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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2000
Hiroyuki Sakaguchi, Fukuoka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The substrate recognition time is shortened, and the productivity is enhanced. This is an electronic component mounting method for mounting a plurality of electronic components on a substrate by using a plurality of moving tables. Each moving table of the plurality of moving tables has a mounting head for picking up and transferring each electronic component, and a camera for recognizing the substrate. The mounting method includes the steps of (a) taking a calibration substrate having a reference mark for position calibration by the camera, and obtaining a position calibration data intrinsic to each moving table having the camera, (b) taking the substrate by only one of the cameras prior to mounting of each electronic component, and recognizing the position of the substrate, and (c) picking up each electronic component by each mounting head, and mounting the electronic component on the substrate. The step of mounting each electronic component on the substrate includes a step of controlling the position of the moving table on the basis of the substrate position recognition result and the position calibration data.