWA LTD.Inventors: Toshihiko Toyama, Yuu Hasegawa