US5467913A
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Solder ball supply device
Assignee: Citizen Holdings Co Ltd
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Filing: 1994-03-02
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Granted: 1995-11-21
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Expires: 2014-03-02
Abstract
Abstract A solder ball supply device comprising flux supply means 200 which supplies flux at the same time to input and output terminals on substrate 1 prior to supply of solder balls, and solder ball supply means 300 which takes out a number of solder balls from discharger 350 in which solder balls are held matrixwise at the same time in the same pattern as the pattern of said input and output terminals and supplies solder balls to said input and output terminals to which flux has been supplied.
Inventors
- 👤 Masatoshi Namekawa
- 👤 Yoshiteru Ibuki
- 👤 Norio Iguchi
- 👤 Masatoshi Okuno
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 13:33
CPC Classifications
B; B23; B23K; B23K3/00; B23K3/06; B23K3/0607; B23K3/0623; H; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/30; H05K3/32; H05K3/34; H05K3/3465; H05K3/3478; H05K2203/00; H05K2203/04; H05K2203/041; H05K2203/08; H05K2203/082; H05K3/3489
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
82 words
A solder ball supply device comprising: a discharger in which solder ball holding cavities are provided matrixwise, and a solder ball supply means which is provided with a head section with a number of air suction holes provided at the same pitch as the solder ball holding cavities in said discharger, and which takes out a large number of solder balls at one time from solder ball holding cavities at the head section to transfer and supply them to the specified place.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
82 words
A solder ball supply device comprising: a discharger in which solder ball holding cavities are provided matrixwise, and a solder ball supply means which is provided with a head section with a number of air suction holes provided at the same pitch as the solder ball holding cavities in said discharger, and which takes out a large number of solder balls at one time from solder ball holding cavities at the head section to transfer and supply them to the specified place.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
67 words
The solder ball supply device as claimed in claim 1, further provided with a flux supply means which is equipped with a flux dispenser in which nozzles are arranged in the same pattern as the air suction holes in the head section of said solder ball supply means, and which supplies flux at one time to the specified place prior to the supply of the solder balls.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
The solder ball supply device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said specified place to which said flux or said solder balls are supplied is input and output terminals of IC chips on the printed substrate which is set on a transfer means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
50 words
The solder ball supply device as claimed in claim 3, wherein said transfer means has deep recesses where IC chips carried on the substrate are held such that input and output terminals of the substrate can be positioned at a specified height irrespective of the thickness of the IC chips.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
The solder ball supply device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said discharger is provided with groups of solder ball holding cavities arranged matrixwise, each group having different pitches from others.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
40 words
The solder ball supply device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said solder ball holding cavities are linked to an air suction-discharge means which suctions air when solder balls are loaded and discharges air when solder balls are taken out.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
The solder ball supply device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said discharger swings, initially large and thereafter small a plural number of times, to the direction to which solder balls roll.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
The solder ball supply device as claimed in claim 7, wherein said discharger reciprocates perpendicularly to the direction to which solder balls roll, along with its swinging movements.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
42 words
The solder ball supply device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said solder ball supply means has different types of solder ball heads to be interchangeably mounted and is provided with a container section wherein different types of solder balls are held.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
The solder ball supply device as claimed in claim 9, wherein a failed ball reclaiming tray is provided integrally with said container section.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
31 words
The solder ball supply device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said flux supply means is provided with a flux cleaner for removing flux residue adhered to nozzles of flux dispensers.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
33 words
The solder ball supply device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said flux supply means is provided with a flux checker for checking the conditions of flux injection from nozzles of flux dispensers.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
45 words
The solder ball supply device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said solder ball supply means has a plural number of solder ball heads to be selectively used, said solder ball heads being arranged with patterns and/or pitches different from those of air suction holes.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
43 words
The solder ball supply device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said flux supply means has a plural number of flux dispensers to be selectively used, each of said flux dispensers having nozzles arranged in different patterns and/or having different pitches from others.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
44 words
The solder ball supply device as claimed in claim 2, provided with one robot for flux supply means and solder ball supply means, wherein the flux head or the solder ball head are selectively and interchangeably mounted on the head of said one robot.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
35 words
The solder ball supply device as claimed in claim 13, wherein a flux dispenser is interchangeably mounted on said flux head and an air suction holes' head is interchangeably mounted on said solder ball head.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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