US 2008/0186047 A1 · SYSTEM FOR SORTING PACKAGED CHIPS AND METHOD FOR SORTING PACKAGED CHIPS

Abstract

Provided is a sorting system for handling packaged chips for testing and sorting the packaged chips by grade, capable of performing loading and unloading operations, independently of a testing operation. The sorting system includes a loading unit including a loading picker, an unloading unit provided adjacent to the loading unit, a rack in which to store at least one test tray containing the packaged chips intended for the tests and at least one test tray containing the tested packaged chips, an exchanging site where the test tray containing the packaged chips intended for the tests and the test tray containing the tested packaged chips are exchanged with the rack, and a transferring unit transferring the test tray between the loading position, the exchanging site, and the unloading position.

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Dependent claims

A sorting system for handling packaged chips for testing and sorting the packaged chips by grade, comprising:

a loading unit including a loading picker picking up packaged chips intended for tests from a user tray and placing them into a test tray staying at a loading position;
an unloading unit, provided adjacent to the loading unit, picking up tested packaged chips from a test tray staying at an unloading position and sorting them by grade;
a rack in which to store at least one test tray containing the packaged chips intended for the tests and at least one test tray containing the tested packaged chips;
an exchanging site, provided between the loading unit and the unloading unit, where the test tray containing the packaged chips intended for the tests and the test tray containing the tested packaged chips are exchanged with the rack;
and
a transferring unit transferring the test tray between the loading position, the exchanging site, and the unloading position.

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A method for handling packaged chips for testing and sorting the packaged chips by grade, comprising steps of:

transferring a test tray containing tested packaged chips from an exchanging site to an unloading position;
unloading the tested packaged chips from the test tray staying at the unloading position;
transferring the test tray from which the tested packaged chips are unloaded, from the unloading position to a loading position;
loading packaged chips intended for tests into a test tray staying at the loading position;
transferring the test tray containing the packaged chips intended for the tests, from the loading position to the exchanging site;
transferring the test tray containing the packaged chips intended for the tests from the exchanging site to a first rack;
and
transferring the test tray containing the tested packaged chips from a second rack to the exchanging site.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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