JP2014003195A - Sheet application device and application method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sheet application device and application method which prevent the deterioration of the processing capacity per unit time when a frame member is replaced.SOLUTION: A sheet application device 1 includes: first and second frame housing means 3A, 3B capable of housing multiple frame members RF, each of which is integrated with an adherend WF through an adhesion sheet; supporting means 6 which supports at least the frame member RF from among the frame member RF and the adherend WF; transporting means 7 which transports the frame member RF from the first frame housing means 3A to the supporting means 6; application means 9 which places the adhesive sheet in contact with the frame member RF supported by the supporting means 6 or the frame member RF and the adherend WF to apply the adhesive sheet thereto; and transfer means 10 which transfers the frame member RF from the second frame housing means 3B to the first frame housing means 3A.

Description

  The present invention relates to a sheet sticking apparatus and a sticking method for sticking an adhesive sheet.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a semiconductor manufacturing process, a sheet pasting apparatus for pasting an adhesive sheet on a semiconductor wafer (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as a wafer) or a ring frame (frame member) is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).
A sheet sticking device described in Patent Document 1 includes a mount mechanism for sticking a mounting sheet as an adhesive sheet to a wafer and a ring frame, a wagon in which a plurality of ring frames are accommodated and caster wheels are provided at the bottom, and a wagon And a transport mechanism for transporting the ring frame from the mounting mechanism to the mount mechanism. When the ring frame accommodated in the wagon is used up, the wagon is disconnected from the sheet sticking device, and the ring frame is replenished and placed in the sheet sticking device again. It is configured.

JP-A-2005-33119

  However, in the conventional sheet sticking apparatus as described in Patent Document 1, since only one wagon that can accommodate the ring frame can be arranged, while the wagon is separated from the apparatus to replenish the ring frame, The ring frame cannot be supplied to the mount mechanism. For this reason, there is an inconvenience that the operation of the apparatus must be stopped and the processing capacity per unit time is reduced.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a sheet sticking apparatus and a sticking method capable of preventing a reduction in processing capacity per unit time when a frame member is replenished.

  The sheet sticking apparatus of the present invention includes first and second frame accommodating means capable of accommodating a plurality of frame members integrated with an adherend via an adhesive sheet, and at least of the frame member and the adherend. A support means for supporting a frame member; a transport means for transporting the frame member from the first frame housing means to the support means; and a frame member supported by the support means, or a frame member and an adherend to the adherend. An affixing unit that abuts and abuts a sheet; and a transfer unit that transfers the frame member from the second frame accommodation unit to the first frame accommodation unit.

In the sheet sticking device of the present invention, it is preferable that the transfer means is constituted by the transport means.
In the sheet sticking device of the present invention, the second frame housing means is configured to be able to be separated and approached to the conveying means, and includes a fixing means for fixing the second frame housing means at a predetermined position with respect to the conveying means. It is preferable.

  On the other hand, in the sheet sticking method of the present invention, the frame member is transported to the supporting means from the first frame accommodating means capable of accommodating a plurality of frame members integrated with the adherend via the adhesive sheet, The frame member is moved from the second frame accommodating means capable of accommodating a plurality of frame members while the adhesive sheet is brought into contact with and adhered to the supported frame member or the frame member and the adherend. It is transferred to.

  According to the present invention as described above, since the frame member can be transferred from the second frame housing means to the first frame housing means, the second frame housing means is used to replenish the frame member. Even if it is separated from the frame, the frame member can continue to be supplied from the first frame housing means to the support means, and the processing capacity per unit time can be prevented from being lowered when the frame member is replenished.

In the present invention, if the transfer means is constituted by the conveyance means, it is not necessary to provide a separate transfer means separately from the conveyance means, so that the configuration of the sheet sticking apparatus can be simplified.
Further, if the fixing means is provided, it is possible to prevent the second frame housing means from being displaced from the predetermined position, so that it is possible to prevent the conveying means from taking out the ring frame from the second frame housing means. it can.

The top view of the sheet sticking apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The side view of the sticking means of a sheet sticking apparatus. The side view of the frame accommodation means of a sheet sticking apparatus.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
Note that the X axis, the Y axis, and the Z axis in this embodiment are orthogonal to each other, the X axis and the Y axis are axes in a horizontal plane, and the Z axis is an axis that is orthogonal to the horizontal plane. Further, in the present embodiment, when viewed from the direction of the arrow AR parallel to the Y axis, when indicating the direction, “up” is the arrow direction of the Z axis, “down” is the opposite direction, and “left”. Is the arrow direction of the X axis, “right” is the opposite direction, “front” is the arrow direction of the Y axis, and “rear” is the opposite direction.

  In FIG. 1, a sheet sticking apparatus 1 includes a wafer accommodating means 2 capable of accommodating a plurality of wafers WF as an adherend, and a ring as a frame member integrated with the wafer WF via an adhesive sheet AS (FIG. 2). From the first frame accommodating means 3A and the second frame accommodating means 3B capable of accommodating a plurality of frames RF, the supporting means 6 for supporting at least the ring frame RF of the ring frame RF and the wafer WF, and the first frame accommodating means 3A Conveying means 7 for conveying the ring frame RF to the supporting means 6, a fixing means 8 for fixing the second frame accommodating means 3B to a predetermined position with respect to the conveying means 7, and a ring frame RF or ring supported by the supporting means 6. Affixing means 9 for adhering the adhesive sheet AS to the frame RF and the wafer WF, and a second frame accommodating means And a transfer means 10 for transferring the ring frame RF in the first frame receiving means 3A from B, and is supported by the frame 11 the frame port 14 is formed in front.

  The wafer accommodating means 2 includes a wafer cassette 21 that can accommodate wafers WF having a protective sheet PS (FIG. 2) attached on the surface in multiple stages in the vertical direction, and is supported to be detachable from the frame 11.

  Note that, on the right side of the wafer accommodating means 2, it is supported so as to be movable up and down with respect to the frame 11 by a linear motor as a driving device (not shown), and the position of the wafer WF accommodated in the wafer accommodating means 2 can be detected. First detection means 5A having a first sensor 51A is provided. Examples of the first sensor 51A include non-contact sensors such as area sensors and line sensors, contact sensors such as limit switches, and imaging devices such as cameras.

  The first frame accommodating means 3A includes a frame cassette 31A that can accommodate the ring frame RF in multiple stages in the vertical direction, a carriage 32A that supports the frame cassette 31A so as to be separated and approachable with respect to the conveying means 7, and a horizontal direction from the carriage 32A. And a positioning pin 33A provided so as to protrude from the frame, and is detachably disposed at a position closer to the conveying means 7 than the second frame accommodating means 3B in the frame port 14. The positioning pin 33A is provided in a tapered shape and is inserted into the positioning hole 15 formed in the frame port 14, so that the first frame housing means 3A can be positioned and fixed at a predetermined position.

  The second frame accommodation means 3B has the same configuration as the first frame accommodation means 3A, and can be described by substituting the symbol A at the end of the first frame accommodation means 3A with B. Therefore, the description thereof is omitted.

  The first and second frame accommodating means 3A, 3B are supported behind the first and second frame accommodating means 3A, 3B so as to be movable up and down with respect to the frame 11 by a linear motion motor (not shown). The second detection means 5B and the third detection means 5C each having a second sensor 51B and a third sensor 51C capable of detecting the position of the ring frame RF accommodated in each are provided. As the 2nd and 3rd sensors 51B and 51C, the thing of the same composition as the 1st sensor 51A can be illustrated.

  The support means 6 includes a table 62 having a support surface 61 capable of attracting and holding the wafer WF and the ring frame RF by suction means such as a decompression pump and a vacuum ejector (not shown), and a drive for supporting the table 62 with a slider 63 (FIG. 2). And a linear motor 64 as a device.

  The transfer means 7 includes an articulated robot 71 as a driving device and a holding means 72 provided at the tip of the articulated robot 71. The wafer WF and the ring frame RF held by the holding means 72 are transferred to the articulated robot. 71 is configured to be transportable. The articulated robot 71 is a so-called six-axis robot having joints that can rotate at six locations, and is configured so that the holding means 72 can be displaced at any position and at any angle within the work range of the articulated robot 71. ing. The holding means 72 includes a disk-shaped holding frame 74 having a concave portion 73 on one surface 74A, an XY table 75 disposed in the concave portion 73, and an XY table, as shown in the view from the AR direction indicated by reference numeral AA. The suction plate 77 supported by the output part 76 of the 75, the suction plate 77 can be moved in two orthogonal directions in the plane along the surface 74A of the holding frame 74, and the suction plate 77 is rotated in the plane. It is configured to be possible. The suction plate 77 has a suction surface 79 provided with a plurality of suction holes 78, and is connected to an articulated robot 71 so that it is connected to suction means such as a decompression pump and a vacuum ejector (not shown). The ring frame RF can be sucked and held. In addition, there are two systems of suction plates 77: a system for sucking and holding the wafer WF and a system for sucking and holding the ring frame RF. In the case of this embodiment, the conveyance means 7 covers the transfer means 10.

  On the left side of the transfer means 7, there is provided a fourth detection means 16 configured by an optical sensor, an imaging device, etc., for detecting the outer edge positions and orientations of the wafer WF and the ring frame RF supported by the transfer means 7. ing. The fourth detection means 16 is configured to detect an orientation mark such as a V notch and an orientation flat (not shown) formed on the wafer WF, a circuit pattern, a street, a notch RF1 provided on the outer periphery of the ring frame RF, and the like. The wafer WF and the ring frame RF can be positioned in a predetermined position and a predetermined direction.

  The fixing means 8 includes a linear motion motor 82 (FIG. 3) as a driving device configured such that the output shaft 81 can project and retract toward the positioning hole 15, and includes positioning pins 33 </ b> A and 33 </ b> B inserted into the positioning hole 15. By engaging with the output shaft 81, the frame accommodating means 3A, 3B can be positioned and fixed to the frame 11.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the sticking means 9 has an adhesive sheet AS having an adhesive layer AD on one surface of the base sheet BS, and is temporarily attached to one surface of the strip-shaped release sheet RL via the adhesive layer AD. A support roller 91 for supporting the worn original fabric RS, a plurality of guide rollers 92 for guiding the original fabric RS, a release plate 93 for peeling the adhesive sheet AS from the release sheet RL by folding the original fabric RS, and a release A pressing roller 94 for affixing the adhesive sheet AS peeled off by the plate 93 to the wafer WF and the ring frame RF, a driving roller 96 driven by a rotation motor 95 as a driving device, and a driving roller 96 A pinch roller 97 that sandwiches the release sheet RL therebetween, and a collection roller 98 that is driven by a driving device (not shown) and collects the release sheet RL are provided.

  In the case of the present embodiment, a peeling means 12 for peeling the protective sheet PS attached to the wafer WF and an unnecessary member housing box 13 for collecting the peeled protective sheet PS are provided. Detailed explanation is omitted because it is not an essential requirement. Incidentally, as the peeling means 12, for example, those described in the prior art of peeling devices such as Japanese Patent Application No. 2008-285228 and Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-55508 can be exemplified, and the unnecessary member storage box 13 contains a protective sheet PS. There is no limitation as long as it can be collected.

In the sheet sticking apparatus 1 described above, a procedure for sticking the adhesive sheet AS to the wafer WF and the ring frame RF will be described.
First, the raw fabric RS is set as shown in FIG. When the wafer cassette 21 is set at the position shown in FIG. 1, the first detection means 5A drives a linear motion motor (not shown) to raise and lower the first sensor 51A. Thereby, the accommodation position of the wafer WF in the wafer cassette 21 is detected. When the carriages 32A and 32B supporting the frame cassettes 31A and 31B in which the ring frame RF is accommodated are set at predetermined positions of the frame port 14 as shown in FIG. 1, the fixing means 8 causes the linear motion motor 82 to move. As shown in FIG. 3, the positioning pins 33 </ b> A and 33 </ b> B are locked by the output shaft 81 to fix the positioning of the frame housing means 3 </ b> A and 3 </ b> B to the frame 11. When each carriage 32A, 32B is fixed to the frame 11, the second and third detection means 5B, 5C drive a linear motion motor (not shown), and as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. The sensors 51B and 51C are raised and then lowered. Thereby, the accommodation position of the ring frame RF in each frame cassette 31A, 31B is detected.

  Next, after the transfer means 7 drives the articulated robot 71 and the holding means 72 is inserted into the wafer cassette 21 to bring the suction surface 79 into contact with the wafer WF, the suction means (not shown) is driven to drive the wafer. Adsorb and hold WF. Next, the transfer unit 7 drives the articulated robot 71 to move the wafer WF to a position that can be detected by the fourth detection unit 16, drives the XY table 75, and rotates the wafer WF by a predetermined angle. As a result, the fourth detection means 16 detects the outer edge position of the wafer WF and the V notch position (not shown), and these data are output to the control means (not shown). When various data of the wafer WF is input to the control means (not shown), the transfer means 7 drives the XY table 75 and the articulated robot 71, and the center position of the wafer WF and the V notch position (not shown) face a predetermined direction. In this way, it is placed on the support surface 61 of the support means 6.

  Further, after the conveying means 7 drives the articulated robot 71 and the holding means 72 is inserted into the frame cassette 31A to bring the suction surface 79 into contact with the ring frame RF, the suction means (not shown) is driven to drive the ring. The frame RF is adsorbed and held. Next, the transfer means 7 drives the articulated robot 71 to move the ring frame RF to a position where it can be detected by the fourth detection means 16, and performs the same operation as the above-described wafer WF, so that the notch RF1 of the ring frame RF is The wafer WF is placed on the support surface 61 of the support means 6 so that it faces a predetermined direction and the wafer WF is disposed inside the opening of the ring frame RF.

  Next, the support unit 6 drives the linear motor 64 to move the table 62 to the left, and when the detection unit (not shown) detects that the wafer WF and the ring frame RF have reached predetermined positions, In synchronization with the movement, the sticking means 9 drives the rotation motor 95 to feed out the original fabric RS. As a result, the adhesive sheet AS is peeled off from the release sheet RL by the release plate 93, and the peeled adhesive sheet AS is attached to the wafer WF and the ring frame RF by the pressing roller 94, as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. A wafer support WK is formed. When the wafer support WK is formed in this way, it is detected by a detection means (not shown), and the support means 6 stops the linear motor 64. Then, the transfer unit 7 drives the articulated robot 71 to lift the wafer support WK upside down, transfer it to a transfer unit (not shown) having a suction support surface facing the support surface 61, and place it on the support surface 61 again. To do.

  Next, the support means 6 drives the linear motor 64 to move the table 62 leftward. When the detection means (not shown) detects that the wafer support WK has reached a predetermined position, the peeling means 12 applies a peeling tape (not shown) to the protective sheet PS and pulls the peeling tape from the wafer WF. The protective sheet PS is peeled (for details, refer to the prior document of the peeling device). When the protective sheet PS is peeled off from the wafer WF, the conveying means 7 drives the articulated robot 71, the suction surface 79 is brought into contact with the peeled protective sheet PS to drive a suction means (not shown), and the protective sheet PS is removed. It is sucked and held and discarded in the unnecessary member storage box 13. Then, the wafer support WK from which the protective sheet PS has been peeled is transferred to another process by a transfer means (not shown), the table 62 returns to the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 1, and the same operation is repeated thereafter.

  As described above, when all the ring frames RF of the frame cassette 31A are used up, the conveying means 7 starts the operation of transferring the ring frame RF from the frame cassette 31B to the frame cassette 31A. In other words, while the sticking means 9 is sticking the adhesive sheet AS, or while the peeling means 12 is peeling the protective sheet PS, it is transported using the immobility time that does not require the articulated robot 71 to be driven. The means 7 drives the articulated robot 71, the holding means 72 is inserted into the frame cassette 31B, the ring frame RF is sucked and held by the same operation as described above, and the sucked and held ring frame RF is held in the frame cassette 31A. To be transferred to.

  When all the ring frames RF of the frame cassette 31B are transferred into the frame cassette 31A, the fixing means 8 drives the linear motion motor 82 to release the locking between the output shaft 81 and the positioning pins 33B. Then, warning means such as a warning sound generating means and a lighting means (not shown) are driven to notify the operator that the ring frame RF is no longer in the frame cassette 31B. As a result, the operator disconnects the carriage 32B from the frame port 14, refills the frame cassette 31B with a new ring frame RF, and positions the carriage 32B at the frame port 14 again. Here, when a new ring frame RF is replenished to the frame cassette 31B, since many ring frames RF are accommodated in the frame cassette 31A, even if the carriage 32B is disconnected from the frame port 14, the conveying means 7 The ring frame RF can be continuously supplied from the frame cassette 31A to the support means 6. For this reason, it is not necessary to stop the operation of the sheet sticking apparatus 1 when the ring frame RF is replenished, and the sticking operation of the adhesive sheet AS by the sheet sticking apparatus 1 can be continuously performed.

  Here, for example, it is assumed that 120 ring frames RF can be accommodated in each of the frame cassettes 31A and 31B, and it takes 60 seconds to apply one adhesive sheet AS, and 10 transfer of one ring frame RF is required. In the case of requiring a second, after all the ring frames RF of the frame cassette 31A are used up, the transfer from the frame cassette 31B to the frame cassette 31A is completed in 1200 seconds (20 minutes). Since 20 ring frames RF are used from the frame cassette 31A during the 1200 seconds, the carriage 32B is moved to the frame port 14 for 4800 seconds (80 minutes) while the remaining 80 ring frames RF are used. The new ring frame RF may be replenished to the frame cassette 31B and placed in the frame port 14 again. On the other hand, in the conventional sheet sticking apparatus as described in Patent Document 1, the operation of the apparatus cannot be stopped for 80 minutes from the viewpoint of operation efficiency.

According to this embodiment as described above, the following effects are obtained.
That is, since the ring frame RF can be transferred from the frame cassette 31B to the frame cassette 31A, even if the carriage 32B is disconnected from the frame port 14 to replenish the ring frame RF, the ring is connected from the frame cassette 31A to the support means 6. The frame RF can be continuously supplied, and the processing capacity per unit time can be prevented from being lowered when the ring frame RF is replenished.
Further, since the processing capability of the sheet sticking apparatus 1 is lowered, it is possible to reduce the complexity that the operator has to hurry to supply the ring frame RF to the sheet sticking apparatus 1.

  As described above, the best configuration, method and the like for carrying out the present invention have been disclosed in the above description, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, the invention has been illustrated and described with particular reference to certain specific embodiments, but without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, Various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art in terms of material, quantity, and other detailed configurations. In addition, the description of the shape, material, and the like disclosed above is exemplary for ease of understanding of the present invention, and does not limit the present invention. The description by the name of the member which remove | excluded the limitation of one part or all of such restrictions is included in this invention.

For example, in the embodiment, the adhesive sheet AS is attached to the ring frame RF and the wafer WF. However, only the ring frame RF may be placed on the table 62 and the adhesive sheet AS may be attached to the ring frame RF.
Further, instead of the pressing roller 94, a pressing member made of a blade material, rubber, resin, sponge, or the like can be employed, and a configuration of pressing by air spraying can also be employed.
Furthermore, instead of the peeling plate 93, a peeling member such as a roller may be employed.

Further, three or more frame housing means 3A, 3B may be provided, and any structure that can replace a plurality of frame housing means is sufficient so that the first frame housing means 3A does not become empty.
Further, a plurality of wafer accommodating means 2 may be provided, and the plurality of wafer accommodating means 2 may be configured to be separable from the frame 11 by the same configuration as each frame accommodating means 3A, 3B.
Further, of the first and second frame accommodating means 3A, 3B, only the second frame accommodating means 3B may be separable from the frame port 14, and the first and second frame accommodating means 3A, 3B are not separable. May be.
Further, the first frame accommodating means 3A may be arranged at a position farther from the conveying means 7 than the second frame accommodating means 3B in the frame port 14.

Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the transfer means 10 was comprised by the conveyance means 7, you may provide the transfer means 10 separate from the conveyance means 7 independently.
Further, the ring frame RF taken out from the frame cassette 31B is detected by the fourth detection means 16, and is accommodated in the frame cassette 31A so that the ring frame RF is in a predetermined direction by the same operation as described above. Also good. With this configuration, when the ring frame RF is transported from the frame cassette 31A to the support means 6, it is not necessary to adjust the direction of the ring frame RF.

  Further, the type and material of the adherend and the adhesive sheet AS in the present invention are not particularly limited. For example, the adhesive sheet AS includes an intermediate layer between the base sheet BS and the adhesive layer AD. The base sheet BS has a cover layer on the upper surface, such as three or more layers, and may be a so-called double-sided adhesive sheet that can peel the base sheet BS from the adhesive layer AD. Such a double-sided adhesive sheet may have a single layer or a multilayer intermediate layer, or may be a single layer or a multilayer without an intermediate layer. Furthermore, the adherend may be a semiconductor wafer, and the adhesive sheet AS may be a protective sheet, a dicing tape, a die attach film, or the like. At this time, the semiconductor wafer can be exemplified by a silicon semiconductor wafer, a compound semiconductor wafer, etc., and the adhesive sheet AS to be attached to such a semiconductor wafer is not limited to them, and any use such as any sheet, film, tape, An adhesive sheet having a shape can be applied. Further, the adherend may be a substrate of an optical disk, and the adhesive sheet AS may have a resin layer constituting a recording layer. As described above, as the adherend, not only other adherends such as a glass plate, a steel plate, earthenware, a wooden plate, or a resin plate, but also members and articles in any form can be targeted.

  Furthermore, the drive device in the embodiment includes an electric device such as a rotation motor, a linear motion motor, a linear motor, a single axis robot, an articulated robot, an actuator such as an air cylinder, a hydraulic cylinder, a rodless cylinder, and a rotary cylinder. In addition to these, a combination of them directly or indirectly may be employed (some of them overlap with those exemplified in the embodiment).

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Sheet sticking apparatus 3A 1st frame accommodation means 3B 2nd frame accommodation means 6 Support means 7 Conveyance means 8 Fixing means 9 Sticking means 10 Transfer means AS Adhesive sheet RF Ring frame (frame member)
WF Wafer (Substrate)

Claims (4)

First and second frame accommodating means capable of accommodating a plurality of frame members integrated with the adherend via an adhesive sheet;
Support means for supporting at least the frame member of the frame member and the adherend;
Transport means for transporting the frame member from the first frame housing means to the support means;
A frame member supported by the support means, or a pasting means for abutting and pasting the adhesive sheet to the frame member and an adherend;
A sheet pasting apparatus comprising: transfer means for transferring the frame member from the second frame accommodation means to the first frame accommodation means.   The sheet sticking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transfer unit includes the conveyance unit. The second frame accommodating means is configured to be separated from and approaching the conveying means,
The sheet sticking apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a fixing unit that fixes the second frame housing unit to a predetermined position with respect to the conveying unit. Conveying the frame member from the first frame accommodating means capable of accommodating a plurality of frame members integrated with the adherend via the adhesive sheet to the supporting means;
The frame member is supported by the support means, or the second frame accommodating means capable of accommodating a plurality of frame members while the adhesive sheet is abutted and attached to the frame member and the adherend, and the frame member is removed from the second frame accommodating means. A sheet sticking method, wherein the sheet is transferred to one frame accommodation means.

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