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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1999
Seok Goh, Choongchungnam-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Kyungki-do, KR;
Abstract
A module appearance inspection apparatus includes a warpage checking unit, a visual checking unit, a first module transfer unit for unloading the module from a module tray, a second module transfer unit for transferring the module within the apparatus, and a third module transfer unit for loading the module to a module tray. The apparatus can replace the first and third module transfer units with a single module transfer unit. In this case, the apparatus includes: a warpage checking unit; a visual checking unit; a supply unit in which module trays are stacked; a storage unit in which module trays also can be stacked; a tray transfer unit which moves a module tray from the supply unit to the storage unit; a first module transfer unit which unloads and loads the module from and to the module tray on the tray transfer unit; and a second module transfer unit which transfers the module from the warpage checking unit or the visual checking unit.