Claim and incorporate by reference domestic priority application and foreign priority application as follows:
This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. Section 119 of Korean Patent Application Serial No. 10-2012-0114184, entitled filed Oct. 15, 2012, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety into this application.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a jig unit for fixing a substrate and a substrate transfer apparatus including the same, and more particularly, to a jig unit for fixing a substrate that can maintain a substrate flat by applying tension, and a substrate transfer apparatus including the same.
2. Description of the Related Art
In situations where the use of thin package (PKG) substrates increases, warpage is becoming more serious than conventional thick base PKG substrates. Especially, in the thin PKG substrate, warpage in general handling becomes serious in curing and drying processes including high temperature processes due to characteristics of a very thin core substrate of about 100 to 200 μm, ultimately having a serious impact on yield and quality of products.
Accordingly, in the substrate processes including the high temperature processes, manual operations are excluded as many as possible and input, mounting, and demounting of the substrate are continuously automatically performed.
Although an apparatus for fixing and transferring a substrate by a jig is used to continuously automatically perform the input, mounting, and demounting of the substrate while excluding the manual operations, the jigs used in the transfer apparatus for performing the high temperature processes of the substrate, for example, a thin substrate may cause serious problems that are typically not problems in jigs for a thick substrate. For example, when the substrate is mounted on the jig in a state in which flatness of the substrate is not secured, warpage given to the substrate when being mounted on the jig exists as it is, thus being serious warpage while passing through the high temperature processes.
Patent Document 1: U.S. Patent Laid-open Publication No. US2004/0115035 (laid-open on Jun. 17, 2004)
The present invention has been invented in order to overcome the above-described problems and it is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a jig unit for fixing a substrate for improvement of substrate warpage that can overcome substrate warpage occurring when mounting a substrate, for example, a thin substrate on a jig unit.
In accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention to achieve the object, there is provided a jig unit for fixing a substrate including: a support part for supporting an edge-side lower portion of a substrate; a hinge part having a hinge formed at a predetermined height from an upper surface of the substrate supported to the support part and rotating so that a rotation range by the hinge applies a force to the edge side of the substrate beyond the range that vertically presses the upper surface of the substrate; and a substrate fixing part formed on an end of a rotating body of the hinge part and fixing the substrate to the support unit flatly by applying tension to the edge side of the substrate simultaneously with pressing the upper surface of the substrate according to the rotation of the hinge of the hinge part.
At this time, in an example, the hinge part may include a support frame having one end fixed to one side of the support part and extending to an upper side of the support part; a hinge formed on the other end of the support frame at a predetermined height from the upper surface of the substrate; and a rotating frame having one end connected to the hinge and the substrate fixing part formed on the other end to be rotated by the hinge, wherein the substrate fixing part rotates to a rotation angle that applies tension to the edge side of the substrate beyond the range that vertically presses the upper surface of the substrate.
Further, at this time, the hinge part may further include an elastic body for providing an elastic force to the rotating frame so that the substrate fixing part applies tension to the edge side of the substrate beyond the range that vertically presses the upper surface of the substrate.
Moreover, at this time, the elastic body may be an axial spring formed on the hinge.
Further, in an example, the hinge part may further include a lift-up frame for lifting the rotating frame from the support part to insert the substrate between the support part and the rotating frame.
In accordance with another example, the hinge part may apply a rotary force to increase the tension applied to the substrate by the substrate fixing part according to an increase in the rotation angle of the hinge and maintain the tension without the increase in the rotation angle of the hinge.
At this time, an axial spring may be formed on the hinge, and the axial spring may provide the elastic force to increase the tension according to the increase in the rotation angle of the hinge and maintain the tension without the increase in the rotation angle of the hinge.
Further, in accordance with an example, a height of the hinge of the hinge part may be adjusted according to a thickness of the substrate.
In another example, the substrate fixing part may rotate along with the rotation of the rotating body, and a contact point of the substrate fixing part with the upper surface of the substrate may change according to a change in the rotation angle at which the substrate and the substrate fixing part are in contact with each other.
At this time, at least a surface of the substrate fixing part, which is in contact with the upper surface of the substrate, may have a cross-sectional arc shape.
In addition, at this time, the substrate fixing part may include a plurality of protrusions protruding from the upper surface of the substrate fixing part which has a cross-sectional arc shape, wherein the protrusions may provide tension while pressing the upper surface of the substrate without sliding.
Further, in an example, the support part may have at least one roller for supporting the lower portion of the substrate.
In accordance with another example, at least one of the surface of the support part and the surface of the substrate fixing part, which are in contact with the surface of the substrate, may be made of a Teflon material.
In accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention to achieve the object, there is provided a substrate transfer apparatus for transporting a substrate including: a body frame; and a jig unit for fixing a substrate in accordance with one of the above-described first embodiments installed along the body frame in plural and tightening a substrate to fix the substrate.
These and/or other aspects and advantages of the present general inventive concept will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:
Embodiments of the present invention to achieve the above-described objects will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this description, the same elements are represented by the same reference numerals, and additional description which is repeated or limits interpretation of the meaning of the invention may be omitted.
In this specification, when an element is referred to as being “connected or coupled to” or “disposed in” another element, it can be “directly” connected or coupled to or “directly” disposed in the other element or connected or coupled to or disposed in the other element with another element interposed therebetween, unless it is referred to as being “directly coupled or connected to” or “directly disposed in” the other element.
Although the singular form is used in this specification, it should be noted that the singular form can be used as the concept representing the plural form unless being contradictory to the concept of the invention or clearly interpreted otherwise. It should be understood that the terms such as “having”, “including”, and “comprising” used herein do not preclude existence or addition of one or more other elements or combination thereof.
The drawings referenced in this specification are provided as examples to describe the embodiments of the present invention, and the shape, the size, and the thickness may be exaggerated in the drawings for effective description of technical features.
First, a jig unit for fixing a substrate in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. At this time, the reference numeral that is not mentioned in the reference drawing may be the reference numeral that represents the same element in another drawing.
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Specifically describing, at this time, the support part 10 supports an edge-side lower portion of a substrate 1. In
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Further, in an example, a surface of the support part 10, which is in contact with a lower surface of the substrate 1, may be made of a Teflon material. For example, it is possible to reduce friction with the substrate 1 by forming the surface of the support part 10 with a Teflon material, thus easily flattening the substrate 1 by the hinge part 30 and the substrate fixing part 50.
Further, referring to
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At this time, the hinge part 30 will be more specifically described with reference to
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In accordance with an example, describing with reference to
For example, at this time, the elastic body 32 may be an axial spring formed on the hinge or the hinge axis 31. The axial spring 32 is an example of the elastic body and an elastic body having a different structure can be used. Referring to
Further,
In another example, the hinge part 30 may apply a rotary force so that the tension applied to the substrate 1 by the substrate fixing part 50 is increased according to an increase in the rotation angle of the hinge and then maintained from a predetermined range without the increase in the rotation angle of the hinge. For example, the hinge part 30 may increase the rotary force to a certain range of the rotation angle of the hinge and then apply the rotary force in the opposite direction from the rotation angle beyond the predetermined range. Accordingly, since the rotary force is applied in the opposite direction from the point where the rotation angle of the hinge exceeds the predetermined range, the tension applied to the substrate 1 is increased according to the increase in the rotation angle of the hinge and then maintained from the predetermined range without the increase in the rotation angle of the hinge. Consequently, although a certain degree of tension is provided to prevent the warpage of the substrate 1, the tension can be constantly maintained without the increase in the rotation angle of the hinge from the predetermined range of the rotation angle of the hinge to prevent the additional warpage of the substrate 1 due to the continuous unnecessary increase in the tension.
For example, referring to
Although not shown, in accordance with another example, a height of the hinge of the hinge part 30 can be adjusted according to a thickness of the substrate 1. That is, it is possible to increase the tension generated by the rotary force of the rotating body of the hinge part 30 to a predetermined size and maintain the increased tension by adjusting the height of the hinge 30 according to the thickness of the substrate 1.
Continuously, the substrate fixing part 50 of the jig unit for fixing a substrate will be described. Referring to
Forces acting in the substrate fixing part 50 will be described with reference to
At this time, the substrate fixing part 50 will be more specifically described with reference to
For example, at least the contact portion of the substrate fixing part 40 with the upper surface of the substrate 1, that is, the surface of the substrate fixing part 50, which is in contact with the upper surface of the substrate 1, has a cross-sectional arc shape. Thus, the contact point of the substrate fixing part 50, which is in contact with the upper surface of the substrate 1, is changed according to the change in the rotation angle. Further, at least the surface of the substrate fixing part 50, which is in contact with the upper surface of the substrate 1, has a cross-sectional arc shape, thus reducing the area in contact with the upper surface of the substrate 1. For example, in
In addition, referring to
Further, in accordance with an example, the surface of the substrate fixing part 50, which is in contact with the upper surface of the substrate 1, may be made of a Teflon material or a low friction material. At this time, it is possible to prevent even the low friction surface from being obstacle in transmitting the tension provided by the rotating body of the hinge part 30, for example, the rotating frame 35 to the substrate 1.
Next, a substrate transfer apparatus in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. At this time, the jig unit for fixing a substrate in accordance with the first embodiment described above and
Referring to
At this time, the substrate transfer apparatus may be, for example, an apparatus for transporting a substrate used in a high temperature process of a thin substrate (reference numeral 1 of
As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, warpage itself can be naturally flattened due to the operation of a hinge part and a substrate fixing part when a substrate, for example, a thin substrate is fixed to the jig unit.
Further, if tension is continuously increased when fixing the substrate, it acts as another warpage inducing factor when passing through a high temperature process. According to an embodiment, since the substrate is fixed in the position where the increased tension is constantly maintained by disposing, for example, an axial spring, in the hinge part and the additional tension does not act by the substrate fixing part, it is possible to prevent the unnecessary additional tension, which can cause the additional warpage, from being applied while minimizing the warpage of the substrate.
It is apparent that various effects which have not been directly mentioned according to the various embodiments of the present invention can be derived by those skilled in the art from various constructions according to the embodiments of the present invention.
The above-described embodiments and the accompanying drawings are provided as examples to help understanding of those skilled in the art, not limiting the scope of the present invention. Further, embodiments according to various combinations of the above-described components will be apparently implemented from the foregoing specific descriptions by those skilled in the art. Therefore, the various embodiments of the present invention may be embodied in different forms in a range without departing from the essential concept of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention should be interpreted from the invention defined in the claims. It is to be understood that the present invention includes various modifications, substitutions, and equivalents by those skilled in the art.
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10-2012-0114184 | Oct 2012 | KR | national |