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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
May. 29, 2001
Shinichi Sugimoto, Tenri, JP;
Katsunori Nagata, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Masaaki Ooga, Matsuzaka, JP;
Toshihiko Nakagawa, Matsuzaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A mounting apparatus includes: a heater head for bonding a liquid crystal display and a flexible printed circuit board by thermocompression; a cylinder as a heater head driving means for driving heater head to compress the liquid crystal display and flexible printed circuit board by a prescribed load; and a control mechanism as a stretch amount controlling means for adjusting a load change per unit of time after the heater head starts compressing the flexible printed circuit board by the cylinder as well as a time at which a required load is attained to control the stretch amount of the flexible printed circuit board by thermocompression. Preferably, the mounting apparatus is provided with a mechanism which performs measurement after preliminary bonding and which performs regular bonding while controlling based on the obtained information.