Apparatus for mounting semiconductor chips

Apparatus for mounting semiconductor chips, comprising a pick and place system with a single bonding head, a wafer table, a single picking head, a support table, and a control unit, wherein the picking head and the support table are mounted on a carriage, the carriage is movable in a reciprocating fashion between a first position and a second position, and wherein the apparatus is configured to operate in a direct mode and a parallel mode, wherein in the direct mode:

• the carriage is configured to operate in the first position which is a parking position in which the support table and the picking head are outside of the working area of the bonding head of the pick and place system, the control unit is configured to operate the pick and place system in such a way that the bonding head repeatedly removes a semiconductor chip from the wafer table and places the semiconductor chip on a substrate, in the parallel mode:
• the carriage is configured to operate in the second position, and the control unit is configured to operate the picking head, the support table and the pick and place system repeatedly in a way in which the picking head is configured to remove the semiconductor chip from the wafer table and to place the semiconductor chip directly on the support table mounted on the carriage, and the bonding head is configured to remove the semiconductor chip directly from the support table mounted on the carriage and to place the semiconductor chip on the substrate.