Patents by Inventor Daniel Schnetzler

Daniel Schnetzler has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8250742
    Abstract: A die ejector comprises a chamber which can be subjected to vacuum and comprises a cover plate having a hole, a plurality of plates which are arranged in the interior of the chamber, protrude into the first hole and are jointly and also individually displaceable in a direction extending perpendicularly or in an oblique way in relation to the surface of the cover plate, and drive means in order to displace the plates. The drive means comprise a drive mechanism which comprises a motor and a pin which can be moved along a predetermined path and which is movable by the motor between two positions back and forth. Each of the plates comprises a path-like opening. The path-like opening is different from plate to plate in such a way that the plates are displaced in a predetermined sequence in the mentioned direction when the pin is moved along the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: ESEC AG
    Inventors: Daniel Kloeckner, Ives Muehlemann, Daniel Schnetzler
  • Patent number: 7719125
    Abstract: The detachment of a semiconductor chip (1) from a foil (4) and picking the semiconductor chip (1) from the foil (4) takes place with the support of a chip ejector (6), that has a ramp (16), the surface (17) of which is formed concave and ends at a stripping edge (18) projecting from the surface (9) of the chip ejector (6), and a support area (13) with grooves (12) arranged next to the stripping edge (18). Vacuum can be applied to the grooves (12). The detachment and picking of the semiconductor chip (1) from the foil (4) takes place in that the wafer table (5) is shifted relative to the chip ejector (6) in order to pull the foil (4) over the stripping edge (18) protruding from the surface (9) of the chip ejector (6), whereby the semiconductor chip (1) temporarily detaches itself at least partially from the foil (4) and lands on the foil (4) above the support area (13), and in that the chip gripper (7) picks the semiconductor chip (1) presented on the support area (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Unaxis International Trading Ltd.
    Inventors: Jonathan Medding, Martina Lustenberger, Marcel Niederhauser, Daniel Schnetzler, Roland Stalder
  • Publication number: 20100107405
    Abstract: A die ejector comprises a chamber which can be subjected to vacuum and comprises a cover plate having a hole, a plurality of plates which are arranged in the interior of the chamber, protrude into the first hole and are jointly and also individually displaceable in a direction extending perpendicularly or in an oblique way in relation to the surface of the cover plate, and drive means in order to displace the plates. The drive means comprise a drive mechanism which comprises a motor and a pin which can be moved along a predetermined path and which is movable by the motor between two positions back and forth. Each of the plates comprises a path-like opening. The pin is guided through the path-like opening of each of the plates. The path-like opening is different from plate to plate in such a way that the plates are displaced in a predetermined sequence in the mentioned direction when the pin is moved along the path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: ESEC AG
    Inventors: Daniel Kloeckner, Ives Muehlemann, Daniel Schnetzler
  • Publication number: 20070228539
    Abstract: The detachment of a semiconductor chip (1) from a foil (4) and picking the semiconductor chip (1) from the foil (4) takes place with the support of a chip ejector (6), that has a ramp (16), the surface (17) of which is formed concave and ends at a stripping edge (18) projecting from the surface (9) of the chip ejector (6), and a support area (13) with grooves (12) arranged next to the stripping edge (18). Vacuum can be applied to the grooves (12). The detachment and picking of the semiconductor chip (1) from the foil (4) takes place in that the wafer table (5) is shifted relative to the chip ejector (6) in order to pull the foil (4) over the stripping edge (18) protruding from the surface (9) of the chip ejector (6), whereby the semiconductor chip (1) temporarily detaches itself at least partially from the foil (4) and lands on the foil (4) above the support area (13), and in that the chip gripper (7) picks the semiconductor chip (1) presented on the support area (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Jonathan Medding, Martina Lustenberger, Marcel Niederhauser, Daniel Schnetzler, Roland Stalder
  • Patent number: 7238593
    Abstract: The detachment of a semiconductor chip (1) from a foil (4) and picking the semiconductor chip (1) from the foil (4) takes place with the support of a chip ejector (6), that has a ramp (16), the surface (17) of which is formed concave and ends at a stripping edge (18) projecting from the surface (9) of the chip ejector (6), and a support area (13) with grooves (12) arranged next to the stripping edge (18). Vacuum can be applied to the grooves (12). The detachment and picking of the semiconductor chip (1) from the foil (4) takes place in that the wafer table (5) is shifted relative to the chip ejector (6) in order to pull the foil (4) over the stripping edge (18) protruding from the surface (9) of the chip ejector (6), whereby the semiconductor chip (1) temporarily detaches itself at least partially from the foil (4) and lands on the foil (4) above the support area (13), and in that the chip gripper (7) picks the semiconductor chip (1) presented on the support area (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Unaxis International Trading Ltd.
    Inventors: Jonathan Medding, Martina Lustenberger, Marcel Niederhauser, Daniel Schnetzler, Roland Stalder
  • Publication number: 20050224965
    Abstract: The detachment of a semiconductor chip (1) from a foil (4) and picking the semiconductor chip (1) from the foil (4) takes place with the support of a chip ejector (6), that has a ramp (16), the surface (17) of which is formed concave and ends at a stripping edge (18) projecting from the surface (9) of the chip ejector (6), and a support area (13) with grooves (12) arranged next to the stripping edge (18). Vacuum can be applied to the grooves (12). The detachment and picking of the semiconductor chip (1) from the foil (4) takes place in that the wafer table (5) is shifted relative to the chip ejector (6) in order to pull the foil (4) over the stripping edge (18) protruding from the surface (9) of the chip ejector (6), whereby the semiconductor chip (1) temporarily detaches itself at least partially from the foil (4) and lands on the foil (4) above the support area (13), and in that the chip gripper (7) picks the semiconductor chip (1) presented on the support area (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Jonathan Medding, Martina Lustenberger, Marcel Niederhauser, Daniel Schnetzler, Roland Stalder
  • Publication number: 20030115747
    Abstract: With a pick-up tool with a suction organ made of elastically deformable material, a surface for picking the semiconductor chip is formed convex. On placing the semiconductor chip onto an already mounted semiconductor chip the centre of the semiconductor chip impacts first. The convex surface is increasingly deformed as a result of the pressure build-up until it and the picked semiconductor chip are flat. The pressure builds up from the centre of the suction organ outwards. In doing so, the semiconductor chip is rolled onto the lower semiconductor chip, whereby the air can continuously escape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Applicant: ESEC Trading SA, a Swiss Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Schnetzler, Guido Heggli, Rolf Huwyler