Abstract: A substrate cutting system which requires a small footprint area so as to be compact, and also which is capable of efficiently cutting a substrate is disclosed. A pair of substrate cutting devices are provided in a cutting device guide body 30 so as to be movable along a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the clamp devices 50, the pair of substrate cutting devices cutting the mother substrate from each of the top surface and the bottom surface of the mother substrate which is clamped by the clamp devices 50.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus has a function of printing pieces of image data to be printed arranging on one printing paper sheet. In a preview display screen of the image processing apparatus, when a specific piece of image data is selected by a user' s operation from a plural piece of image data, the specific piece of image data is displayed being distinguished. Pieces of image data in the same shooting orientation as that of the specific piece of image data are searched for and their display is similarly varied. At this time, when rotation of the images is selected using a dialogue, the orientation of the pieces of image data is rotated at once by 180°. Thereby, the orientations of pieces of image data shot in a portrait-like posture may easily be adjusted to be same and their images may be printed according to this preview display.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device, includes i) a step of providing a transparent member above a main surface of a semiconductor substrate where a plurality of semiconductor elements is formed; ii) a first dividing step of dividing the transparent member corresponding to a designated area of the semiconductor element; iii) a second dividing step of dividing the transparent member corresponding to an external configuration of the semiconductor element; and iv) a dividing step of dividing the semiconductor substrate into the semiconductor elements corresponding to a dividing position of the transparent member.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes spraying fluid onto a surface of a treatment target substrate including a semiconductor substrate; forming a protection layer on the surface of the treatment target substrate after spraying the fluid; selectively removing the protection layer and a part of the treatment target substrate by an energy beam; and conducting removal processing on an area of the treatment target substrate from which the protection layer and the part of the treatment target substrate are selectively removed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Jig and method of manufacturing a semiconductor substrate including the back grind step, the dicing step, the pick up step, and the die bonding step of the wafer; and to a semiconductor substrate jig used in such method. The object of the present invention is to mitigate the effect and to prevent damage caused by the lack of strength in thinned semiconductor substrates. A jig with an outer frame 21, and a rubber film 22 arranged within the outer frame 21 and having increasing and decreasing body size while deforming its shape by supplying air therein are provided. As the volume of the rubber film 22 increases, the wafer-fixing jig 20 deforms the rubber film and allows the tapes 2 and 6 arranged between the wafer 1 and the rubber film 22A to be pushed toward the wafer 1 gradually from the center outward. The attachment step, the back grind step, the tape reapplication step, the pick up step and the die bonding step are conducted using such wafer-fixing jig.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes providing an adhesive on a supporting board, the supporting board being where a semiconductor element is to be mounted; providing a member configured to block flow of the adhesive on a first main surface of the semiconductor element, the semiconductor element having a second main surface where an outside connection terminal is provided; mounting the semiconductor element on a part of the supporting board where the adhesive is provided by pressing the semiconductor element via the member.

Abstract: A semiconductor device, includes a semiconductor substrate having a main surface where a light receiving element area is formed; a projection part provided in the periphery of the light receiving element area on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate; an adhesive material layer provided in the external periphery of the projection part on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a transparent plate supported by the projection part and fixed above the light receiving element area by the adhesive material layer.

Abstract: To provide a low-cost, efficient semiconductor device manufacturing method for connecting electrodes of a pair of bases (e.g., a pair of a semiconductor chip and a circuit board, or a pair of semiconductor chips) together in a short time. The method of the present invention includes: forming magnetic bumps 34 on at least one of first and second bases 10A and 40 to be bonded together at their corresponding electrodes (e.g., electrodes 15 and electrodes 41); aligning the electrodes 15 of the first base 10A to positions corresponding to the electrodes 41 of the second base 40 for connection, by means of magnetic forces of the magnetic bumps 34 formed over the first base 10A; and connecting the electrodes 15 of the first base 10A to the electrodes 41 of the second base 40, wherein the alignment is made for a plurality of the first bases 10A at a time.

Abstract: A semiconductor wafer storage case is disclosed that includes plural support members that are spaced at predetermined intervals with respect to each other and are each configured to come into contact with a peripheral edge region of a first face of a semiconductor wafer, and an elastic member that elastically supports the support members with respect to each other and is configured to elastically deform to come into contact with a second face of the semiconductor wafer and press the semiconductor wafer onto a corresponding support member.

Abstract: A clamping device (50) is installed on a stand (10) with a hollow rectangular parallelepiped shape such that at least one place at a side edge portion of a mother board transported in the stand (10) is clamped. A pair of substrate-cutting devices for cutting the mother substrate, clamped by the clamping device (50), from its upper face and lower face is provided on a scribing device guide body (30). The scribing device guide body (30) is reciprocally movable along one side of the hollow rectangular parallelepiped. The pair of substrate-cutting devices is installed so as to be movable along the direction perpendicular to the movement direction of the scribing device guide body (30). The mother substrate clamped by the clamping device is supported by a substrate-supporting device (20).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a semiconductor substrate including the back grind step, the dicing step, the pick up step, and the die bonding step of the wafer; and to a semiconductor substrate jig used in such method. The object of the present invention is to mitigate the effect and to prevent damage caused by the lack of strength in thinned semiconductor substrates. A jig with an outer frame 21, and a rubber film 22 arranged within the outer frame 21 and having increasing and decreasing body size while deforming its shape by supplying air therein are provided. As the volume of the rubber film 22 increases, the wafer-fixing jig 20 deforms the rubber film and allows the tapes 2 and 6 arranged between the wafer 1 and the rubber film 22A to be pushed toward the wafer 1 gradually from the center outward. The attachment step, the back grind step, the tape reapplication step, the pick up step and the die bonding step are conducted using such wafer-fixing jig.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a substrate cutting system which requires a small footprint area so as to be compact, and also which is capable of efficiently cutting a substrate. Clamp devices 50 are attached to the substrate cutting system. The clamp devices can hold at least one part of a side edge of the mother substrate to be carried-in a mounting base 10 in a hollow rectangular parallelepiped and reciprocate along one side of the mounting base 10 in a hollow rectangular parallelepiped. A pair of substrate cutting devices are provided in a cutting device guide body 30 so as to be movable along a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the clamp devices 50, the pair of substrate cutting devices cutting the mother substrate from each of the top surface and the bottom surface of the mother substrate which is clamped by the clamp devices 50.

Abstract: To provide a low-cost, efficient semiconductor device manufacturing method for connecting electrodes of a pair of bases (e.g., a pair of a semiconductor chip and a circuit board, or a pair of semiconductor chips) together in a short time. The method of the present invention includes: forming magnetic bumps 34 on at least one of first and second bases 10A and 40 to be bonded together at their corresponding electrodes (e.g., electrodes 15 and electrodes 41); aligning the electrodes 15 of the first base 10A to positions corresponding to the electrodes 41 of the second base 40 for connection, by means of magnetic forces of the magnetic bumps 34 formed over the first base 10A; and connecting the electrodes 15 of the first base 10A to the electrodes 41 of the second base 40, wherein the alignment is made for a plurality of the first bases 10A at a time.

Abstract: To provide a bonding apparatus capable of increasing product quality by realizing high-precision control of a pressing force applied upon mounting of an electronic component on a substrate by bonding, and to a bonding method capable of providing high-quality products stably. The bonding apparatus includes: at least a bonding head 100 for pressing an electronic component 6 against a substrate 1 to bond it to the substrate 1; a plurality of load detection mechanisms (e.g., load sensors 5) substantially equally spaced so as to face one another under a substrate stage S supporting the substrate 1 provided with the electronic component 6; and a pressure detection unit 20 for detecting pressing force at the bonding surface between the electronic component 6 and substrate 1 on the basis of the pressure values detected by the individual load detection mechanisms 5.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to make an entire system compact and provide a substrate cutting system capable of efficiently cutting a variety of substrates. A substrate cutting system according to the present invention includes: pair of scribing line forming means arranged facing each other; pair of scribing devices for supporting the pair of scribing forming line means such that one of the pair of scribing forming line means moves on a first surface of a substrate in an X axial direction and the other of the pair of scribing forming means moves on a second surface of the substrate in the X axial direction; a scribing device guide body for supporting the pair of scribing devices such that the pair of scribing devices moves in a Y axial direction; and a substrate supporting means for supporting the substrate in an X-Y plane such that the pair of scribing forming line means scribes the first surface of the substrate and the second surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device, includes i) a step of providing a transparent member above a main surface of a semiconductor substrate where a plurality of semiconductor elements is formed; ii) a first dividing step of dividing the transparent member corresponding to a designated area of the semiconductor element; iii) a second dividing step of dividing the transparent member corresponding to an external configuration of the semiconductor element; and iv) a dividing step of dividing the semiconductor substrate into the semiconductor elements corresponding to a dividing position of the transparent member.

Abstract: A film bonding method of bonding a die bond film without causing any breakage. The die bond film is pressed against a wafer having a surface protective tape bonded thereto using a film-setting roller and a film-bonding roller, and a laser beam having a predetermined shape is irradiated to an area between the rollers. While rotationally moving the film-setting roller and the film-bonding roller, the laser beam is scanned on the wafer in accordance with their motion, and a portion of the die bond film, melted by the laser beam, is pressed against the wafer by the film-bonding roller following the film-setting roller to bond the die bond film to the wafer. Since the die bond film is bonded to the wafer by melting the same by the laser beam, even if the wafer is thin and reduced in its strength, it is possible to avoid the wafer from being damaged e.g. by thermal contraction of the surface protective tape.

Abstract: A semiconductor device, includes a semiconductor substrate having a main surface where a light receiving element area is formed; a projection part provided in the periphery of the light receiving element area on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate; an adhesive material layer provided in the external periphery of the projection part on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a transparent plate supported by the projection part and fixed above the light receiving element area by the adhesive material layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a semiconductor substrate including the back grind step, the dicing step, the pick up step, and the die bonding step of the wafer; and to a semiconductor substrate jig used in such method. The object of the present invention is to mitigate the effect and to prevent damage caused by the lack of strength in thinned semiconductor substrates. A jig with an outer frame 21, and a rubber film 22 arranged within the outer frame 21 and having increasing and decreasing body size while deforming its shape by supplying air therein are provided. As the volume of the rubber film 22 increases, the wafer-fixing jig 20 deforms the rubber film and allows the tapes 2 and 6 arranged between the wafer 1 and the rubber film 22A to be pushed toward the wafer 1 gradually from the center outward. The attachment step, the back grind step, the tape reapplication step, the pick up step and the die bonding step are conducted using such wafer-fixing jig.

Abstract: A clamping device (50) is installed on a stand (10) with a hollow rectangular parallelepiped shape such that at least one place at a side edge portion of a mother board transported in the stand (10) is clamped. A pair of substrate-cutting devices for cutting the mother substrate, clamped by the clamping device (50), from its upper face and lower face is provided on a scribing device guide body (30). The scribing device guide body (30) is reciprocally movable along one side of the hollow rectangular parallelepiped. The pair of substrate-cutting devices is installed so as to be movable along the direction perpendicular to the movement direction of the scribing device guide body (30). The mother substrate clamped by the clamping device is supported by a substrate-supporting device (20).