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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367601 | Substrate transfer apparatus and substrate transfer method The present invention provides a substrate carrying apparatus capable of surely carrying a substrate with electronic parts mounted thereon, at low costs without causing the electronic parts to fall off the substrate, and without damaging the substrate. A substrate c... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7301286 | Method of detecting an arc in a glow-discharge device and apparatus for controlling a high-frequency arc discharge In a method of detecting arc discharge in a glow-discharge apparatus GD that has a high-frequency power source PS, a cutting pulse is output for time T1 to the high-frequency power source PS to stop a supply of power to the glow-discharge apparatus GD, when dVr/dtâˆ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7149341 | Wafer inspection apparatus A wafer inspection apparatus has a supporting means (10) for rotatably supporting a wafer (W) formed of a disk, a circumferential edge imaging means (40) for imaging a circumferential edge (S) of the wafer (W) that is supported by the supporting means ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7114245 | Component holding head, component mounting apparatus using same, and component mounting method An electronic component holding head, an electronic component mounting apparatus using same, and a method for mounting an electronic component, are provided for use in mounting an electronic component having a positioning mark formed on a film member. The electronic... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7075036 | Electronic part compression bonding apparatus and method An electronic part compression bonding apparatus includes a compression bonding unit which bonds the electronic parts onto the substrate by thermocompression, a pressure supply unit, a pressure control unit which controls pressure, a heating unit which heats the com... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7010852 | Apparatus and method for carrying substrate A substrate carrying device reduces time necessary for conducting changing work for changing the types of flat panel displays or the like. A substrate support member (10) has a support body (11) provided with an outer peripheral part (11a... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6857182 | Mounting system for mounting an electronic component on a substrate A mounting system for mounting an electronic component on a substrate includes a component identifying apparatus that identifies an electronic component to be mounted on the substrate. The component identifying apparatus includes a holding mechanism that holds the e... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6851460 | Liquid crystal dropping apparatus and method, and liquid crystal display panel producing apparatus Liquid crystal dropping apparatus and method for dropping liquid crystal discharged from discharging ports of a liquid crystal dropping head on a planned drop region, wherein the liquid crystal is discharged only from one or some of discharging ports located in corr... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6789595 | Substrates laminating apparatus and method At least when an upper glass substrate 3 held by an upper retention head 10 and a lower glass substrate 4 held by a lower retention head 11 are abutted on each other through a sealing material 5, air cylinders 25, 25 apply a... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6708863 | Heat bonding method and heat bonding device In heat bonding method and device, first and second marks (MA, MB) formed on the film carrier (52) are measured before performing heat bonding of outer leads (54) formed on a film carrier (52) to electrodes (58) formed on a transparent pl... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6694608 | Part mounter A part mounting apparatus and a part mounting method are capable of accurately mounting a plurality of film electronic parts of different types respectively having different sizes on a glass substrate. When carrying a small film electronic part having a s... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6631557 | Method and apparatus for mounting electronic device A part mounting apparatus mounts a part, such as a film electronic part, accurately and efficiently on a substrate, such as a glass substrate. A measuring device (21) moves along the edges of a glass substrate (31) and measures the distance between the me... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6623577 | Electric component compression bonding machine and method An electric component compression bonding machine for bonding a plurality of electric components arranged in a row to a substrate is described. The bonding machine comprises: a pressure application tool for applying a pressure to the electric components; ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6557246 | Part mounting device and part mounting method A part mounting system requires a relatively small floor space for installation. A bonding apparatus (50) includes a temporary-bonding unit (51) that bonds a plurality of FPCs to which ACFs are attached, respectively, successively to a glass substrate pos... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6465363 | Vacuum processing method and vacuum processing apparatus A vacuum processing apparatus produces fluorine radicals by activating a fluorinating gas containing at least fluorine atoms and fluorinates the surface of a component formed of an organic material (32) exposed to an atmosphere of a processing chamber (2)... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6337003 | Vacuum apparatus and driving mechanism therefor The invention provides a vacuum apparatus, which is equipped with a drive mechanism of small size and does not need a special mechanism for vacuum seals. This drive mechanism includes an air bag container 41 which is provided fixedly in an airtight vessel... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6189591 | Wafer sheet expanding apparatus and pellet bonding apparatus using thereof A wafer sheet expanding apparatus comprises an expanding mechanism, a rotating mechanism for the expanding mechanism, a motor, a power transfer mechanism. The expanding mechanism has a support ring, an expanding ring, and a movement mechanism. The support... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6113760 | Power supply apparatus for sputtering and a sputtering apparatus using the power supply apparatus The present invention provides a sputtering power supply apparatus which realizes stable sputtering at a pressure lower than the discharge start pressure, so that scattering of sputtering particles due to collision with sputtering inert gas can be reduced... | 09/05/2000 |
