JP2015060878A - Sheet application device and application method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sheet application device which prevents air bubbles from entering into a space between an adherend and an adhesive sheet, and to provide an application method.SOLUTION: A sheet application device 1 includes: feeding means 2 which feeds a raw fabric RS where an adhesive sheet AS is temporarily attached to a peeling sheet RL; holding means 3 which holds the adhesive sheet AS; peeling means 4 which has a support surface 41 supporting the raw fabric RS and peels the adhesive sheet AS held by the holding means 3 from the peeling sheet RL; moving means 6 which moves the peeling means 4 and the holding means 3 relative to each other; pressing means 8 which presses the adhesive sheet AS to an adherend WF to adhere the adhesive sheet AS to the adherend WF; and correcting means 9 which corrects the raw fabric RS so that the raw fabric RS is placed along the support surface 41.

Description

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

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a sheet sticking apparatus for sticking an adhesive sheet to a semiconductor wafer (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as “wafer”) in a semiconductor manufacturing process is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
The sheet sticking device described in Patent Document 1 is peeled off by a feeding means for feeding out a raw material in which an adhesive sheet is temporarily attached to a release sheet, a peel plate that folds the release sheet and peels the adhesive sheet from the release sheet. Holding means for holding the adhesive sheet on the suction surface (holding surface), and the adhesive sheet held by the holding means is configured to be pressed and attached to the wafer (adhered body).

JP 2010-195409 A

  However, since the conventional sheet sticking apparatus as described in Patent Document 1 generally feeds out the original fabric while applying tension to the original fabric, wrinkles in the feeding direction may occur in the original fabric. For this reason, the adhesive sheet is held by the holding means in a state where wrinkles are present, and when the adhesive sheet is attached to the adherend, wrinkles enter the adhesive sheet or there are bubbles between the adherend and the adhesive sheet. There is an inconvenience of entering.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a sheet sticking apparatus and a sticking method that can prevent wrinkles from entering an adhesive sheet and bubbles from entering between an adherend and an adhesive sheet.

  The sheet sticking apparatus of the present invention includes a feeding unit that feeds out an original fabric in which an adhesive sheet is temporarily attached to a release sheet, a holding unit that holds the adhesive sheet, and a support surface that supports the original fabric. Peeling means for peeling the adhesive sheet held by the means from the peeling sheet, moving means for moving the peeling means and the holding means relative to each other, and pressing means for pressing and sticking the adhesive sheet to the adherend And a correcting means for correcting the original fabric along the support surface.

In the sheet sticking device of the present invention, it is preferable that the correction means includes a drawing means that is provided in the peeling means and draws the original fabric to the support surface.
In the sheet sticking device of the present invention, it is preferable that the correction means includes a gas blowing means that is provided in the holding means and blows gas to the original fabric.
In the sheet sticking device of the present invention, it is preferable that the correction means expands the correction region in a stepwise manner from the center in the width direction orthogonal to the feeding direction of the original fabric toward the outside along the width direction.

  The sheet sticking method of the present invention includes a step of feeding an original fabric in which an adhesive sheet is temporarily attached to a release sheet, and a stripping means having a support surface that supports the original fabric so that the original fabric is corrected along the support surface. And a step of holding the adhesive sheet by a holding unit, and a relative movement of the peeling unit and the holding unit, and the peeling sheet holds the adhesive sheet held by the holding unit from the release sheet. And performing a step and a step of pressing and bonding the adhesive sheet to an adherend.

  According to the present invention as described above, since the original adhesive sheet corrected along the support surface is held by the holding means, the adhesive sheet is held by the holding means in a wrinkled state. Therefore, it is possible to prevent wrinkles from entering the adhesive sheet and air bubbles from entering between the adherend and the adhesive sheet.

The side view of the sheet sticking apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
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  In FIG. 1, a sheet sticking apparatus 1 includes a feeding unit 2 that feeds out an original fabric RS having an adhesive sheet AS temporarily attached to a release sheet RL, a holding unit 3 that holds the adhesive sheet AS, and a support that supports the original fabric RS. A peeling plate 4 as a peeling means for peeling the adhesive sheet AS held by the holding means 3 from the release sheet RL, a moving means 6 for moving the peeling plate 4 and the holding means 3 relative to each other; A pressing unit that presses and adheres the sheet AS to a wafer WF as an adherend, and includes a linear motion motor 8 as a driving device, and a correction unit 9 that corrects the original fabric RS along the support surface 41. These are disposed in the vicinity of the support means 7 having a support surface 71A for supporting the wafer WF so as to be sucked and held by a decompression means (not shown) such as a vacuum pump or a vacuum ejector.

  The feeding means 2 includes a release sheet between a support roller 20 that supports the original fabric RS, a plurality of guide rollers 21 that guide the original fabric RS, and a driving roller 22 that is driven by a rotation motor 22A as a driving device. A pinch roller 23 that sandwiches the RL and a collection roller 24 that is driven by a driving device (not shown) and collects the release sheet RL are provided.

  The holding means 3 is supported by the output shaft 8A of the linear motor 8 and has a holding plate 31 having a holding surface 31A for holding the adhesive sheet AS, and is provided on the holding plate 31, and holds the adhesive sheet AS on the holding surface 31A. And an electrostatic chuck 32.

  The moving means 6 includes a linear motor 61 as a driving device having a slider 61 </ b> A that supports the linear motion motor 8.

  The correction means 9 includes a pulling means 9A that is provided on the peeling plate 4 and draws the original fabric RS to the support surface 41, and a gas blowing means 9B that is provided on the holding device 3 and blows gas to the original fabric RS. The attracting means 9A includes a plurality of suction holes 91 provided in the support surface 41, and a decompression means 93 such as a decompression pump or a vacuum ejector communicating with the plurality of suction holes 91 via pipes 92. The gas blowing means 9B includes a gas supply means 95 such as a pressurizing pump or a turbine communicating with a blowing hole (not shown) provided in the holding surface 31A via a pipe 94.

In the sheet sticking apparatus 1 described above, a procedure for sticking the adhesive sheet AS to the wafer WF will be described.
First, the raw fabric RS is set as shown in FIG. Then, when an operation start signal is input via an input means such as an operation panel (not shown), the feeding means 2 drives the rotation motor 22A and a driving device (not shown) to feed the original fabric RS. Then, when a detection means (not shown) such as an optical sensor or an imaging means detects that the adhesive sheet AS located on the upper part of the peeling plate 4 has reached a predetermined position, the feeding means 2 is connected to the rotation motor 22A and a drive device (not shown). The drive is stopped and a standby state is entered.

  Next, when a transport unit (not shown) such as a human hand or an articulated robot or a belt conveyor places the wafer WF on the support surface 71A, the support unit 7 drives the decompression unit (not shown) to support the wafer WF. Next, the gas blowing means 9B drives the gas supply means 95 and blows gas to the adhesive sheet AS, and the drawing means 9A drives the pressure reducing means 93 to adsorb the raw fabric RS and bring it into close contact with the support surface 41. Thereby, the said original fabric RS is corrected so that the support surface 41 may be followed, and the wrinkles and waviness of the said original fabric RS will be eliminated.

  Next, after the gas blowing means 9B stops driving the gas supply means 95, the pressing means drives the linear motion motor 8 and lowers the holding plate 31 as shown by the two-dot chain line on the right side in FIG. The holding surface 31A is brought into contact with the adhesive sheet AS. Then, after the attracting unit 9A stops driving the decompression unit 93, the holding unit 3 drives the electrostatic chuck 32, and holds the adhesive sheet AS on the holding surface 31A.

  Next, the feeding means 2 and the moving means 6 drive the rotation motor 22A, a driving device (not shown), and the linear motor 61 in synchronism, and move the holding plate 31 holding the adhesive sheet AS to the left while moving the holding plate 31 to the left. By feeding out RS, the adhesive sheet AS is peeled from the release sheet RL while the adhesive sheet AS is held by the holding surface 31A. After that, when the linear motion motor 8 moves to the position indicated by the two-dot chain line on the left side in FIG. 1, the pressing means drives the linear motion motor 8, and as shown by the two-dot chain line on the left side in FIG. The adhesive sheet AS is pressed against the wafer WF with the holding plate 31 and attached.

  Next, after the holding means 3 stops driving the electrostatic chuck 32, the moving means 6 and the pressing means drive the linear motor 61 and the linear motor 8, and the holding plate 31 is returned to the position shown by the solid line in FIG. Let Thereafter, a person or a transfer means (not shown) transfers the wafer WF to the next process, and thereafter the same operation as described above is repeated.

  According to the present embodiment as described above, the adhesive sheet AS of the original fabric RS that has been corrected along the support surface 41 is held by the holding means 3, so that the holding means 3 remains in a state where the adhesive sheet AS is wrinkled. It is possible to prevent the adhesive sheet AS from being wrinkled, and it is possible to prevent bubbles from entering between the wafer WF and the adhesive sheet AS.

  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, the correction means 9 may be configured by only the pulling means 9A, and the original fabric RS may be corrected along the support surface 41 by drawing the original fabric RS toward the support surface 41, or the gas blowing means 9B. It is also possible to correct the original fabric RS along the support surface 41 by blowing gas on the original fabric RS.

  Moreover, the correction means 9 expands a correction area | region in steps toward the outer side along the said width direction from the center part of the width direction orthogonal to the drawing | feeding-out direction of original fabric RS, and the said original fabric RS is followed along the support surface 41. May be corrected. In this case, the drawing means 9A may be configured to draw the original fabric RS toward the support surface 41 stepwise from the center in the width direction of the original fabric RS toward the outside along the width direction. The means 9 </ b> B may be configured such that gas is blown stepwise from the central portion in the width direction of the original fabric RS toward the outer side along the width direction.

  Further, the correction means 9 expands the correction region stepwise from one end portion in the width direction orthogonal to the feed direction of the original fabric RS toward the other end portion, and corrects the original fabric RS along the support surface 41. May be. In this case, the drawing means 9A may be configured to draw the original fabric RS toward the support surface 41 stepwise from one end portion in the width direction of the original fabric RS toward the other end portion. 9B may be a structure in which gas is blown to the raw material RS stepwise from one end in the width direction of the raw material RS toward the other end.

  Further, the correction means 9 expands the correction region in stages from the downstream side in the feed direction of the original fabric RS to the upstream side or from the upstream side to the downstream side, and corrects the original fabric RS along the support surface 41. May be. In this case, the drawing means 9A may be configured to draw the original fabric RS to the support surface 41 stepwise from the downstream side in the feed direction of the original fabric RS, or from the upstream side to the downstream side, Further, the gas blowing means 9B may be configured to blow gas to the raw material RS stepwise from the downstream side in the feeding direction of the raw material RS to the upstream side or from the upstream side to the downstream side.

Further, the correcting means 9 may be constituted by a pair of clamping means for clamping both ends in the width direction orthogonal to the feeding direction of the original fabric RS, and the pair of clamping means are moved in a separating direction so that the original fabric is separated. By pulling the RS in the front-rear direction, the original fabric RS may be corrected so as to follow the support surface 41, or in a state in which one clamping means is fixed and the other clamping means is separated from the one clamping means. The original fabric RS may be corrected by moving and pulling the original fabric RS.
Further, the correcting means 9 is formed longer than the size of the adhesive sheet AS and extending in the left-right direction, and from the surface (upper surface) side opposite to the surface supported by the support surface 41 of the original fabric RS. A pair of abutting means that abuts against the anti-RS and sandwiches the original fabric RS between the peeling plate 4 and the pair of abutting means from the center in the width direction orthogonal to the feeding direction of the original fabric RS (width direction end ( You may comprise by the moving means to which it moves so that original fabric RS may be gradually corrected along the support surface 41 toward the outer side.
Further, the attracting means 9A may be constituted by an electrostatic chuck.
Moreover, the structure which sprays gas on the said original fabric RS from the diagonal direction which goes to original fabric RS may be sufficient as the gas blowing means 9B.
Further, the gas blowing means 9B includes a gas temperature adjusting means 96 capable of heating or cooling the gas supplied by the gas supply means 95 in accordance with the characteristics of the adhesive sheet AS, as indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. May be.

  The holding means 3 may be configured to hold the adhesive sheet AS by a pressure reducing means such as a pressure reducing pump or a vacuum ejector, an adhesive, or the like.

  Further, the moving means 6 may move the peeling plate 4 in the right direction in accordance with the operation of peeling the adhesive sheet AS from the peeling sheet RL. In this case, only the peeling plate 4 may be moved or held. Both means 3 and peeling plate 4 may be moved.

  Further, the pressing means may be constituted by the gas blowing means 9B, and the holding plate 31 holding the adhesive sheet AS is stopped at a position spaced apart from the upper surface of the wafer WF, and the gas blowing means 9B is applied to the adhesive sheet AS. A gas may be sprayed to attach to the wafer WF.

  Further, the material, type, shape and the like of the adhesive sheet AS and the adherend are not particularly limited. For example, the adhesive sheet AS is not limited to adhesive forms such as pressure-sensitive adhesiveness and heat-sensitive adhesiveness. When the heat-sensitive adhesive sheet AS is employed, the adhesive sheet AS is appropriately heated. What is necessary is just to provide a heating means. Such an adhesive sheet AS is, for example, a single layer having only an adhesive layer, an intermediate layer between the base sheet and the adhesive layer, a cover layer on the upper surface of the base sheet, etc. Three or more layers, or a so-called double-sided adhesive sheet that can peel the base sheet from the adhesive layer may be used. The double-sided adhesive sheet comprises a single-layer or multi-layer intermediate layer. It may be a single layer or a multilayer having no intermediate layer. Examples of the adherend include, for example, foods, resin containers, semiconductor wafers such as silicon semiconductor wafers and compound semiconductor wafers, circuit board, information recording substrates such as optical disks, glass plates, steel plates, ceramics, wood plates or resin plates, Arbitrary forms of members and articles can also be targeted. In addition, the adhesive sheet AS is replaced with a functional and intended reading, for example, any information label, decorative label, protective sheet, dicing tape, die attach film, die bonding tape, recording layer forming resin sheet, etc. Arbitrary sheets, films, tapes and the like can be attached to any adherend as described above.

The means and steps in the present invention are not limited in any way as long as they can perform the operations, functions, or steps described with respect to those means and steps. The process is not limited at all. For example, if the sheet sticking device is provided with a correction means for correcting the original fabric so as to follow the support surface, the sheet sticking device is limited in view of the technical common sense at the beginning of the application and within the technical scope. (There is no explanation for other means and steps).
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 2 Feeding means 3 Holding means 4 Release plate (peeling means)
6 Moving means 8 Linear motor (Pressing means)
9 Straightening means 9A Pulling means 9B Gas blowing means 41 Support surface AS Adhesive sheet RL Release sheet RS Original fabric

Claims (5)

A feeding means for feeding out the original fabric in which the adhesive sheet is temporarily attached to the release sheet;
Holding means for holding the adhesive sheet;
Peeling means for peeling the adhesive sheet held by the holding means from the release sheet, having a support surface for supporting the original fabric,
Moving means for relatively moving the peeling means and the holding means;
A pressing means for pressing and adhering the adhesive sheet to an adherend;
A sheet sticking device comprising: a correcting means for correcting the original fabric so as to be along the support surface.   The sheet affixing device according to claim 1, wherein the correction unit includes a drawing unit that is provided in the peeling unit and draws the original fabric to the support surface.   The sheet sticking apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the correction means includes gas blowing means provided in the holding means and for blowing gas to the original fabric.   The said correction | amendment means expands a correction area | region gradually from the center part of the width direction orthogonal to the delivery direction of the said original fabric toward the outer side along the said width direction. The sheet sticking device according to any one of the above. A step of feeding out a raw material in which an adhesive sheet is temporarily attached to a release sheet;
A step of correcting the original fabric along the support surface with a peeling means having a support surface for supporting the original fabric; and
Holding the adhesive sheet with a holding means;
Relatively moving the peeling means and the holding means, and peeling the adhesive sheet held by the holding means from the release sheet by the peeling means;
And a step of pressing and adhering the adhesive sheet to an adherend.

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