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US 7,017,636 B2Granted
Apparatus for manufacturing an electronic device, method of manufacturing an electronic device, and program for manufacturing an electronic device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorMasakuni Shiozawa
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Abstract
A mounting zone and a reflow zone are arranged in parallel between a loader and an unloader, and mounting and reflow processes are performed simultaneously.
Claims30
An apparatus for manufacturing an electronic device comprising:
- a transport device for transporting a continuous body, said continuous body including a plurality of circuit blocks, each circuit block having an electronic component mounting area;
- a mounting device for mounting electronic components to said electronic component mounting areas of said continuous body;
- reflow means for performing a reflow treatment on said continuous body where said electronic components are mounted downstream of a position of said mounting means;
- and
- conductive material applicator for applying a conductive material to a predetermined area of said continuous body upstream of a position of said mounting means;
- wherein said conductive material applicator applies a conductive material to a plurality of circuit blocks simultaneously.
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An apparatus for manufacturing an electronic device comprising:
- a transport device for transporting a continuous body, said continuous body including a plurality of circuit blocks, each circuit block having an electronic component mounting area;
- a mounting device for mounting electronic components to said electronic component mounting areas of said continuous body;
- reflow means for performing a reflow treatment on said continuous body where said electronic components are mounted downstream of a position of said mounting means;
- and
- cutting means provided upstream of a take-up means for cutting the continuous body taken up by said take-up means at each circuit block.
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An apparatus for manufacturing an electronic device comprising:
- a transport device for transporting a continuous body, said continuous body including a plurality of circuit blocks, each circuit block having an electronic component mounting area;
- mounting means for mounting electronic components to said electronic component mounting areas of said continuous body;
- reflow means for performing a reflow treatment on said continuous body where said electronic components are mounted downstream of a position of said a mounting device
- sealing resin applicator for applying sealing resin to a predetermined area of said continuous body, said sealing resin applying means being provided upstream of a take up means;
- and
- curing device for curing said sealing resin downstream of a position of said sealing resin applying means.
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An apparatus for manufacturing an electronic device comprising:
- a transport device for transporting a continuous body, said continuous body including a plurality of circuit blocks, each circuit block having an electronic component mounting area;
- a mounting device for mounting electronic components to said electronic component mounting areas of said continuous body;
- and
- a heat generating means for raising a temperature of an area of said continuous body to be heated by controlling a distance between said heat generating means and said area to be heated;
- wherein said heat generating means contacts a top or bottom side of said continuous body.
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An apparatus for manufacturing an electronic device comprising:
- a transport device for transporting a continuous body, said continuous body including a plurality of circuit blocks, each circuit block having an electronic component mounting area;
- a mounting device for mounting electronic components to said electronic component mounting areas of said continuous body;
- and
- a heat generating means for raising a temperature of an area of said continuous body to be heated by controlling a distance between said heat generating means and said area to be heated;
- wherein said heat generating means repeatedly contacts a pre-selected area of said continuous body to heat said pre-selected area a plurality of times.
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An apparatus for manufacturing an electronic device comprising:
- a transport device for transporting a continuous body, said continuous body including a plurality of circuit blocks, each circuit block having an electronic component mounting area:
- a mounting device for mounting electronic components to said electronic component mounting areas of said continuous body;
- and
- a heat generating means for raising a temperature of an area of said continuous body to be heated by controlling a distance between said heat generating means and said area to be heated;
- wherein said heat generating means has a larger contact area than said electronic component mounting area to raise the temperature of a plurality of circuit blocks simultaneously.
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An apparatus for manufacturing an electronic device comprising:
- a transport device for transporting a continuous body, said continuous body including a plurality of circuit blocks, each circuit block having an electronic component mounting area;
- a mounting device for mounting electronic components to said electronic component mounting areas of said continuous body;
- and
- a heat generating means for raising a temperature of an area of said continuous body to be heated by controlling a distance between said heat generating means and said area to be heated;
- wherein said heat generating means includes a plurality of contact areas having different predetermined temperatures, and is adapted to incrementally raises the temperature of said area to be heated by sequentially causing said contact areas to make contact with said area to be heated.
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An apparatus for manufacturing an electronic device comprising:
- a transport device for transporting a continuous body, said continuous body including a plurality of circuit blocks, each circuit block having an electronic component mounting area;
- a mounting device for mounting electronic components to said electronic component mounting areas of said continuous body;
- and
- a heat generating means for raising a temperature of an area of said continuous body to be heated by controlling a distance between said heat generating means and said area to be heated;
- wherein said heat generating means has a plurality of contact areas having different lengths corresponding to a plurality of product pitches on said continuous body and said contact areas are selected in correspondence with said product pitches.
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An apparatus for manufacturing an electronic device comprising:
- a transport device for transporting a continuous body, said continuous body including a plurality of circuit blocks, each circuit block having an electronic component mounting area;
- a mounting device for mounting electronic components to said electronic component mounting areas of said continuous body;
- a heat generating means for raising a temperature of an area of said continuous body to be heated by controlling a distance between said heat generating means and said area to be heated;
- timer means for tracking the heating time of said area to be heated with said heat generating means;
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- at least on retractor for retracting said heat generating means from said area to be heated when said heating time exceeds a predetermined period of time.
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An apparatus for manufacturing an electronic device comprising:
- a transport device for transporting a continuous body, said continuous body including a plurality of circuit blocks, each circuit block having an electronic component mounting area;
- mounting device for mounting electronic components to said electronic component mounting areas of said continuous body;
- a heat generating means for raising a temperature of an area of said continuous body to be heated by controlling a distance between said heat generating means and said area to be heated;
- a supporting stand supporting said heat generating means;
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- slide means for sliding said supporting stand along the transport direction of said continuous body.
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An apparatus for manufacturing an electronic device comprising:
- a transport device for transporting a continuous body, said continuous body including a plurality of circuit blocks, each circuit block having an electronic component mounting area;
- a mounting device for mounting electronic components to said electronic component mounting areas of said continuous body;
- a heat generating means for raising a temperature of an area of said continuous body to be heated by controlling a distance between said heat generating means and said area to be heated;
- and
- auxiliary heating means for heating said area to be heated of said continuous body from a direction different from a heating direction of said heat generating means.
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An apparatus for manufacturing an electronic device comprising:
- a transport device for transporting a continuous body, said continuous body including a plurality of circuit blocks, each circuit block having an electronic component mounting area;
- a mounting device for mounting electronic components to said electronic component mounting areas of said continuous body;
- a heat generating means for raising a temperature of an area of said continuous body to be heated by controlling a distance between said heat generating means and said area to be heated;
- and
- temperature lowering means for lowering the temperature of said area to be heated after the temperature of said area to be heated is raised by said heat generating means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.