Off-load system for semiconductor devices

A system for simultaneously off-loading a plurality of packaged semiconductor devices from a matrix of packaged semiconductor devices, the system comprising:

• a rack which includes a plurality of elongated rails and a base that supports the plurality of rails, wherein adjacent rails form channels arranged to receive the packaged semiconductor devices, the elongated rails being spaced such that each of a plurality of packaged semiconductor devices can be simultaneously loaded into respective channels of the rack;
• and
• an off-loader configured to simultaneously transport a plurality of packaged semiconductor devices from the matrix of devices to the rack, the off-loader including,
• a two-dimensional array of suction tubes, each of the suction tubes configured to pick up an associated packaged semiconductor device from the matrix of devices during the off-loading process;
• a pump configured to pull air through the suction tubes so to create a sufficiently low pressure within the suction tubes to allow each suction tube to pick up a respective device;
• and
• a pin board which includes a two-dimensional array of pins configured to raise a selected array of the packaged semiconductor devices to assist in picking up the selected array of devices from the matrix of devices.

A method for transporting packaged semiconductor devices from a matrix of semiconductor devices during a semiconductor assembly process using an off-loading system, the method comprising:

• picking up, in a first pass, a first selected two-dimensional array of packaged semiconductor devices individually and simultaneously from the matrix of semiconductor devices;
• depositing, in the first pass, at least one of the devices of the first selected array onto a handling station;
• and
• raising the first selected two-dimensional array of the packaged devices relative to the other packaged devices in the matrix in order to assist in picking up the first selected two-dimensional array of packaged devices from the matrix of semiconductor devices.