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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2008
David Oliver Burke, Balmain, AU;
Jan Waszczuk, Balmain, AU;
Desmond Bruce Boyton, Balmain, AU;
Craig Donald Strudwicke, Balmain, AU;
Peter John Morley Sobey, Balmain, AU;
William Granger, Balmain, AU;
Jason Mark Thelander, Balmain, AU;
Eric Patrick O'donnell, Balmain, AU;
David Oliver Burke, Balmain, AU;
Jan Waszczuk, Balmain, AU;
Desmond Bruce Boyton, Balmain, AU;
Craig Donald Strudwicke, Balmain, AU;
Peter John Morley Sobey, Balmain, AU;
William Granger, Balmain, AU;
Jason Mark Thelander, Balmain, AU;
Eric Patrick O'Donnell, Balmain, AU;
Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd, Balmain, New South Wales, AU;
Abstract
The invention provides for a clamp assembly for an assembler for assembling printhead integrated circuits on a carrier. The assembler has an enclosure with a support assembly for operatively supporting a wafer with dies thereon, a die picking assembly for picking dice from said wafer, a die placement assembly for placing the dies onto the carrier, a die conveyance mechanism operatively conveying the dies from the die picking and placement assemblies, and a control system controlling the assembler. The clamp assembly includes an elongate clamp body, the body shaped and configured to be received by the die placement assembly, and a pair of elongate retaining plates mounted on top of the body. The clamp also includes an insert shaped and dimensioned to be received in the body below the plates, the insert operatively receiving said carrier, as well as a diaphragm positioned in the body, the diaphragm pneumatically displaceable to operatively urge the insert against the retaining plates.