Methods for use with tray-based integrated circuit device handling systems
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorRussell S. Bjork
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Abstract
A stack processing tray for use with tray-based integrated circuit device handling systems. The stack processing tray has a plurality of cells, each cell being configured to receive at least two integrated circuit devices in a vertically superimposed, stacked relationship. Increased efficiency in the handling and processing of integrated circuit devices is realized as the tray-based integrated circuit device handling system performs fewer tray movements, and therefore less work, to handle a given number of integrated circuit devices.
Claims13
A method of handling integrated circuit devices, comprising:
- disposing a plurality of the integrated circuit devices in at least one processing tray;
- and
- stacking at least two integrated circuit devices of the plurality of the integrated circuit devices in a vertically superimposed relationship.
A method of handling integrated circuit devices, comprising:
- stacking at least two of the integrated circuit devices in each cell of a processing tray including a plurality of cells;
- mutually aligning one cell of the plurality of cells and an extraction head;
- picking an integrated circuit device from the one cell with the extraction head;
- picking at least one other integrated circuit device from the one cell with the extraction head;
- and
- mutually aligning another cell of the plurality of cells and the extraction head.
A method of processing a plurality of integrated circuit devices, comprising:
- providing a plurality of processing trays at a location, each processing tray of the plurality of processing trays including a plurality of cells;
- transferring the plurality of integrated circuit devices from a first processing station to the location of the plurality of processing trays;
- stacking at least two integrated circuit devices of the plurality of integrated circuit devices in at least one cell of the plurality of cells of each processing tray of the plurality of processing trays;
- moving at least one processing tray of the plurality of processing trays into a target zone adjacent a second processing station;
- mutually aligning the at least one cell of the at least one processing tray and an extraction head;
- extracting one integrated circuit device of the at least two integrated circuit devices from the at least one cell;
- transferring the one integrated circuit device to the second processing station;
- extracting at least one other integrated circuit device of the at least two integrated circuit devices from the at least one cell;
- and
- transferring the at least one other integrated circuit device to the second processing station.
A method of transporting integrated circuit devices, comprising:
- forming a plurality of stacks of at least two of the integrated circuit devices on each stack processing tray of a plurality of stack processing trays;
- and
- moving the plurality of stack processing trays from a first location to a second location.
A method of loading integrated circuit devices onto processing trays, comprising placing the integrated circuit devices on the processing trays in a plurality of stacks of at least two of the integrated circuit devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.